Things not to say to those with a mental illness
Tag: Compassion
Happy New Year dear readers!
Wishing all my readers, fellow bloggers and friends a Happy New Year full of love, health & good memories!
May this year be your strongest, your most loving & your most cared for.
Let there be compassion & understanding for those without a home or a family.
Let there be empathy for those who are suffering with ill health.
Lets support each other in this tough journey called ‘Life’.
Love to you all
Athina ♥
Beauty is in the human spirit..
What do you define as beauty?
Beauty for me is a lot of things.
Photography and art is beautiful.
The gorgeous colours of nature all around us is beautiful.
A message of love and comfort is beautiful.
The generosity & kindness in people’s eyes is beautiful.
The strength & courage of the human spirit is beautiful.
The ability to self-reflect & heal is beautiful.
The incredible firefighters, policemen, doctors, nurses, first responders, teachers, loving parents, foster carers, careworkers, psychologists, survivors and humanitarians that make a huge difference in this world are beautiful (and so many more I haven’t listed..).
Beauty for me is in the human spirit that perseveres against all odds.
Beauty for me is in the resilience of the poorest people, the people who suffer the most but are able to still offer love, compassion & understanding.
Beauty for me is in the highly sensitive person, the empath, the artist & the volunteer.
Beauty is all around us and it is found in the simplest things in life..
Beauty is about stopping to smell the roses..it is about living in the moment and appreciating all that you have in life..it is about loving yourself enough to accept yourself completely and treating others with respect & love..
What is beautiful to you?
Love Athina ♥
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Supporting others through adversity the right way
Today’s video is important because it raises awareness on the importance of what we say to others currently facing adversity. When someone is suffering with mental health issues, has just found out some terrible news or is drowning in grief, the last thing they want to hear is what someone thinks they should do in their situation.
Projecting our own beliefs onto someone who is suffering can sometimes be detrimental. Telling someone how we think they should feel at times of difficulty, can be very harmful.
Always speak with caution.
Love Athina ♥
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Be an inspiration
Dear friends,
I am back from my brief holiday in Athens and feel happy to get back into blogging, YouTubing & Coaching. I have a 2nd follow up session with a coachee tomorrow and I am hoping she has managed to make some progress and feels a little better about things.
I hope I haven’t missed out on too much in the world of blogging but I definetely aim to catch up on your blog posts and interact with some of you lovely people.This holiday was a little mixed with being ill and dealing with a low mood because of this, but otherwise it felt good to have a change of scenery.
I thought it would be good to start the new week with an uplifting post. How often do you try to be an inspiration to others? How often do you strive to be an overall, good human?!
Some people are just naturally good at spreading positivity, love & and support but others do this less. Does this mean they are bad people? Not necessarily. It might be that they are suffering or overwhelmed by life’s challenges and just have nothing left to give at times..Just because someone isn’t supportive or understanding some of the time, this doesn’t mean that they are bad. On the other hand however, If someone is disrespectful, is always negative, is underminding towards others and generally goes around trying to ruin other peoples’ joy, then you want to stay clear of these people.
There is nothing wrong with having a bad day or feeling a little negative but if you purposely set out to bring others down with you, then this isn’t good.
In my day to day life, I hope to try and bring joy to others, even in the tiniest way. Even if I am struggling emotionally, I find that by spreading positivity in the smallest way, can make such a difference to my mood. This could be anything from leaving a positive comment on a great post, holding the door open for someone or smiling at the cashier in the supermarket.I am not superhuman obviously and neither are you, so we are all allowed days where we are less than perfect. As long as we are not hurting anybody, then it doesn’t really matter what we get up to.
If you had a choice to choose 2 of the 12 things listed in the above photo, which would you choose and why?
Love Athina ♥
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