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Featured, Gardening, Lifestyle, Wellness
Gardening benefits everyone Gardening benefits the mind, body and soul yet it still gets a bit of a wrap for being one of those activities which only suits a certain type of person. It does carry a stereotype with it. Although gardening has become more popular over the past few years, with more television coverage and the rise of celebrity …
Featured, Lifestyle, Wellness
Ways to live your best life with meaning We all have hopes and dreams which we believe will help us live our best life. Sometimes it is easy to go off track and lose sight of what makes us happy. Here are 5 ideas to help stear you in the right direction towards living the best life possible for you. …
Depression, Featured, Mental Health
Get the ball rolling Mental Health Conversation Starters Last week was mental health awareness week. At the start of the week I put together a roundup post, of past Gardening Love mental health articles. Midweek my post focused on what mental health looks like and the stigma surrounding mental health. So to end the week I thought it might be helpful to …
Featured, Mental Health
Exploring the face of mental health The world has a population of around 7.3 billion people. Each person has their own characteristics which make them unique to our world and as a society we tend to like to categorise people. Tall, short, slim, overweight, light, dark, blue eyes, brown eyes, rich, poor etc. We all get sucked into the labelling game and …
Blog, Eco Therapy, Featured, Mental Health
Mental Health Awareness Week: Blog Post Roundup This week is mental health awareness week. Here at gardening love I like to promote mental health awareness and encourage people to start the conversation. So I decided to kick the week off with a mental health roundup post! This week I will be focusing the topic of my posts on mental …
Featured, Mental Health
Simple and practical ways to cope with anxiety Anxiety affects millions of people across the world. Most of the population will have experienced some form of it for various reasons. Anxiety is a natural response from a human who is under threat or pressure. Going for a job interview, starting school, speaking out loud in front of other people. That …
Featured, Lifestyle, Wellness
Quick Mood Lifting Activities We all have those days where things maybe not going our way. The days where you wake up grumpy, you get out of the wrong side of the bed. Bad news might upset you and you need a distraction. Stress at work, kids playing up and the general stresses of life can all affect your …
Featured, Lifestyle, Wellness
A beginner’s guide to mindfulness The art of mindfulness has been practiced for thousands of years. It is thought to date back to very early teachings of Buddhism and Hinduism. That being said, practicing mindfulness does not have to be attributed to a religion. It is a technique that can be practiced by everyone regardless of a persons religious beliefs. …
Featured, Lifestyle, Wellness
Talk to yourself with kindness Affirmations ……. what’s the heck are those ??? Ok so it requires you have an open mind here, but its nothing too far out there I promise. First lets go over some background…. In this day and age we are our own worst enemies. We are critical of ourselves and beat ourselves up over the smallest …
Blog, Eco Therapy, Mental Health
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Gardening Love ? ……What’s all that about? When I decided to start my blog, Gardening love, I thought about all the things that I feel passionate about. I knew that I wanted to create helpful content for people to connect with. A community of sorts, where like minded people can come together. Let me …