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Thoughts on Radical Kindness: Why writers and artists should practice it (Part 3)

Posted on Mar 14, 2020 by The Magpie at Midnight

[This is part 3 of a series of blogs about kindness. Please see parts 1 and 2 here] When I began writing these posts I kind of thought this would have been one of my ‘here are my random thoughts … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Radical Kindness as a Daily Practice: Part 2

Posted on Mar 7, 2020 by The Magpie at Midnight

[This blog is Part 2 of a series blogs – see Part 1 here.] When I started writing this blog series I just wanted to express a general thought about kindness; that posting nice quotes or stories is not enough. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on Feb 29, 2020 by The Magpie at Midnight

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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More thoughts on mental health in the theatre – point me in the direction of better stories.

Posted on Apr 7, 2019 by The Magpie at Midnight

Just so you know chaps, Spoilers ahead… Two weekends ago I went to see the play Equus with a friend of mine. I don’t want to turn this blog into a ‘review of psychological plays’ blog, or indeed give the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Art, Craft, creative work, Theatre | Tagged Art, equus, mental health, stories about mental health, Theatre | 2 Comments

Things to do when you are busy not having a baby

Posted on May 29, 2018 by The Magpie at Midnight

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 The Magpie at Midnight

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 The Magpie at Midnight

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 →

Posted in Anxiety, making and mental health, mental health, swimming | Tagged distance swimming, endurance, mental distress, mental health, swimming, swimming training | 5 Comments