Fibro Strong💪💜

Previous Fibromyalgia Awareness Blog – READ HERE   ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ 💜💪🏾 F I B R O • S T R O N G 💪🏾💜   This is me. No make-up. No filter. Purple hair dye on my hands. No muscles but still flexing, haha. My first name is Ria (Air backwards) but for the sake of […]

RECOGNITION - Laura Spoonie

Managing mental health and where to get help PT.1 – RECOGNITION

Throughout this month I’ve been focussing on Mental Health Awareness; writing articles, posting art and sharing experiences of my own personal journey with mental illness. Today I’m going to speak about – RECOGNITION: Recognising what mental health is Different warning signs of mental health risk The importance of recognising warning signs & mental health risk This […]

Self Care for Spoonies 101

There’s a saying, “You can’t pour from an empty cup”, a well known metaphor to highlight the absolute importance of self-care. When you’re having a flare up the last thing you think about is treating yourself, as the pain over rides everything and anything you have on your to-do list. Even getting up to go […]

Lambeth Young Carers Mosaic - Laura Spoonie

YAC ART EXHIBITION

Who is a Young Carer? A Young Carer is someone aged 18 or under who helps to care for a relative with a disability, chronic illness, mental health condition, drug or alcohol problem. Depending on individual circumstances, a child can either be a carer for one chronically ill parent or both parents, have the secondary […]