Happy

When I finally reached the top of the Mardi Himal viewpoint – the 4,500 metre peak of my three-day Nepal trek in October 2020 ­– I thought I’d feel something akin to elation. Instead, if I’m honest, I felt bloody cold. It was freezing…

You probably won’t be surprised if I tell you that the writing process has helped me immensely throughout my journey to better mental health – I am a writer, after all. For example, just after my breakup four years ago, I signed up for…

During my difficult breakup, I started pinning inspirational quotes on Pinterest every morning as part of my ‘self-care rituals.’ Here’s an assortment of the things that I saved at the time: “The comeback is stronger than the setback.” “What if you simply devoted this…

I don’t say this lightly, but yoga has ‘saved’ me many times. I first dabbled in yoga when I was at university. The student gym had a number of classes on offer and yoga was one of them. I remember feeling quite smug as…

I’ve recently come to the realisation that I’ve always put a lot of pressure on my main line of work. That is, I’ve come to expect that my job should fulfill me completely, should be in line with all of my values, and should…

“I feel like I’ve spent my life running and I want to learn how to stand still and be happy where I am…” Chasing happiness  Somehow, somewhere along the way, I learnt that the key to happiness was to keep on moving. Anything that…