I haven’t written anything here for quite a while but I have still been writing. There was a slump, I think it was due to family bereavements – I didn’t think it affected me as much as it did, but it did. I think when you lose someone, you’re not only impacted by that lossContinue reading “Ready”
Category Archives: Wellbeing
My Anxious Shell
There is a shell in my pocket that my daughter gave me some time long past. I run my fingernail across it’s ridges and sweep my thumb across its silky underside. Cool against my skin, the rhythmic touch calms me. There is nothing to cause panic. Just people with their voices and their noises. IContinue reading “My Anxious Shell”
Just A Bug
The last couple of years have been hard for all of us and no one has been unaffected by the pandemic. One of the lasting affects for me, as a parent, has been anxiety around my daughter’s health.When I was a child, I used to get loads of bugs and had a fair amount ofContinue reading “Just A Bug”
My Brain, Migraine
The last thing I needed on top of my worsened fatigue, and potential fibromyalgia, were migraines but some faulty wiring and misfiring in my brain has brought them upon me. I have been suffering them on and off for several weeks now and though my GP was sympathetic and helpful, she could only prescribe oneContinue reading “My Brain, Migraine”
Journaling
“I read somewhere recently that you shouldn’t wait for a certain moment in time to start something. So here I am on a Wednesday 29th September at midday starting a new journal…” There are many sources across the internet that champion the mental and physical benefits of journaling. Other last couple of years I foundContinue reading “Journaling”
Mikaela Walker - Writer 