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Do you find that the minute you commit to a new task or job an inner voice chooses to tell you all the reasons why you won't succeed?

Maureen is an older lady who has her own opinions on just about everything. She posts videos on my Tiktok account '@claires_chair' trying...

'Are you hoping it will make you famous or something? Why do you think people want to hear what you have to say? You are nothing...

'Pull yourself together!' 'You just need to get on with it!' 'What have you got to be upset/depressed/anxious about?' 'There are many out...

I'm gonna be a good Mum. I've read tons of books and have so much love to give what could possibly go wrong? Within hours of giving birth...

What if I can't get up? What if I'm too tired to get through the day?

As I sit here typing I have tears tumbling down my cheeks, my stomach is doing somersaults and my heart feels like it could burst.

(N.B suicide is mentioned in this blog) I was asked this question many times over the years and my answer was often the same. I don't...

Where did we learn to be so easily offended? When did we begin to teach that to be offended meant someone had to change? When did our...

How often do you ask yourself that question....alot?

'Yes you are adopted'. (FYI whenever I say parents I am referring to my adoptive parents❤) A Girly Gift or Reject? At the age of 6 weeks...

This saying really bugs me, in fact it makes me angry. I get the gist behind it...you know ...that you don't have to feel ok all the...

I don't know about you but I frequently have to fight off feelings and thoughts that I am not good enough. This is one particular gremlin...

Let me introduce Sludge. Sludge is a big gooey mass of negativity always on the lookout for victims. Now for writing this Sludge is a'...