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My Top 10 Favourite Black Lives Matter Books – Education Series 1/4

June 4, 2020 Evie Leave a comment

All the books below are written by black authors and are such an amazing resource of information, insight, and empathy.…

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9 Pieces of Advice That Aren’t Actually Helpful

May 4, 2020 Evie Leave a comment

I thought writing this post might be a nice twist on the usual ā€œgiving adviceā€ posts out there (including all…

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My 10 Favourite Mindfulness & Self-Help Books of 2019

January 4, 2020 Evie Leave a comment

I get a lot of people asking me for book recommendations on mindfulness/happiness/self-help etc… I previously wrote the blog post,…

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A Modern World: How to Make Your Time Online a Positive Experience

October 21, 2018 Evie Leave a comment

A few years ago, I would have said I hated the online world. Social media was constantly making me feel…

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Discovering What Gratitude Means to You

August 13, 2018 Evie 5 Comments

Gratitude. It’s the thing that makes all the difference. It’s the thing that makes the little things, the big things.…

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mindfullyevie

Guess who made it back to the seaside šŸŒŠā˜ŗļø Guess who made it back to the seaside šŸŒŠā˜ŗļø
I am more than my illness, but sometimes, my illne I am more than my illness, but sometimes, my illness feels more than me. 🌾
I finally feel ready to open up to you guys about I finally feel ready to open up to you guys about why I’ve recently taken a step back from the limelight on my page.
Ever since I announced that after 8 long years of ill-health, I’m finally seeing improvement, while 98% of you guys have been lovely and supportive, I’ve had some… not so lovely support.
If you follow me properly, you know I don’t talk about my treatments on here - I never have!
Instead, this is a thoughts and feelings page, where people going through a hard time can come to hopefully find some solace and light in my words.
But for some reason, a few people now feel that I’m responsible for their recovery because I have ā€œfoundā€ it myself.
I’ve been told I’m ā€œselfishā€ for not sharing my recovery tips on here.
I’ve been told I’m ā€œnot being helpful or kind to those who are chronically illā€ because I mentioned it wasn’t one thing that helped me, but a million things.

I understand this hurt and anger is towards your illness and not me.
I know I’m simply an easy outlet.
I know it’s easy to convince yourself one person has all the answers.
But I don’t have any answers for you, nor do I hold responsibility for your recovery, nor is it kind or sensitive to put that guilt on me.

It’s been a lot to carry.
I can take criticism, I really can.
But criticism coming in the form of guilt-trapping has been so heavy.
What’s bewildering is these people don’t take into account that recovery has been an 8-year-long process, our diagnoses are not even the same, and I’m only like 40% recovered!!

The one thing I will say about my recovery is I’m not hiding a magical cure.
I didn’t find one thing and all my problems were solved.
I’m sorry if that’s not what you want to hear, but it’s the truth.
And even IF I did want to share whats helped me, I genuinely don’t think I could.
It’s been such a long rollercoaster, it’s so hard to know what helped and what didn’t in the end.

All I can say is if you’re looking for someone to tell you how to recover, this is not the page for you.
This is a thoughts and feelings page.
Always has been,
always will be.
Please respect that lovely people.
(98% of you can ignore this as you’re perfect and supportive as you are!)

Love E xx
I’m learning to let go of tying my self-worth to I’m learning to let go of tying my self-worth to other people’s opinions. šŸ’«
Over the past year, I’ve prioritised educating m Over the past year, I’ve prioritised educating myself on race, racism, and anti-racism. Up until now, I’ve felt it’s been more important for me to listen, learn and read, rather than project my voice. Today though, I finally feel in a position to amplify the voices of the authors who have helped me and to share some of the books that have educated me.

I’ve written the blog post, ā€œMy Top 10 Favourite UK Anti-Racism Booksā€ (link to my blog in bio). This post took me a lot longer than planned as I had never intended for it to be just UK based. But upon googling books dedicated to sharing solely the UK experience of racism, I was shocked to find no blog posts compiling lists of these books which people could easily access. So I wanted to help fill that gap and seek out UK only books to help understand my own country’s role in racism - past and present - and hear stories from people in my country.

Like all my blog posts sharing my favourite books, to help anyone who struggles to read due to brain fog or illness etc, I’ve ranked the book on how easy it is to read (easy/medium/hard), how many pages it has, and the audiobook length. I hope this helps anyone wanting to read some of these books but with cognitive issues decipher what book might be more manageable for them.

I want to state very clearly here that I am by no means an expert. I will definitely get things wrong, so if you see something that doesn’t sit right with you, then please do speak up: I want to learn and grow as much as you. I also have a long way to go, and I’m aware that educating myself is not a one-way route; it is a never-ending road and minefield, but I must take responsibility to educate myself and to not stop doing that to the best of my ability.
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A reminder for anyone who needs it that your emoti A reminder for anyone who needs it that your emotions are always valid! Please don’t apologise for the way you are feeling, whether that’s internally to yourself or externally to other people. What you’re going through and experiencing doesn’t need to be justified with reasons or explanations for why you feel this way. Sometimes, your emotions just simply need to be felt, wholly and completely. As often the easiest way to let them go is to embrace them with gentleness and love first 😘

By apologising for how you are feeling, you’re invalidating your emotions and experiences. Please, stop saying sorry. ā¤ļø
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