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13 Reasons Why, Season 2
Woosh, that was a lot to take in. I finished watched 13 Reasons Why (season 2) last night, having watched the whole season over two days....

Mike Douglas
May 24, 20187 min read


STOP Suicide Campaign
Back in January I was fortunate enough to record a podcast with Rob Earl. After having arranged our podcast discussion some weeks (maybe...

Mike Douglas
May 2, 20185 min read


Live Music, Seeing Pals, New Job & Church
O man, its been a busy week! I started a tweet and I just couldn't fit everything in so... Hi! The last week or so has been super busy...

Mike Douglas
Mar 25, 20184 min read


Time To Change Young Champions
I recently attended Time to Change's Young Champions training event in London. I was invited along as a facilitator for one of the...

Mike Douglas
Mar 16, 20183 min read


Redundancy Makes Us Better?
It's what LinkedIn tells us regularly right?! I have seen a few posts with people saying "my redundancy made me think about what I really...

Mike Douglas
Feb 9, 20184 min read


It's Happening! Blog Awards!
It is actually happening! Following my post last year about the South Coast Mental Health Blog Awards I can now confirm they will be...

Mike Douglas
Jan 23, 20182 min read


New Places, Catch Ups & Pucks
Over the festive period I visited a few places and caught up with a lot of friends, so I thought I would start off the new year by...

Mike Douglas
Jan 1, 20186 min read


December, Reflection Time
Its December again. I hope I am ready for this! I thought this would be a good time to reflect back on some of those triggers before they...

Mike Douglas
Dec 7, 20173 min read


I'm Struggling
As December gets underway I am not going to lie I am struggling. I am struggling at work because of upcoming changes. I'm struggling with...

Mike Douglas
Dec 3, 20173 min read


Self Care at Body Shop
Last week I was lucky enough to be invited along to the Christmas event at Chichester's Body Shop. It was lovely to be invited to an...

Mike Douglas
Nov 23, 20173 min read


Season of Seasons
Seasonal events can be triggering for my mental health, its fair to say its not always good in the hood. This year I made a conscious...

Mike Douglas
Nov 19, 20173 min read


Dyslexia, Mental Health & Education
These are 3 things that I am very interested and passionate about. While I have not spoken much about my dyslexia, many of you will be...

Mike Douglas
Oct 5, 20177 min read


2 Years of Mike's Open Journal
Wow, two years! Its amazing. I can't believe it. I wanted to take a bit of time to reflect on the last two years and everything Mike's...

Mike Douglas
Sep 30, 20172 min read


What Is My Life?
Struggling with those thoughts, you know? Like shouldn't I be where I want to be now? Had had a moment the other day, I was walking along...

Mike Douglas
Sep 26, 20172 min read


Weird Dreams & Possibilities
Do you ever have those weird dreams that are kind of real? Like there's no one flying around or doing anything (too) ridiculous. Yet the...

Mike Douglas
Sep 15, 20172 min read


Bye Summer
Its September time and that means back to school, college, uni and work for many of us. Summer is about to be a distant memory. Like last...

Mike Douglas
Sep 7, 20173 min read


Mike at Victorious Festival
So many thoughts, where to start?! I wanted to write this post last night when I got in, but I needed a bit of time to recover. Im going...

Mike Douglas
Aug 27, 20175 min read


The Hate Gang
Theres been so much hate lately. Its almost unbelievable! Usually I would do my best to ignore this, but it has affected my life and my...

Mike Douglas
Aug 20, 20174 min read


#MHBSouthCoast 2
I have just got back from the second Mental Health Bloggers South Coast (MHBSouthCoast) meet up. It was lovely! Unfortunately in the last...

Mike Douglas
Aug 6, 20173 min read


#KeepTalkingMH
Recently I spoke to Rebecca Lombardo on the podcast, if you haven't already listen here, she mentioned #KeepTalkingMH towards the end of...

Mike Douglas
Jul 27, 20171 min read
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