I love this saying. Instead of using phrases such as ‘inner demons’, I like to use ‘inner saboteur’ (IS). I first heard this whilst watching RuPaul’s Drag Race, as Ru often uses it to console queens when he spots they’re self-sabotaging and wants them to identify the root cause of why that may be. Our IS can represent lots of things - our doubts, our control, our lack of trust, our inner critique, our expectations, our limiting labels of ourselves and of course, our insecurities.

Covid19 has caused disruption for everyone around the world, and has created an incredibly challenging time for humankind as a whole. The deadly virus and its affects have cost us greatly, and caused much chaos. But out of chaos, comes great change.

If we are honest with ourselves, particularly in these uncertain times, we all would say that we want more peace of mind, compassion, calmness, happiness, gratitude, intuition, relaxation, balance, courage, healing energy or to just be present with ourselves... Sounds good doesn’t it? And that’s exactly what meditation can offer.

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There are various creative ways of using home space to satisfy an urge to garden, also known to be greatly beneficial to our mental health. Using wall space to grow climbing plants, sewing seeds in trays on a windowsill, growing indoor plants and creating terrariums: mini ecosystems in a fish bowl, are all simple ways to green up an environment and activate our intrinsic instinct to nurture, without any outdoor space.

At the time of writing this, the world is mid-global pandemic. And yet, more than ever before, I am being bombarded with online content promoting weight loss, fitness challenges and body transformations. Without sounding boorish, do we not have slightly more pressing issues to be worrying about amidst this crisis than who can emerge from lockdown with peachier glutes, a smaller waist or a new personal best on their press ups?

This is a strange time where more people than ever are making banana bread and, the big one, getting out in the garden.

During this time I have been questioning – have I really recovered from my eating disorder? Particularly in the last few days, my mind has been subject to ever-pervading thoughts of food, bad body image and anxiety surrounding food, something I have managed successfully now for the last five years or so.

I’d like you, reader, to bare in mind that I am giving my perspective here as a representative of those who have experienced disordered eating - feelings of guilt, shame and of greed all attributed to food, body image; to exercise.

OK, so it’s almost here. That time of year when many of us start to look at what we want to change, improve or what we are determined we’re no longer going to put up with or tolerate in our lives. Our New Year’s Resolutions.

For me, I’ve spent Christmas on a hospital ward as a teenager so I empathise with all the people who will be doing the same this year. The wonderful staff that come to work over Christmas do their best to make it manageable, but it’s indisputable that it isn’t the same as being at home with loved ones.