The Rebel Poetess

Reading and following Katy’s blog recently on a regular basis has been a reminder what good can really come out of things when things really hit rock bottom. Certainly in my case reading it brought back memories of my first major dealings with mental health all the way back when I was 21. Back then in my case, I was working for a public relations department for a then well known mail order firm just outside the centre of Manchester. I had got placed there on a Youth Training Scheme when I was 18 against my best wishes (I’ve no interest in Public Relations I can clearly remember saying at the time) and had got on okay I guess with the two people I worked with when I first went there. However, that changed when I got to 20 and both of them left within two weeks of each other. After they both left I ended up working alongside a whole team of people I didn’t really know and without realising at the time because of my youth got bullied out of that role as my face didn’t fit with al...

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Mike Garry, Live Rooms Chester, 13th October 2017 Astounded.   Stunned.   Invigorated.   Just some of the feelings I had afterwards.   Last night I went to see Mike Garry perform at The Speakeasy launch night at The Live Rooms in Chester.   I had never seen Mike read before and was completely blown away. The Speakeasy is a new night, which started off with comedian Natalie P-J who got the crowd going and sparked interest from locals.   She is definitely one to watch.   After this came the open mic, with the open mic policy being; the Speakeasy bell was on the stage at all times, if the stage was free, all you had to do was get up and ring the bell, the music would go quiet and the lights would go down, giving you the stage to perform.   I was unsure beforehand how this would work, but it actually worked really well.   After the first poet had the bottle to ring the bell, people didn’t stop.   From more comedy, to storytelling, a...

Oh hey there...how ae ya doing?  I know I said I'd write every week. But life kinda got in the way.  My favourite kind of happenings. Hoping for this to be a quick post, but ya know me, doesn't often happen.  I do like to waffle on a little ;-) Quick update first.  Had a few mental health wobbles the last few weeks.  Without going into more detail, there were two main causes.  One was somebody skinny shaming me online.  I have lost a lot of weight very quickly. But I have also been working with a personal trainer to get stronger again very slowly and sensibly, as well as educating myself about nutrition.  I have a habit of going from 0-60 in life and trying to be more a balanced and laid back person. All I have to say about that is people should really think about the impact their words can have. Bullying is never ok, online or face to face. The second one was when a so called friend sent me completely unsolicited messages which were ...