I always say pain changes you. I am not the person I was yesterday, and tomorrow I will not be the person I am today. It’s moulding me into a better, stronger me.
Tag: empathy
The sound of silence on mental health
The fault in our mindsets: predicaments in dating with fibromyalgia
‘Empathy is a choice and it is a vulnerable choice, because in order to connect with you, I have to connect with something in myself that knows that feeling’ – Dr Brene Brown, Professor in Social Work at the University of Houston. I was thinking about why so many people lack
Being empathetic
“Empathy is a choice and it is a vulnerable choice because in order to connect with you, I have to connect with something in myself that knows that feeling” - Dr Brené Brown, Professor in social work at the University of Houston From those perfectly spoken words of Professor Brown, we
How love supports
It's still one of my all time favourite illustrations (thanks www.robot-hugs.com) of how to support anyone you love grappling with depression, anxiety, stress, chronic illness, etcetera. DO: Show empathy, hold their hand, ask how you can help and be there for them. Stay. DON'T: Judge, condemn or run away to return when