It's Black Friday, an unwelcome import encouraging us to part with money we don't have to adorn ourselves and our houses with things we don't need. For someone like me, constantly wrestling with a tendency toward a scarcity mindset, Black Friday offers little incentive other than to occasionally … [Read more...] about Black Friday & Feelings Of Scarcity
Recovery
Sowing Seeds
It's been such a mild autumn that the beetroot is still growing as fast as I can pick it and I might even be able to push my luck and have it fresh from the ground at Christmas. Elsewhere in the garden, an apricot seed I planted some years ago just to see what would happen has thrived in terms of … [Read more...] about Sowing Seeds
Adrenaline Junkie
Gathering the orders for a takeaway Wagamama I remember my daughter's cautionary warning about the "Hot Chicken Katsu Curry", so I'm surprised when she, like me, chooses it. "This is as much adrenaline as I want," she says and we laugh our way through what is, even for someone who enjoys heat, a … [Read more...] about Adrenaline Junkie
Anxiety And Overripe Bananas
The dogs won't stop wrestling on the bed while I'm trying to work. I lose patience and settle one of them downstairs. There are a lot of bananas in the fruit bowl and this makes me anxious because if there's one thing I can't stand more than food waste it's an overripe banana. While I work out … [Read more...] about Anxiety And Overripe Bananas
The Definition Of Recovery
I may be significantly overstating the value of this post if you've been attracted simply by reading the title but I've been thinking a lot recently about what "recovery" in a mental health sense really is and how on earth we "do" it. Two things this week have brought the subject of recovery into … [Read more...] about The Definition Of Recovery