Step into a world where personal growth meets self-awareness, as we explore the path to healing and understanding through shared experiences and insights.
Since my course wound up for summer I have been taking myself on a creative journey. The Artist's Way program was recommended to me by a friend as my next step in my personal growth journey. (I got my results for year one, am relatively happy with them and in the past few weeks I have been offered and accepted a place to do my placement hours - I'll come back to this point at a later date!),
“Trying to Live My Best Life” – this is my tag line on my Facebook profile. Something that has come up a few times in the past few months for me is the concept of toxic positivity. In the Disney movie Inside out the character Joy is the personification of toxic positivity. Joy is an emotion that lives in Riley’s head, In the first part of the movie Joy becomes increasingly overbearing and dominates Riley’s other emotions. Riley is only allowed to feel happy and in the process of making this happen, Joy unwittingly suppresses Riley’s other emotions.
Monday before last I did a training day on Wellbeing. I’m finally getting around to putting together my self-care toolkit. All this stuff was spread around my flat in various places where it lives. But I gathered it all together for a quick phone photo (because my camera is an important item that needed to be in the photo).
I happen to like a very wide range of musical genres. So here’s my shortlist of songs for growth and healing, in alphabetical order. There are more I could add but the list could go on forever, so I picked out a dozen. There are a few wildcards in there, others are self-explanatory. I often find myself singing away to the radio in the car (when I’m on my own lol) on autopilot. I often don’t pay attention to what the words are or the meaning of the lyrics. If you feel inclined to listen to some of my playlist, do listen to the words as they are important in this instance.
In less than 3 weeks, my new course starts. I’m really looking forward to getting started. I’m trying to get myself motivated for restarting personal therapy, for reading, trying to retain information and for learning new things. I’m preparing myself for meeting my fellow classmates, hoping I’ll find among them like-minded people. Hopefully they are not all very, very young. I’m preparing myself for juggling the course with work and the rest of my life, all aspects of which are equally important.
All the photographs I have used in this website are my own, taken personally by me. I always had a certain gra for taking photos, as a child, a teen and later into my 20’s, people bought me various little compact cameras for taking snapshots. The photos I produced were never much good, but I loved trying!
In 2011, without warning, my dad tragically, suddenly and traumatically (for me) passed away from a pulmonary aneurism in front of my eyes. As a result I became extremely ill. Every human brain has it's breaking point and this event turned out to be mine. Since then i have struggled with the complexities of my own mind and have been under the care of my local mental health team. I was referred to Bereavement Counselling in the beginning, in truth, at the time I was not yet ready for it and abandoned the service when it became 'no longer convenient' to attend the appointments. When I did reach the point where I did feel ready for therapy, I was limited in what was available due to my abandonment of the service I'd been originally referred to. So I availed of low/no-cost therapy from various charities and community groups, unfortunately this approach usually limits the number of sessions you can have with a counsellor.
At 'My Scattered Mind', I believe in the power of sharing my personal journey to inspire and uplift others. My blog is a heartfelt collection of stories, reflections, and insights from an individual on a quest for growth, healing, and self-awareness. Each post is an invitation to pause, reflect, and perhaps see a part of your own journey mirrored in these words. I aim to build a community of readers who are passionate about understanding themselves and the world around them. Here, vulnerability is embraced, and authenticity is celebrated. As you navigate through my blog, I hope you find comfort in knowing that you are not alone on this path, and perhaps, find the motivation to embark on your own journey of personal growth and healing.
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