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Having to balance your personal life and home life while still having to perform optimally every day at work can be extremely taxing on your mental health, even if you love your job. A lot of the time, we tend to pay little attention to this impact and it can have devastating long-term effects on […] More
One of the pure banes of adulthood are the dreaded Sunday Scaries. Typically followed by a blissfully unaware weekend, the Sunday Scaries begin to creep into your mind on a Sunday morning, fully setting up shop and wreaking havoc by the afternoon. They bring with them feelings of intense doom, despair, and usually a little […] More
Self-doubt, inadequacy and feelings of not living up to the goals you’ve set for yourself can affect the way you see yourself. It happens and it’s normal. Medical experts call it Imposter syndrome. Counselling Psychologist, Jaydene du Preez says, “Imposter syndrome (also known as imposter phenomenon, fraud syndrome or the imposter experience) is the real or imagined […] More
I remember being supremely embarrassed to talk to my doctor about my anxiety. It seemed like everyone was complaining about being “anxious,” and I didn’t want it to seem like I was claiming I had a mental illness for attention. We’ve all heard someone claim they’re “so OCD” when really they just like things tidy, […] More
Loneliness is an emotion that we all try to steer clear from. We tend to question our worth, ruminate why we’re feeling it, and blame ourselves when things don’t go the way we want. While it’s easy to point the finger at yourself and view loneliness as a negative emotion, switching your perspective to see […] More
Yin yoga saved my sanity. Read this if you’re still trying to find something – anything – to help you cope with anxiety… I suffer from anxiety – sometimes low-grade, sometimes crippling, but always there. Mine isn’t straight-up anxiety or depression or any kind of categorisable mental health issue, but rather a byproduct of an […] More
Mid-year rush comes in many different forms — it could look like a new lease on life, to conquer the remaining six months of the year or it could look like burnout. For me, it was the latter. About a year ago, I found myself in a mental health clinic and it was one of […] More
The first time I ever ate out alone was not by choice. I was in my mid-20s and had been sent to Portugal on a work trip. A botched flight schedule had meant that I had arrived a day earlier than my colleagues, and I found myself spending a day gloriously lost in Lisbon, wandering […] More
