A NEW BLOG; a novice;

It’s a bleak Monday evening at the start of March 2021. I am writing this first post with determination, hope, passion, dedication and intent. It is a promise, not only to myself but to those around me, that things will get better.

I want to be upfront: this isn’t my first foray into blogging but this time it feels serious. I’m here for a purpose.

It’s time to open up conversations around mental health; early influences and the effect COVID has had on it; what mechanisms people have found and utilised to cope in such a tough time; where they learnt what they have; and so much more.

Every day, I count my blessings that I have such a solid support network around me and yet I find myself struggling to maintain these relationships. Conversations feel so exhausting when there is nothing to celebrate this far into a pandemic. So I am getting out of my comfort zone and opening up new discussions around the bigger picture: why people are the way they are.

Each week, I am going to shine a spotlight on someone I am lucky enough to call a friend. I want to share their story and dig deeper into who they are. Everybody deserves a chance to be heard and that is what we are doing here.

Finding out how to be human. Just how to be.

If one person takes one single thing away from this place, I will have done something right. Please do come along and join us for the ride. There’s room for everyone.

xo