For many people, including myself, Christmas and the winter months can be a difficult time. There's shorter days, colder weather, financial pressure, family expectations, grief, loneliness, and or changes in routine; all of which can affect how we feel. And then potentially impact our thought process and behaviours. While there is often a lot of focus on celebration and togetherness, it’s important to remember that struggling at this time of year is common, and help is availa

I'll spare you the usual "I cant believe it's December already", although does it count if I've still mentioned it? It's winter time and Spotify, YouTube and the rest are sharing my wrapped 2025 views/ listens, which has made me think; what has this year been? It's hard to reflect on everything at once, but certain themes come to the forefront. *Content warning: mention of panic attacks and depression The Privilege It's been another whole year of living. Another year of love

It’s been, well… pretty much 14 months of constant go; at work and at home. The usual slow downs in January and August didn’t happen. At work we had extra reporting and events and at home all the moving related things. In the last year at home, we’ve moved, Laura’s been off work, we’ve both had bouts of illness, I’ve broken down at least three times from burnout, once from depression and had two or three panic attacks (it’s nice to mix it up). It’s just been a lot. As we com