Navigating Adulthood – One Obsessive Thought at a Time
I can’t believe we’re officially coming to the end of 2019. It only feels like yesterday I was writing my 2018 in Review post, which just so happened to be my first ever post on Sassy Cat Lady. It’s so cliché to say that the time has flown by, but it really has done this… Continue reading 2019 in Review
Today is the second instalment of my post "Breaking Up with Psychology." If you haven’t yet got a chance to read my first post, you can catch up here. The Final Result My exam results gradually came in while I was waiting for my dissertation results. It was looking really good, and my hard work… Continue reading Breaking Up with Psychology | Part 2
Looking at where I am now, it’s hard to believe that I once had dreams to become a therapist. I hate 90% of the general public and I have a whole batch of my own issues that would single handedly make any therapist sorted financially for life. Over the years I’ve dipped in and out… Continue reading Breaking Up with Psychology | Part 1
I don’t know about you, but for me, anxiety at Christmas is just as certain as the Queen’s speech on Christmas Day. Whether it’s anxiety over upcoming plans or anxiety that’s there just for the hell of it, chances are that it rears its ugly head at least once during all of the festivities. So,… Continue reading The Anxious Person’s Guide to Christmas
I remember it every year - the 4th November 2013 was the day we brought Tilly home and officially adopted her as part of our family. While I’ve already written a post about Tilly herself, I still wanted to mark the occasion of this little fluff ball arriving in our lives. So, I thought it… Continue reading Seven Things I’ve Learned as a Cat Owner
While my wedding was absolutely, 100% was the best day of my life, I feel it's important to shed some light on how you can end up feeling after the wedding, just where it's something that's hardly ever talked about. After my wedding, I’ll freely admit that I was not okay. With one in ten… Continue reading Post Wedding Blues: Why It’s Okay to Have Them
In October 2018, I quit my job working in retail. After working for the same company for 5 years, it was time for a change. While I have some incredibly fond memories with the friends I made, part of me feels as though my mental health took quite a hit over the years that I… Continue reading How Working in Retail Affected My Mental Health
I originally wrote this post in celebration of our fourth wedding anniversary, and I look back on it each year. I genuinely wish I could do it all again. It was the most amazing day with all of our friends and family, and I loved every second of it. So, to celebrate, I wanted to… Continue reading 10.10.15
This post was originally written in 2019, and was last updated in 2022. For the last couple of years, I've shared this post every World Mental Health Day. I'm proud to say it's one of my most successful posts, so I've been revamping it every year. The events of 2020 and 2021 have certainly meant… Continue reading An Open Letter to My OCD
I originally wrote this post in 2019, a year after I started my job in digital marketing. As I review this post in 2021, I've since left that particular job, and have recently started a new one. So, I thought it would be a good time to renew and refresh this post - my anxiety… Continue reading The Anxious Person’s Guide to Starting a New Job
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