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You've likely spent more time dissecting your ment

You've likely spent more time dissecting your mental health this year and tried to muster up being grateful and optimistic whilst trying not to be slammed into pandemic fatigue. Let's collectively take a minute to pause and to acknowledge whatever it is that we're feeling.
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At times, you might not be able to process these emotions. The feelings of anxiety might be from a pre-existing mental health condition where much needed outside intervention is required.
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I've always made a conscious effort to nurture the relationships that I've formed on Social Media. I created a community of women who found comfort in our conversations. However, I'm not medically equipped to guide you correctly. I've learnt that if I needed to assist more in reducing mental health stigma, I need to take a cue from these private conversations, and speak about how to seek professional advice online.
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I'd encourage every one of you to save this post. It has nothing to do with my engagement (in fact, this post has replaced a post intended for today) - may it serve as a positive and useful way for us to discuss Mental Health. I don't want you to feel scared to talk about this and if you believe that someone you know is struggling, have a caring conversation with them and encourage them to speak to someone.
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Together with @caringwomen here is a brief list of contacts that I'd like for you to save. CWF are available to refer you to their network of counselors or psychologists.
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For my Muslim readers, your first point of call to seek assistance would be:
Islamic Helpline - 011 852 7242 or email Islamichelpline@hotmail.com (they offer in-person and telephonic assistance)
Islamic Careline - 078 727 1334
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The following numbers are from SADAQ:
Suicide Crisis - 0800 567 567
Mental Health - 011 234 4837
Akeso 24-hr response - 0861 435 787
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I'd like to encourage anyone with a more educated opinion to share your advice here. If you are a professional, please share your details here.
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You matter.

I recognise my strengths in many things, but sit o

I recognise my strengths in many things, but sit on the fence on many others. I need to see the value of something and decide how hard I'm prepared to work towards, or for it.
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I needed our time during Lockdown to dissolve any scepticism that I felt towards journaling. Instead of it feeling like a 'Dear Diary' entry, our journal is placed on my office table for anyone to pick up and browse through to read. It has served as a means to document who we each are, our time during Lockdown and a guide to our family history. It includes photographs of things we've done, or made or moments. Often these get forgotten on our phones.
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I utilized prompts from online resources; it was often easier to get our children to write down their responses to questions rather than submit an entire page about how their day was. As a motivator; I purchased new stationery, displayed it for easy access and make time every alternate morning to record something new.
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I know how valuable this will become to us as a family one day. It's something that I have promised myself to work hard at and to make every effort for our children to have these memories in a tangible form when they're older.
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This afternoon, they will be working on another 'kind' of journal entry which we will submit to @cwf_youth. I'd love for you to get your children involved too (all entries may be submitted without faces of your children) directly to CWF Youth so they may repost them to encourage other children to do the same. Make sure to include your childs name and age.
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Wearing:
Top @trenery
Trouser @scotchsoda_sa

The excuses that we make (to ourselves) can feel h

The excuses that we make (to ourselves) can feel harmless. Especially if we'd like to get ourselves out of doing something.
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'I don't have the time'.
The mother of all excuses 👆🏻
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I was given access to reading in a library in my formative years. My mum took me every week (when I think back to it now, I think this might have been our 'outing'), and read to me, and listened to me read. I don't know when it happened, but I fell out of love with reading. For years, I struggled with completing a full novel - I'm a researcher by nature, and more inclined to learning about something, than reading 'made-up' stories. I read Forbes every morning before I even get out of bed - but still could not complete an entire book.
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The shift towards what I needed to consume, came during the lockdown period. Reading and listening was integrated into my daily routine. I listened to more Podcasts. I read recipe books with intent; not for the recipes, but the stories behind them. I treated them as research. As much as I love eating, and cooking, I love reading about food.
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And whilst Lockdown might have fuelled my desire to bake and cook more, I turned pages, and a new leaf.
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I'm awaiting my copy of 'The Man who Ate Everything' by Vogue's food writer, Jeffrey Steingarten. Until then, share your preferred books with me. Who knows, I might pick up a copy with 'made-up' stories.
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Wearing:
Knit and high-waisted baggy jeans from Zara
Earrings: Victoria by @luxebyalize
Sandals: Gucci

2020 taught me about my personal ability to deal w

2020 taught me about my personal ability to deal with disruptive change.
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I am a mum of 4 children. My twins are 7 years old with an older daughter who is 9 years old and my eldest son who is 11 years old. At the time, online or distance learning made me feel overwhelmed. I was thinking about my delicate routine; how this would impact on my time. But I understood that this closure would impact every child, and subsequently every parent that I knew. And just as quickly as I was thinking about myself, I had to scramble to figure out what the rest of the year was going to feel like for them.
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Like many of you with more than one child in a household, every available space in your home was likely used as a make-shift classroom. I was able to assist my twins at the same time in one space, but my older children needed to work independently without external noise or distraction.
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Dining areas, personal office space and parts of the bedrooms were converted into little learning spots. And by Friday afternoon, everything was packed away to ensure neat spaces, even for just the weekend.
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We tried to stick to our personal routines; breakfast, showered and dressed for school and to begin timeously without any interruptions.
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My children were spending more time on their devices and this became a constant struggle of policing and walking in just to make sure that they were being honest and responsible. I had to put in the time to make sure that work was being handed in or they were not falling behind. But I also couldn't feed into the stress that I was feeling - I didn't want my negative energy to be imparted on them.
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I now have 4 children back at school today. Our little stationery pots have been packed away and there are no signs left behind of them having spent this time on distance learning. I am now keenly aware that I was not the only one struggling.
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We don't look back on any of the missed assignments or Reading diaries that were not signed. I've explicitly shared this with all our children, "We cannot value the education that we give to our children, if we cannot value their teachers".

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For many, traditional methods of accepting change

For many, traditional methods of accepting change doesn't work in the way we expect them to.
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So many factors contribute to feeling anything but calm. I've conditioned myself to recognise that over-thinking can be notorious to my progression. Even though I recognise how challenging it can be to go through change, I've had to learn how to be adaptable.
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I think that to learn to embrace chaos can be acceptable and achievable. It's almost an invisible armour that equips you with more confidence especially if presented with more change.
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I've shared my interest on learning about the 'Adaptability Quotient' before. Although it's about being 'able to read and act on early signals and make a deliberate effort to change', our adaptability is not fixed.
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I've never openly shared how we've adapted as a family to this new life. For the first time since my earlier adult years, I read almost 4 times the volume that I'm used to. I've had to encourage myself with a new perspective.
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This Series is a visual diary that I hope will assist you to adapt, and progress with positivity.
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Text on image extracted from TiffanyMoule.com

© 2020 Naqiyah Mayat

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