I remember the night I started my first illustrated journal. My small son was three, and to pull back a couple of hours of child-free...

Mornings always seem to be the worst for the grey fog. Wake up. Then as my brain lifts itself from sleep, it then seems to move into a...

In general I'm finding that staying away from the news and social media is really helping with my anxiety. Instead of doom scrolling I'm...

I was drawn to this quote as I often feel very knotted; knotted and tight forehead and knotted and taut nerves. At times these knots have...

I was having an interesting chat yesterday with a chap about anxiety, he was interested in my artwork because he said he struggled to...

I seem to be doing quite well at the minute, and typically I'm feeling that I'm just lucky to be having a reprieve from the mental...

I was chatting to someone about social media a few weeks ago, and she made the comparision with social media consumption being like...

For some months now I've been really analysing the contents of the air I'm breathing, not the actual air, but metaphorically, but just as...

This morning, I woke up. Grateful. Grateful that the thick, inpenetrable fog that's been swimming round my brain for the last few weeks...

One thing that is helping with my anxiety recently is realising that I dont have to blindly follow the dictates of society, particularly...

I'm having one of those periods where the brain chatter doesn't stop and any positive thoughts struggle to get through. I think it's...

I grew up in a politically engaged household. I've spent my adult life working in journalism, and reading political works. I've engaged...

I love this quote, as my mind does feel like a battlefield at the minute, and I can't seem to alight on something that will quieten it....

I sometimes find it exhausting having my brain, it's great for creativity, but its constant need for input, and the endless thoughts and...

I'm a lifelong cyclist. I enjoy being on two wheels, not just as a form of transport, but also becuse of its meditative qualities. When...

Last week I had my counselling session, where we talked about personal bubbles, and at the weekend I re-read Elif Sharaf's How To Stay...

I've been asked to create some artwork for a friend around the theme of the AA serenity prayer, to celebrate her nephew's full year of...

I long ago came to the conclusion that I don't find the online world a happy place to be, particularly in terms of the news and social...

For the last few weeks I've felt as though I'm experiencing life through a sort of grey soup that I can't seem to quite shake off. I'm...

I've noticed since I've been working as an artist, and since I went into Lockdown along with the rest of the world four years ago, that I...