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Hello, you! If you haven’t read my first few blog posts, I’ll do a little recap for you: Me. Anxiety. Post-natal depression x 2. I’m still working my way out of those, but I am making great progress these days. It’s pretty exciting! There’s more to it than that, of course, but that should help this post make a bit more sense! Today is the day, I think, for passing on some of the things that have helped me build my confidence or helped me function at a better level. Look at me, using the past tense, like I’ve nailed this ‘confidence’ thing! Hahaha. Misleading. I’m still wading my way through anxiety, though more like waist-high now, rather than over my head. The stuff I’m about to tell you still applies to me very much. I still need the reminders. But I feel much more alive because of them, like I’m actually functioning! I now believe, more than ever before, that I am never alone. That gave me a little nudge forward. Also, I felt a new sense of purpose. God doesn’t want me t

Welcome back! Thanks so much for visiting my blog. At the moment it’s all about my journey through anxiety, depression, and piecing myself back together again. It’s taken a lot of glue so far! She’s a big job. But I’m making progress…. So, counselling, huh? I didn’t think I’d ever end up in it…. In fact, when I had post-natal depression the first time, my doctor suggested counselling, but I thought, “What?? Me? No thanks, that’s for people with issues”. Ha. I was neck deep in denial. PND Round #2 though, I really pushed for it. I felt like I had been thrown overboard with my hands tied. I couldn’t free myself. I needed help. Real bad.  A referral was made, but after I asked and asked (because it had been months and nobody was contacting me), it was discovered that I wasn’t even on the database. My referral had slipped through the cracks. Those months of waiting felt like forever. Each day was survival. That’s all I was striving for. I felt like I was dying on the inside, f