Category Archives: Resilience

Mental Health & Debt

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Day 27 of my 40 Day Blog Challenge. I wanted to have a think about how mental health can impact on our financial wellbeing, and vice versa. I was looking around and found the following article from Martin Lewis of Moneysavingexpert.com. I think this article serves as a good introduction to the issue; hopefully, this will be something I think about a little more here on the blog before the 40 days is up.

Don’t forget, if you have a story, I’d still love to hear from you. The following is taken straight from Moneysavingexpert.com where you can view the full article and really helpful resource guide here.

A message from Martin

Be under no illusions. Mental health problems can cause severe debt, and severe debt can cause mental health problems. Continue reading →

Mother’s Day

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mothers-day-banner-2017Day 26 of my 40 Day Blog Challenge. Elizabeth shares some beautiful thoughts this mothers day…

Today is a great day.  Today, I am surrounded by my immediate family and we shall have quality family time.  We shall play together, eat together and have fun together.  We shall also get a bit frustrated and impatient with each other because we are a normal family.

Today, Mother’s Day, hasn’t always been a great day.  It’s been a day I wished didn’t exist because of unfulfilled dreams.  It’s been a day which has made loss in my life all the more apparent.  But for me, it means I get to enjoy and appreciate THIS particular day all the more.

But today, I want to remember and consider all the people for whom today is difficult: for those who have lost their mother’s; for those who have lost their grandmother’s; for those who have never known their mother; for those who’ve longed for years to be a mother and it’s not worked out; for those who want to be with their mother’s and distance separates them; for the mothers who have lost their babies; for those whose mother’s have fallen short and feel let down by them.  I acknowledge that today can be a difficult day.  And I’m thinking of you.  Please don’t feel forgotten.

Resilience: around the world on his bike!

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Day 25 of my 40 Day Blog Challenge. If I thought Id’d set myself a challenge doing this blog for 40 days, then Josiah Skeats is a challenge legend! I have been following his blog as he cycles around the world, from the UK toward Australia. As a keen cyclist myself, I know how disheartening it can be when you are  cycling into a bit of a headwind, let alone some of the crazy conditions Josiah has faced. So I figured I’d ask him about resilience, and he has so kindly written the following blog for us on the subject. Please do check out his personal blog, or follow him on Facebook, it is a truly wonderful story.

Resilience

Of the many lessons you learn on a 25,000 kilometre cycling journey around the world, learning to be resilient, and to overcome difficult situations is one of the most valuable. Contrary to what you might imagine, the physical challenge of cycling such a vast distance pales in comparison to the mental challenges. Continue reading →