#depression – Support – Self-Help Library Book Prescriptions

Self-Help Library Book Prescriptions I heard about this the other day on the radio. A great idea to place proven self-help books into libraries. The message needs to be spread so that those who have an inkling something is wrong can start to find help quickly as time is of the essence. The quicker youContinueContinue reading “#depression – Support – Self-Help Library Book Prescriptions”

#depression – Inspiration – #Movember – Lead by shining example – #mentalhealth

Now this is something that I am a passionate believer in and yes I my top lip has donned a hairy growth in the past. The Movember movement is one of the few male focussed campaigns that has really worked, raising the profile of prostrate cancer. I would love a similar focus on mens mentalContinueContinue reading “#depression – Inspiration – #Movember – Lead by shining example – #mentalhealth”

#depression – He slipped through my fingers while I held him!

You are NOT alone… YOU .. are .. NOT .. alone… Less than five minutes ago I learn that a guy I helped a few weeks ago, when he fell from his delivery van and injured his ankle, has commited suicide. The thing that makes me feel sad, a little angry with myself and wishingContinueContinue reading “#depression – He slipped through my fingers while I held him!”

#depression – Plans for the weekend..?

So what are your plans for the coming weekend? For me it includes a long weekend with my girls hopefully full of adventures, fun, laughter and love… I know we have a birthday party to attend, maybe one nights camping out (weather dependent), a fairy princess castle to finish painting, a bbq to enjoy andContinueContinue reading “#depression – Plans for the weekend..?”

#depression – Tales of painting fairy princess castles, bows and arrows and friends!

After a slightly challenging day of work this evening has been lovely! It started with the collection of my two little girls, after picking up fuel (and some chocolate for my eldest) we headed for home and tea. The plan for the evening involved the painting of the fairy princess castle that my eldest toddlerContinueContinue reading “#depression – Tales of painting fairy princess castles, bows and arrows and friends!”

#depression – Inspiration – Theodore Roosevelt, President

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better… The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; whoContinueContinue reading “#depression – Inspiration – Theodore Roosevelt, President”