Tag Archives: personality

Mental health guest post: on surviving using self-help strategies….

Posted on December 22, 2012 by

Editor’s note:  Dandelions and Bad Hair Days has brought me into contact with some really interesting and honest writers and Melanie is definitely one of them. She is a freelance writer, mother and is currently working on her first novel. Recently … Continue reading →

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10, 9, 8… Now the ‘clocks’ really are counting down for Dandelions and Bad Hair Days.

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

Well it is definitely happening now. No longer an idea, or a manuscript or a virtual, social media entity. Dandelions and Bad Hair Days is a physical book – with a cover and everything! It has an ISBN number, a … Continue reading →

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Insomnia – that 5am feeling….

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

I haven’t been able to sleep too well recently. In the past, bed has been a safe place I long to reach at the end of a long day; somewhere I can lie comfortably close to my husband, or turn away and … Continue reading →

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Do I have to change my personality to market my book?

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

Dandelions and Bad Hair Days will be published in the early autumn of this year. That is great news and I am looking forward to seeing it in print and using it to raise awareness of mental health issues and … Continue reading →

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‘Underneath the Lemon Tree’ – The Guardian’s Mark Rice-Oxley gets direct about depression….

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

March the 15th saw the publication of a new memoir – ‘Underneath the Lemon Tree’ by Mark Rice-Oxley, an assistant news editor on the foreign desk of The Guardian newspaper. It is an important book.  Seeming to ‘have it all’ … Continue reading →

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One year on: a new life – Mark’s story

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Editor’s note: The monthly mental health guest post on No wriggling for March has been written by Mark K. Social networks provide great support to those with mental health issues and it is via twitter that I ‘met’ Mark. Writing has long been … Continue reading →

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Crikey I’ve got a website! Taking control of my freelance life…

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

I have recently received some sage advice about how I must run my freelance business. I need structure, routine and a business plan. I need to market my work efficiently online, keep accurate financial records and get out ‘there’. My ad hoc … Continue reading →

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Autophobia or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love my Ego

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Editor’s note: As we go into the second year of mental health guest posts here on No wriggling I am grateful for a contribution  from the other side of the world. Deb is well-known in the genealogy community and has a great … Continue reading →

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A ‘me! me!’ meme. Seven things you didn’t know about me..

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

I am not a one for ‘meme’s as a rule. Not because I don’t like them – lists have always fascinated me. As a child there was a ‘Book of Lists’ that came out to a great fanfare (these things … Continue reading →

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Social media and the blues

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

Editor’s note: This is the tenth in a series of monthly mental health guest posts. This month I am really grateful to well-known journalist and author Jane Alexander. Having literally just returned from an inspirational trip to Israel she here writes … Continue reading →

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