I haven't written for so long now, it is one of those things i keep telling myself i should do - because i know i feel better when I do, but at the same time, i just haven't wanted to face my emotions. And then this last couple of days it's all just hit me... Continue Reading →
Quite a lot has changed this year... it's not just the fact that we have a global pandemic happening - which appears to have no end in sight. It's that I feel I have had a shift in perspective which I have noticed a lot over the last few weeks - perhaps couple of months.... Continue Reading →
No.. this isn't a post about how I have somehow managed to fall in love during lockdown - I mean I have tried - but thats another story... this is about how during lockdown I have actually found the peace within. Don't get me wrong - it was really really ropey to start with -... Continue Reading →
If I was brave enough I would say.... I wish I could share that I wanted to end it all last year, I wish I could explain why, but the truth is I have no idea. I know I have always been the one in the family who’s been driven, who knew where she was... Continue Reading →
I am so hard on myself all the time for all the things I get wrong or wish I had done but haven’t, that I often forget all the things I have achieved and learnt about myself over since the day I left my husband. So here is a compilation of things – more for... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I felt I could write a blog post, so much has been happening since my last post, I don't even know where to begin, but today was the first day that I reflected after a day pretty much spent hiding in bed with a book and trash tv on Netflix... Continue Reading →
I've debated a long time about whether to show my face on here. I had thought to myself perhaps I want to be anonymous, that it would allow me more freedom... and it does, but it also attributes to me still hiding who I am. I don't want to hide anymore. I am me, Gems.... Continue Reading →
Ever wish you could just stop being an over thinker? That you could just totally let go and just go with the moment and not have that little voice in your head which makes you question everything... It can be the simplest of things, it doesn't have to be complicated... but all of a sudden it's... Continue Reading →
After a few weeks (maybe couple of months...) I am finally trying to get myself back on track. One of the hardest things about suffering with anxiety and depression is when you hit that wall it is so hard sometimes to pick yourself up. you literally feel like getting out of bed is an effort,... Continue Reading →
Another year has disappeared. I still have no idea what direction life will take. I have been reflecting on 2018 and while it was a difficult year it was definitely one of growth. So much changed last year - my nan died, I had friends get married, friends start divorce processes and friends that had... Continue Reading →
cactiandcurls.com 