Julie

In Advice, Feelings, Life Lessons, Love, Moving on

3 Extremely Valuable Lessons I have Learnt from Life

JulieSeptember 21, 2018September 21, 20182 Comments

Life can get pretty intense. Things get busy, we get overwhelmed, and we struggle and feel like we fail at times. But lately, I have been doing a lot of learning. Learning things about other people and about myself; important things that I could not have learnt if I did not go through some very difficult times.
I have been encouraged and inspired to become a better person through all of this, and I hope that by sharing these things, someone else might be encouraged too. Here are three of the latest things I have learnt, which I consider to be extremely valuable life lessons:

In Advice, Anxiety, Awareness, Depression, Feelings, Mental Illness, Recovery, Self Care, Self Love, Truth

The Truth about Self Care

JulieSeptember 2, 2018September 2, 2018Leave a comment

So many people talk about “self care” these days, especially when one is suffering from a mental illness, as well as things like stress and fatigue. But there’s something that many people don’t realise: Self care might not be what you think it is.

The question I am going to ask is, how do you view self care? Is it purely taking time out to be alone, to take a breath and relax? Treating yourself to coffee on the way to or from work? A long bubble bath at the end of a big day? A massage? An extra piece of cake – because you deserve it?

I have a simple answer for you. No. That is not self care. That is what I call “self love”. Self love is not a bad thing at all; it is in fact important, as long as it is not over-indulged. (But that’s for another post, on another day.)
Let’s talk more now about what “self care” really is…

In Advice, Feelings, Friendships, God, Love, Moving on, Open letter

An Open Letter to My 10 Year Old Self:

JulieAugust 21, 2018August 21, 2018Leave a comment

Dear younger me, I imagine you won’t even recognise me at the moment. Life has changed so, so much, and I have too. Becoming an adult, marriage, parenthood, and just life things have changed me in to such a different person, and I have a few things I want to tell you. You’re 10 now. … Read More

In Anxiety, Feelings, God, God's Love, Healing, Love, Mental Illness, Recovery, Writing

Thinking, overthinking, and anxiety…

JulieAugust 10, 2018August 10, 20181 Comment

Why life has been so crazy (and why you haven’t heard from me for a while), followed by the drama of my overthinking and anxiety (and why we really don’t need to overthink and stress).

#stress #anxiety #thinking #overthinking #sickness #recovery #confessionsofasimplemum #simplylife #blogger

In Anxiety, Awareness, Depression, Feelings, Healing, Hope, Moving on

Hope: Why it’s worth fighting for

JulieJune 26, 2018Leave a comment

There are some days, where you simply ‘have’ hope. It’s just there. And then other days, you really have to fight for it. A quote that I love and can really relate to is “Sometimes you have to fight a battle more than once to win it”. If depression, anxiety or other struggles are something … Read More

In Faith, Feelings, Friendships, God, God's Love, Love, Poetry

How Much Does He Love Me?

JulieJune 11, 2018Leave a comment

My dear friends, I’ve been a little quiet for a while, I do apologise for that. Life has been pretty crazy for me, for all of us in my household in fact. Josh has been busy with his work, working long days and long hours. Henry has been growing fast, and is busier than ever, … Read More

In Advice, Depression, Feelings, Writing

When the Writer can’t Write

JulieMay 26, 2018Leave a comment

Some days, I can begin writing and it just flows. Other days, or weeks, I can try… and it just jams up. The thoughts are there, all bubbling up and trying to spill over, but it isn’t working. And I just. Can’t. Write. I find that writing is an escape for me. It’s odd, because … Read More

In Feelings, Forgiveness, Friendships, Healing, Hurt, Moving on

An Open Letter to my Ex Best Friend:

JulieMay 18, 2018May 16, 20181 Comment

Dear Ex Best Friend, A lot of time has passed since we spoke, lots has happened, and life has changed drastically, for both of us. I feel as though some of the things that went down between us through our friendship, especially towards the end, are something that I need to speak up about. We … Read More

In Anxiety, Awareness, Depression, Feelings, Healing, Mental Illness, Recovery

Me, on feeling okay.

JulieMay 16, 2018Leave a comment

Hey lovely people. This is a bit of a story and a few of my thoughts, straight from the heart. My thoughts and feelings on recovery, and how I am going with feeling okay. Sometimes the craziness of life gets the better of us, and we get very quickly overwhelmed, especially if how we feel … Read More

In Awareness, Feelings, Healing, Mental Illness

Feelings: What to do when they hit you

JulieApril 18, 2018May 15, 2018Leave a comment

Feelings. They creep up on us out of nowhere, confuse us, bring us joy, and even pain. But what do you do when they hit you like a tonne of bricks? When you’re overwhelmed by this perhaps foreign concept, these things called feelings? A lot of us struggle when we begin to have different feelings, … Read More