15 years ago one morning in prayer I heard God speaking to me. He said it was time to leave my fulltime carer as a chef and my business Jems Caterers to prepare for ministry. I was petrified, timid, full of fear and didn’t think anyone would believe in me, …
It’s the week after the week before, well it was when I started this blog. It’s now 3 weeks after the week before and already it feels like life wants to take me out. Nowadays it takes very little for us to feel overwhelmed with the issues of life and …
Having recently come through a week of mental health awareness, introduced by The Mental Health Foundation, I have to say I have found a new appreciation for life and my journey to this point in overcoming depression. I used to think I would never be free, but after 35 years …
It’s been a while but I am back again to share what’s been going on in my head since I was last here together. I’m discovering some interesting finds regarding my mindset and making some subtle changes, in the hope of ultimately changing my world through the way I think …
Changing The Habits of a Lifetime Changing the habits of a lifetime, what does that really mean? when I set out to make some major changes in my life, I had no idea it would mean changing my entire life, neither did I expect to come under so much opposition. To …
Doing the unthinkable… They say if you keep doing the same thing over and over, you will continue to get the same result. But what about when you do something different and still get the same result? That had been my reality for years. I would want to change, try …
Do my feelings matter? Some would argue yes, and in many cases they do, but what about when they are managed by damaged emotions, do they still matter? Have you ever felt so discouraged, so fed up, so angry and frustrated all at the same time? The hopelessness of discouragement …
Managing my depression, I never thought I would use those words. It has taken me the best part of 40 years to realise I am living with a mental health illness that affects the way I view everything, which in return affects the way I behave. Today I live a …
The truth hurts, but I feel as if I have so much to say I don’t know where to start. Years of penned up silence, screaming for a chance to escape, breath and release. I never thought I would find myself here writing a blog, but it looks like I …