I found this while searching for How Not to Fall Apart in Overdrive and the book sounded pretty intriguing so I picked it up. I’m not quite sure how to classify it – it’s not self-help and I’m not sure if it’s memoir because at least half the book consists of her interviews with others… Read More The Art of Not Falling Apart by Christina Patterson
I talked about this in my review of How Not to Fall Apart, but my mental health hasn’t been too good lately. The glass wall that isolates me from the rest of the world has been appearing a bit more frequently and I’ve been wanting to cry and generally feeling like the whole world hates… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Addiction: The Start
This was a book that came at the perfect moment. It’s been a tough time for me lately and I needed to hear from someone who has gone through something similar to what I did (although Maggy faces much greater challenges than me). I stumbled across these lines in the first chapter and I knew… Read More How Not to Fall Apart by Maggy Van Eijk
Last week, my cell group had a pretty emotional discussion. Well, I say emotional but really most of it came from me/was me being emotional. Since this involves mental health, which is something I’ve been pretty open about here, I felt like this is a good place to process everything. By the publish date, you… Read More Mental Health and Christianity Shouldn’t Be Complicated
Today, I went for counselling. Five words, but they were hard to put into action, even after writing about how I was feeling defeated despite practising mental healthcare. I had this bull-headed idea that because I had “finished” counselling last year, I shouldn’t need more. Which, of course, is a ridiculous statement – if I… Read More Mental Health Update (aka Get More Help If You Need It)
Today’s post was supposed to be about how I fell in love with ebooks, but that post is 0% complete and instead, I’m compelled to write this. I’ve never thought that my mental health journey was going to be smooth. Right now, I’m in one of the low periods, where negative thoughts take over and… Read More When Mental Health Care Makes You Tired
Now that Christmas is over, we’ve got some time before 2019 begins. Instead of doing the usual book or tea reviews (or ramblings), I thought I’d spend the time looking back on the new year and maybe setting some goals for 2019. Before I start on the books and other media I’ve consumed through the… Read More Year End Mental Health/Life Update
I have always been one of those people that like to know what I’m feeling. If I can name it, then I know what’s going on and I can take steps to manage it. So for the past few weeks, not having the words to describe how I’m feeling is frustrating and more than a… Read More Naming My Emotions
…is selling away my kendo 竹刀 Oddly enough, it’s not giving up kendo, it’s selling the sword. I suppose that while I still had the sword, I could tell myself that I’d resume kendo again, in the Tomorrow. But without the sword, it’s pretty clear I won’t, even if I do have everything else. Isn’t… Read More One of my current regrets…
It’s June! Although it feels like the year just started to me. Anyway,I thought I’d do a little update on how things are mental-health and writing-wise, but first, I want to share about a podcast episode I listened to this week: Joanna Penn’s podcast this past week was an interview with Michaelbrent Collins and it… Read More Mid-Year Stocktake