All tagged Mental Health

What You Need To Know About The Mental Health Benefits Of Journaling

What You Need To Know About The Mental Health Benefits Of Journaling

Laura McKee
communication skills, mental health, Personal Development

Journaling is a way of recording your thoughts, feelings, habits, and gaining insights for your personal development. Is Journaling good for mental health? Yes, I chose to journal for my mental health, exploring the difficult feelings I had,since I became chronically ill. So I wrote the Journey To Balance Journal as the mental health benefits of journaling can be powerful, helping you process stress, trauma, and difficult emotions. Journaling in this self-awareness book is a simple and accessible practice tailored to meet your unique needs and preferences.

An Exclusive Look At The Challenge An Unpaid Carer Faces

An Exclusive Look At The Challenge An Unpaid Carer Faces

Laura McKee
mental health, family life, Guest posts, chronic illnesses

As part of this year’s Carers Rights Day on the 24th November I have taken over my wife’s blog and am going to provide an exclusive look at life as an unpaid carer, When Laura became chronically ill in 2014, and it eventually dawned on me that my role as Husband, Father, best friend and confidante would now be expanded to that of prime and unpaid Carer, life would become a little more complicated.

How To Challenge And Overcome Resistance To Change In Life

How To Challenge And Overcome Resistance To Change In Life

Laura McKee
chronic illnesses, well-being, communication skills, Personal Development

Life with chronic illness isn’t easy and can lead to depression. This is especially true when we know we need to make changes to our lives and realise that we have little to no control over our situation. I grieved my pre-illness life and couldn’t see how to overcome the challenges I faced.

Working with a professional let me know it was okay to feel and talk about being angry, sad and lost. She helped me recognise that my self talk wasn’t helping me move past grief and gave me the support I needed to overcome resistance to change.