Stress

Impossible expectations and standards… So often I hear from – especially mums – that they are sooooo useless because: They can’t live up to the crazy mad standards they’ve set for themselves. Like they’ve ditched the healthy diet they’ve been cooking for their kids – once And fed them, I don’t know, something SHOCKING, like […]

And I don’t mean bottlin’ as in losing your nerve and running, I mean holding onto stuff, Not speaking, Not saying what you want, what you see. Bottling it up, holding it in, not talking? It just doesn’t work does it?

Awful headline huh? But it got you reading! Sumati was saying to me she would love some time to exercise and Ascend. I’m like: sweet! Of course, I’ll hold the baby, You go do the stuff you do to nurture and look after yourself. To recharge, to reorder and reprioritise, To step away from the

Ed – the singer, songwriter – you know the one … If you listen to the radio you probably have at least one of his songs stuck in your head without even knowing it’s him, Well – Ed’s quit twitter. He’s gone, he’s off … Too much hate for him. I’m neither here or there

“I’ll just do this one thing …” “Then I’ll rest, later when it’s finished…” You know it, It never happens. The kids go down to sleep or off to school, you do all the stuff you think you should be doing. Instead of looking after yourself –

You ever tipped your head back to the sky, and roared? “Why is this happening to me?” Sure you have. I have – “Why God? Why?” is a classic … THE classic response when good things happen to bad people. I’ve got that the wrong way round –

You know when you need to pee? And you’re jumping from foot to foot, Trying to finish off the thing you’re involved in – Yet failing because you just can’t think straight? Then you take care of the necessities and everything is easier? Same same with exhaustion.

Spent this morning speaking with a bunch of 10 year olds – All about stress and anger, worry and anxiety, depression and sorrow. About not sleeping at night, About getting so frustrated they can’t think straight. About putting themselves under impossible pressure. And I thought the life of a ten year old was free and

Big thing, freedom. Songs, books, speeches all been written about it. People will fight for it. Interesting thing too – When you’re feeling down about something, It’s usually because you feel like you have no choice, no freedom in a situation.