What Is Jiggsy?

Do you need an army of cheerleaders or can you be your own cheerleader? Recovery has taught me the importance of being your number own number 1 fan.

When was the last time you felt listened to…I mean really listened to? Being seen and heard has been a huge part of my recovery, but is actually a basic human need. We all need and deserve to feel valued. It helps us to our find meaning and purpose in this world.

Having read some negative comments about this film, I felt so passionate about writing this. I’ll leave it up to you to decide if you agree.

It’s taken some Spanish sun for me to realise how overdue this break has been. It’s not OK for me to ‘keep on going’ indefinitely without burning out, or jeopardising the connection to my authentic self that I fought so hard to find.

Learning about my ‘financial anorexia,’ was not something I had anticipated when I entered treatment. But, discovering how my relationship with money was acutely aligned with my relationship with food, was a valuable teaching.

I’ve always struggled with finding the balance between being sociable and being alone. I have finally accepted who I am, and found a happy medium.

Returning to work after a period of mental ill health, isn’t easy. But it’s not big, expensive gimmicks that helped me. It was something much simpler, and cost nothing.

When you are not the one in control of an outcome, it can be hard to not revert back to old coping behaviours. These past few months have been particularly testing for me, but I have shown myself to be more resilient than even I thought.

When you let go of the expectations of where you ‘should’ be in your life, you make room to accept where you are in the here and now. We all mature and grow physically, emotionally and mentally at different rates. There is no ‘one size fits all.’