Wellness
Practical mental wellness guides for adults — grounding techniques, affirmations that actually hold, journalling prompts and building a routine that survives a bad week.
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The Small Joys Practice (or: How to Romanticise a Tuesday)
Not gratitude journalling. A different, smaller thing that works when you're too flat for gratitude.
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Burnout Doesn't Announce Itself: The Signs People Miss
It rarely looks like collapse. Much more often it looks like cynicism, and like being fine at work and useless at home.
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60 Journalling Prompts for an Anxious Mind
Sorted by what you actually need — untangling, deciding, calming, or getting it out of your head.
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Building a Self-Care Routine That Survives a Bad Week
Most routines are designed for the version of you who's already doing well. Here's how to build one for the other version.
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Grounding Techniques: 5-4-3-2-1 and Six Others
What to do when your body has decided there's an emergency and your brain can't talk it down.
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No, You're Not Too Old for a Stuffed Animal
About a third of adults still have one. Here's why the mechanism doesn't expire, and why nobody talks about it.
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Do Affirmations Actually Work? What the Research Says
Yes — but not the way Instagram thinks, and not for everyone. The honest version, including who they can make feel worse.
6 min read - Wellness
Why Daily Affirmations Work for Kids (Backed by Science)
Positive self-talk isn't just feel-good fluff. Here's what the research shows — and how to run it without it becoming a chore.
5 min read