Tackling life, mad as a bag of badgers.
Rebuilding and reclaiming my life after burnout.
Gathering mental health wisdom from my bag of badgers.
What the heck is a bag of badgers?
Call it life or just plain comedy gold, I’m the mental health writer who lost her own mental health for a while.
Yup, true story. Thanks to extreme burnout I felt like the British saying…mad as a bag of badgers.
Think about it. A bag fit to burst with badgers. Absolutely bonkers.
You see, one minute my badgers were sound asleep and life was going tickety-boo. The next minute everything had gone tits up and the badgers were wide awake—cue chaos, carnage, and some crazy life hurdles to jump over.
Follow me as I write about mental health, rebuilding myself after burnout, and the lessons that hide at the bottom of the bag of badgers.
Watch Out For Those Burnout Blisters
Help, I’m now feeling burnt out from my burnout.
In this post, I examine burnout blisters along with learning a lesson or two on why healing and recovery takes practice.
My (Overachieving) Burnout Recovery To-Do Lists
What happens when your burnout goes from being just a weekend of chill to a whole year of chaos? I'm sharing my story of two burnout recovery to-do lists. A year apart, one is full of pressure and one full of wisdom. Buckle up and get ready for some laughs and then some raw honesty from this overachiever on a mission to change for the better.
Self-Care Vibrations: Story Of The Diamond Toothbrush And The Dildo
The humorous true story of how practicing self-care is not always as easy as it seems. I examine the importance of prioritising and continually working towards burnout recovery and improving our mental health
Rock Bottom Without A Bra
As I find myself on rock bottom of mental health, I share my burnout symptoms and the 8 matches I used to ignite my burnout bonfire, while also examining the everyday burnout women face.
Burn, Baby, Burn
Ever heard of the mental health writer who felt as mad as a bag of badgers? This is the story of how I lost my own mental health to extreme burnout and how I began my journey to burnout recovery.