Category Archives: mental health

Seen in South London

Posted on Jun 20, 2020 by

In the UK we’ve been in ‘Lock Down’ for about three months. Although technically we could have been going out and about for a walk for an hour a day as part of our ‘daily exercise’, we decided to stay … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Radical Kindness as a Daily Practice: Part 1.

Posted on Feb 29, 2020 by

It’s almost ten years since Amy Winehouse died. I really liked her music and was lucky enough to see her perform twice during her first album. She was a wonderful, funny, forceful presence on stage. In later years I saw … Continue reading →

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Reasons to be grateful: being able to change my living situation.

Posted on Mar 9, 2019 by

It’s been a while since I’ve been here on the blog. After a lot of disruption we’ve finally managed to move into a new area in London and have even unpacked some of the boxes.  There were a few months … Continue reading →

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Reasons to be grateful #6 – swimming with my sister

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 by

There hasn’t been a huge amount of activity on this blog for a week or more as I’m a bit exhausted and taking a bit of down time. However, Laurie from the lovely blog Meditations in Motion posted this post … Continue reading →

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Things to do when you are busy not having a baby

Posted on May 29, 2018 by

One of the things that my partner and I discussed early on in the process of having fertility treatment was how not to let the ‘trying to have a baby’ stuff consume all the energy we may have to do … Continue reading →

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Patience and watching my garden grow

Posted on May 18, 2018 by

I started writing this a few weeks ago, but I’ve been kind of working through a sticky depressive brain fog since then and I feel so slow at the moment (and I already picked the slow road so you know, … Continue reading →

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Swimming the distance: mental health as a endurance pursuit

Posted on Apr 21, 2018 by

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you may (or may not!) know that I’m currently training for a long distance swim in June. I’ll be swimming 5K, which is just over 3 miles (not an insubstantial distance … Continue reading →

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Objects with meaning – do you want to join in?

Posted on Mar 17, 2018 by

A few weeks ago I started running a series of posts about ‘objects with meaning’, by which I meant objects that have personal importance to us, so that they may make up part of our emotional story or landscape. You … Continue reading →

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Objects with meaning #1 – China ballet shoes

Posted on Feb 25, 2018 by

A few years ago I took a whole heap of photos of objects that had meaning for me. I had a conversation with a guy I was seeing at the time about minimalism and how he had thrown away all … Continue reading →

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Veganuary: the story so far

Posted on Jan 15, 2017 by

Regular readers (hello!) will know that we’ve been giving veganuary a try over here at the Magpie Nest. I don’t have any plans to become a food blogger, my main interest here is exploring creativity and wellbeing, and other things … Continue reading →

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