I was recently listening to The Rise & Conquer Podcast Ep:37 Honour The Season Your In by Georgie Stevenson. In the episode Georgie said something that really hit home for me. ”Honour the season your in, stop looking around and feeling like your missing out or your not doing what you should be doing. Really …
The irony of this post is unreal, I wrote it a few days before halloween with the purpose of going up on Halloween night with a makeup look that to me showed how I’ve been feeling on the inside – broken. But that never happened as at 2am on halloween morning I ended up in …
This post is a collaboration post with Chia Samson, we chose the topic of gratitude and have both shared our experiences with gratitude and how we practice gratitude in our day to day lives. Check out Chia’s post The Gratitude Attitude With Elina Passant If I’m honest gratitude is something I really struggle with and …
Losing friends, at any age is hard, but it feels even harder when it happens in your teens, at school, and even harder when you’re chronically ill. I got glandular fever when I was 16, just before all my exams that year and consequently missed them all. I decided to leave the school I was at …
*This post contains a gifted item from YuYu Bottle* “ I’m constantly in pain. Yes, constantly. Every single second. The pain is still there when I’m smiling. The pain is still there when I don’t talk about it. When I say “I’m fine” I have a very different definition than you do” – @strongerthanpots Chronic …
I was never good with numbers. Math was never a strong suit of mine and only brought me anxiety and stress. After the incident, I wanted to share my story, so I wrote a blog post about it. I treated it like an essay. They are simple as long as you don’t procrastinate. Which I …
Recently I’ve been stuck in a bit of a negative rut due to my health severely declining. The only thing that truly helps me to stay as positive as possible and actually want to get out of bed each day is being inspired. Inspiration is such a powerful and underrated tool! We live in a …
Recovery. The word sounds simple enough, but it’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made. I’ve struggled with my mental health since I was 8 years old, to give you some perspective on long it’s been, I’ll be 15 in October. In between then and now I’ve had multiple panic attacks and breakdowns, self-harmed …
Growing up my Mum was always learning something new, whether it was cooking, healthy living, business studies or as I got older studying to become a life and relationship coach. I used to tease her for her attachment to books (mind you we had 3 GIANT bookcases overflowing with them) owning 50 million notebooks that …
Hey guys! My name is Maddie and I’m a high school junior and lifestyle blogger. The 2018/2019 school year is coming to an end, which means summer is almost here! However, that also means finals and AP (or IB) tests are among us, which is quite the stress-inducer for most of us. Starting out the …