Crybaby

Hi guys, as well all I know I made the love down under. For better or for worse is up for debate. This week we are talking through what no one tells you about moving to Australia;

- running away from your problems

- poodle dogs

- tasty cheese

- Kmart

Enjoy, Gem xxxxx

Hi Guys,

back to business this week with a chit chat about quitting vaping, how to start making money moves, and realising you are your own biggest hater sometimes. Alas this is not a self deprecating realisation this is how to start to move forward and be a grown up. you are the maker of your own destiny princess.

xoxo gemma

Hi guys,

back with the niche mental illness content. Today, I am taking you on a deep dive of what living in the shackles of obsessive compulsive disorder. But not only me, living with OCD makes life hard for my loved ones too. It turns me into a difficult, anal, insolent person at times. If you think dealing with my OCD traits are hard then imagine being in my head when I believe that I have HIV, that someone has poisoned by food, or gruesome intrusive thoughts

bye bye

Gem xx

Hi guys,

this week is something i've been SITTING on since the dawn of my theoretical podcast and that is THE GYMNAST TO MENTAL ILLNESS PIPELINE. So many of us little girls went from prancing around having fun to majorly unwell, and why is that?

Way too much focus on our bodies, way too much focus on what we eat, a weird quasi-parental relationship with our coaches, our self worth based on how well we perform? It is a disaster waiting to happen.

FULL DISCLAIMER I know this is not true of all my gymnast friends some live happy and healthy this is just my personal experience.

Enjoy, kisses x

references:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13573322.2015.1107829

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Equally-cursed-and-blessed%3A-Do-gifted-and-talented-Jones/0724eb2ac4614034a9f8d108af6c8c0bbdf77f7c#cited-papers

Hi guys,

today i am brown nosing all my friends. Seriously, my friends have saved my life in ways that they don't even know. Platonic love is one of the most important parts of my life. I've recently learnt the lesson that you are the company that you keep, compromising your values in the name of being liked is NOT COOL! Anyway I hope my friends know how much they mean to me.

kiss kiss kiss,

Gem x

TRIGGER WARNING

Hi guys,

bonus ep i guess! Today, this week, this month, is world suicide prevention, yippee. As I am sure everyone is aware I have generous experience in the realm of suicide, but if there's anything this allows me to do it is to help others by talking about it and helping people to understand. Educate yourself in discussing suicide kindly, unjudgementally, and graciously. It is not a dirty word, it is not shameful to have felt like this because SUICIDE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. Anyone can be affected by suicide, thats why its so important to talk. Talking is healing. Learn the signs, always be aware of your loved ones.

Love,

Gem. kiss kiss and so much love xxx

Resources for crisis;

https://www.samaritans.org

https://www.mind.org.uk

NHS 111/999

AU 13 11 14

https://giveusashout.org

https://www.mind.org.uk/media-a/6164/suicidal-feelings-2020.pdf

https://www.papyrus-uk.org

Hi Guys,

this week i'm talking about the line between alone time and loneliness. Feeling lonely is not something I often experience and I am lucky for that but I also I love being on my own. Loneliness can make you seek out people who are NOT GOOD for you, or make you romanticise negative relationships in order to fill that pit. When does alone time become self destructive?

kiss kiss g xxx

This may seem like a lame episode this week but I am working on practicing my GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR MY LIFE, and Boomtown is really the highlight of my year. For me this is immortalising my fondest memories, and for you this is everything you need to know about Boomtown. I will shut up about it now.

Dear Boomtown please sponsor me (this is not an ad i am truly just passionate).

kiss kiss gem xxxx

Hi guys,

freshers season is loading and with this spirit in mind this is my in depth survival guide to first year, and beyond, from someone who quite literally barely survived. University was the best and worst time of my life and I wish someone had told me some of this stuff before I went so I wasn't as blind as a bat trying to write down every single thing my lecturer said .

Most importantly HAVE FUN.

kiss kiss g xxx

I am placing myself in the sober curious part of the venn diagram at this point. I am not sober, but i am curious to be sober, and trying (but mostly failing) to have prolonged periods (4 weeks) of sobriety. At least i am trying.

4 weeks sober is a long time for me, i haven't been 4 weeks sober probably in about 7 years, but there is a sober revolution at the moment and i am feeling the social pressure. and pressure from my psychiatrist. and from my body. i am just sick of playing catch up with myself every week.

So this week, i am talking about sobriety QUESTION MARK as i delve into hard core UK boozing, abstinence and moderation.

Kiss kiss kiss x