2017 has gone by in a flash! So many great things have happened this year; our wedding, our honeymoon, two house moves and starting my final year of university. My mental health is the best it has been in a very long time and I feel happy. This year has taught me a lot andRead More
real talk || sometimes life just gets too busy
Hello! It’s been so long since I have updated my blog simply because my life has been so hectic and I really have not had any time to write. Well, that is not strictly true, I have written lots: essays for university, wedding to do lists and I have filled notepads with poetry and otherRead More
femivision || gilmore girls || the dean of it all
Welcome to my blog series Femivision where I combine two of my favourite subjects to write about: feminism and television. I will explore the feminist issues within popular tv shows and analyse how the characters, storylines and writers use or abuse feminist issues. I am continuing with Gilmore Girls for my second post. There are a lot of things that IRead More
a letter to my father on the anniversary of his death
Dear Dad, It has been 8767 days since you left us. When I calculated that amount, I couldn’t believe it; to me it sounded too little. I know to many others it feels like yesterday but I lost you so early on in my life, it feels like forever. As a child, I didn’t consciouslyRead More
real talk || dealing with betrayal
Betrayal. That ugly word and an even uglier feeling. Whether it comes from friends or love interests, the act of betrayal is one of the most devastating situations a person has to deal with. Throughout my life, I have felt betrayed on several different occasions and through these experiences I have found that there isRead More
life update || the start of something new..
A quick apology, I know that I have not posted in a month and I feel terrible about it. I have been so busy that my blog had to take a backseat. This will only be a quick life update before regular posting shall resume within the next week. I have moved into a veryRead More
the best feeling in the world
So last month I shared with you my decision to leave London and move back to Bath. Well I have been back here a few days now and I wanted to write about the experience and how it feels to come home after a long period away. Leaving London was a lot harder than I imagined.Read More
life overhaul : going back where I belong
I moved to London in September 2011 at the age of 22. It was a huge decision as I had lived in the small city of Bath for my entire life and it meant leaving my Mother (who was pregnant with my baby sister at the time) and Gran, both of whom I am veryRead More
The road to recovery. || My anxiety story.
Anxiety. Not the feeling, the illness. It has become more prevalent within society over the past few years due to big names within the blogging / YouTube world opening up about their experiences. Originally I did not have a word for what I was experiencing. I knew I had suffered with depression and I justRead More
