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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 ...