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October 26, 2018November 17, 2018 Contributor Post

My Life as a Student Juggling Invisible Illnesses

October 3, 2018November 17, 2018 Contributor Post

My Life with Endometriosis

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 Jade Elouise

Our lives with Invisible Illness

September 24, 2018September 29, 2018 Jade Elouise

Our Lives as Plus Size Beauty Queens

September 3, 2018September 5, 2018 Megs Casey

My Life as a Plus Size Mum Overcoming Depression and Anxiety

Gemma Correll illustration of 8 people of different genders and ages all sharing the same bubble thought which reads "Everyone else has it together, except me".

August 26, 2018September 2, 2018 Jade Elouise

Confessions of a Depressingly Anxious Mind: Confession #1

August 22, 2018September 24, 2018 Olivia Wong

My Life as a Teacher Facing Financial Difficulties

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“While issues surrounding sexual harassment are by no means gender specific, I want to be completely honest with you: up until now, I’d been growing unbelievably tired of it all. I am so sick of the lewd comments, the unwarranted dick picks (SERIOUSLY. GUYS. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE IT), the hyper sexualisation of the female body, the unprompted groping, the she-asked-for-its, and the rest. At just twenty-one years of age, and countless experiences of sexual harassment later, I was already becoming weary of having to navigate society as a woman. Says a lot, doesn’t it? Thankfully, the news of @ginamartinuk’s hard-won triumph against this kind of behaviour, has refuelled a fire inside me which was slowly beginning to burn out.” _ I was so ecstatic when the news of the new upskirting law becoming enforceable yesterday, read more in my latest article to find out why (link in bio).

My first ever YouTube video is now live! This is a short guided meditation which takes you through 20 affirmations to help you rediscover your self worth and speak your inner truth. We recommend that you do affirmations every day for 21 days to really start making changes to your unconscious beliefs and thought forms! If you have a spare 10 minutes where you can relax a little and watch it I would so appreciate it, and please do leave a like if you enjoy it (or even subscribe if you’d like to...) and let me know if you have an feedback.💫

I am in LOVE with this illustration of me and my gorgeous mum that I got her for Mother’s Day! So excited to finally have my own @mellow.doodles illustration 😍 Melissa is a fantastic, one of a kind artist who I got to know last year when she generously donated art work to the #nothingtohidecampaign art exhibition. She is a beautiful person and wonderful advocate for mental health and self development, and I’m so happy to have been able to support her by purchasing some of her work. She’s been struggling recently with her business ideas being stolen which breaks my heart because she works so hard! I would encourage every single one of you to follow her as her positive energy and passion for what she does just brings pure joy. 💛

My stress is next level at the moment but I’m making a conscious effort to avoid slipping into the unhealthy thought patterns that usually come with that. I’m trying to wear clothes that both empower me and make me feel uncomfortable when I can, but equally I don’t feel bad if I roll out of bed and into some leggings and a black top. I’m learning that it’s important to allow your mood to flow up and down without fighting against it or making myself feel bad for not being perfectly stable and happy all of the time. It’s okay to feel so honour your emotions!🌹

How my higher self looks when she’s about to lecture me on ‘loving myself before loving others’. 😂💛 _ This photoshoot was a year and a half ago and I cannot believe how much I have changed since then. I think you can see the difference in my smile alone! Looking back to who I was when I was 19 feels like I’m looking at an alternative version of myself. I feel so much older and wiser than I was, and yet I’m still only 21 and I know I still have so much to see and experience, and for the first time in my life I am in a place where I am finally READY to see where life takes me. We all grow at different speeds, and I think I’m finally ready to grow into myself and own my power now. Forget labels or preconceptions: be who you want to be. Do not live in fear of change- it is what will propel you forward into greatness! 🌻

What are you proud of yourself for today?🌞 _ I am proud of the woman I am becoming. I’m proud of my strength and resilience, my ability to set boundaries and respect myself more and more each day. I am proud that I saw past the bullshit and learnt to love myself. I’m proud that I have released my guilt and anger surrounding past traumas and am able to look forward to the future. I am proud that I am no longer consumed by grief and loss, and that I can look back at my past and recognise the beauty of all that I have endured. I am proud that I can look forward to tomorrow and the next day and the next, and all that come after it, knowing that it can only get better, and that life will be what I make of it. I am proud that I am still here, and I am proud of all of the things I am yet to achieve but that I know are not only possible, but are a certainty, because I control my future.💛 _ Today you are more than you were yesterday. Today you are wiser, stronger and more resilient than you ever have been. With every second that goes by you grow even more, and you should be so, so proud of that!🌻

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