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An OCD Diary by Emma Hinds
Emma Hinds is a writer from Manchester with OCD. For OCD Awareness week, Emma has provided us with a diary of what it is like for her to live each day with an OCD diagnosis. If you are anyone you love is struggling with or would like more information about OCD, try...
Celebrating World Mental Health Day in 2020
Hello! Lily-Jo here! It's World Mental Health Day and to celebrate I wanted to highlight some of the amazing organisations and charities that I have had the pleasure of working with over the past few years since The Lily Jo Project launched in 2016. Partnership and...
How to Stay Mentally Healthy While Recovering from an Addiction
For over 30 years, US-based organization ‘Faces & Voices of Recovery’ has recognized September as National Recovery Month. The purpose of this campaign is to “promote the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and substance use...
Continuing the Fight: 6 Practical Tips for Building Resilience
You’re tired. You’ve hit rock bottom. You’ve been fighting for years and you don’t know if you can do it any longer. When is the fight going to be over? Can you even get a break so you can rest for a little bit? Does this sound familiar? Have you ever been here before...
Back to Life: Lockdown Learnings from Lily-Jo
It’s been a crazy five months with highs, lows, and moments of meh, in between. I thought I’d pen some of my personal key learnings so I don’t forget them! It’s so easy to switch back into ‘how things always were,’ when actually, mentally, spiritually, and physically...
Being Mentally Well Online: 7 Steps to a Healthy Media Diet
One of the benefits of lockdown and social distancing has been this unique opportunity to spend some extra time at home. And while I, like many, have tried to use that extra time productively, I know I can’t be the only one who feels as if it’s being wasted in front...
Interview with Alexis Horne: 5 Things I’ve Learned About Mental Health
We are so excited to introduce you to our newest blog writer, Alexis Horne! As an American now living in South Africa, Alexis comes to us with a wealth of experience and insights on coping with change, overcoming trauma, and being resilient. To help you get to know...
How to Cope With Body Anxiety & Covid-19: 6 Practical Tips
If you or anyone you love is struggling with body anxiety, body dysmorphia, disordered eating or an eating disorder please consider reaching out for support at www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk or by visiting The Lily-Jo Project’s designated eating disorders page here....
5 Tips for Helping Children Manage Their Grief: An Interview with Alyson Marsh
Alyson Marsh is an author and illustrator, as well as an art teacher. Her book, A Better Place is designed to help children and adults deal with loss and offer hope in difficult times. Since the start of the pandemic, thousands of people have lost their family members...
Post-lockdown Reflection: What We’ve Learned at The Lily-Jo Project
The end of lockdown is causing us all to reflect on how the last 15 weeks have changed us, if they have at all. People are coming out of lockdown with new skills, new patios, new haircuts and new scars from ill-attempted DIY! However, the most important changes won’t...
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