07/10/2025
Mental Health Awareness Week 🕊️
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and although the stigma around mental health is changing for the better, there’s still a vulnerability that comes with opening up — especially on social media.
There’s a limit to what I’ll share, partly out of respect for my children and their lives. But writing small snippets of my own has been a way to heal — to open a small part of myself, and in doing so, allow a little more grace in.
Life is beautifully complicated, and yet I’ve found myself longing for simplicity. In some ways, I think I’ve achieved that — an appreciation that life may not be exactly how I want it, but I’m making steps towards something.
Leaning into the shadows takes courage. There are times when you look around and realise that only you can get yourself up, only you can take that step out of the darkness. But just as there is darkness, there is also light — and it’s this constant dance between the two that shapes us.
For most of this year, I’ve given myself permission to stay close to home — my sanctuary — and to lean into a simpler life. I’ve found joy in small moments with my kids as they grow more independent. It’s also been a year of rest, of working through the emotional, physical, and spiritual demands of a marriage ending, becoming a single parent, running a business, and starting a degree.
I made life complicated.
But while it took some crumbling and falling apart, really, what I was doing was clearing the way for a new foundation to build upon.
Life is complicated and simple, dark and light, quiet and noisy, fragile and strong. It is everything and nothing all at once.
If today feels like a darker day for you, my wish is that you find a thread of light to hold onto.
L x
