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Nature writer and mental wanderer. Exploring wellness, neurodiversity, creativity, inspiration, humour. Ranting about and celebrating life's absurdity. Getting lost a lot while walking the wilds of Wales...

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People with ADHD need to be reminded of their magnificence, just the way they are...

These are the reasons to love and celebrate ADHD brains.

This is the reminder you must have to bounce you off rock bottom. Or off your own bottom...

#ADHD
#AudHD
#Neurodiveristy

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Fantastic beasts – and where they are hiding – 5 reasons to seek out and celebrate ADHD brains …
People with ADHD need to be reminded of their magnificence, just the way they are… This is a declaration. A proclamation of unique brilliance, unrivalled spirit and resilience. These are the …
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Phones. People. Our own choices and connections. The interwoven layers between us…

#smartphones #phones #socialmedia #socialmediaban #mentalhealth #wellbeing #connection #choice

“Our phones risk becoming not just carriages upon which we mentally ride, but the actual curators of our existence...”
The layers between us – Phones, connection, choice, and curated lives…
Our engagements are no longer being led by our base feelings, instincts, or preferences, and even they themselves are being perpetually modified by what is fed to us. Re-curated each day by the endlessly morphing algorithms of our life feeds. The continued availability of communication, distraction, entertainment, also means there are no mental spaces left to fill. For our minds to wander, for organic thoughts to enter our brains, flourish, or bloom...
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January 23, 2026 at 11:06 AM
It's a new moon tonight, and in the absence of its light, the eerie orb of streetlamps through misty tree branches is transforming road entrances into Narnian thresholds...

#newmoon #mistynight #streetlamps #Narnia #thresholds #DarkWinter
January 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
'Look, this is my apple field, I found it, I'm going to eat them all. Every Last One.'
'Actually... I think I might be full.'

#WinterWalks #WinterWildlife #blackbirds #FunnyBirds #WinterBirds
January 16, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Today I shall mostly be photographing frosty things...

#BeautifulJanuary #WinterFrost #Midwintermagic #WinterNature #WinterWalk
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Despite their wives being best friends, when left alone, Gary and Ian could never think how to start a conversation...

#GrumpyAnimals #JanuaryNature #WinterWalks #bulls #cows #SocialAnxiety
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Almost makes you fancy a winter dip...🤔
#GentleJanuary #WinterSun #WinterLandscape #MidwinterMagic
January 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
January invites us warmly to hibernate, and simultaneously its wild darkness calls us...The indoor and outdoor reasons to embrace the joys of deep winter....

#joyofjanuary #Januarynesting #winternature #MidwinterMagic #nature #beoutside

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The Joy of January – why we should embrace the deep winter dark…
The dark invites us to fold inwards, to give ourselves time and grace for recovery and reflection, hunkered sleepily in a warm moment before the axis turns again. But January also holds a mystical …
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January 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
January 11, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Step away from the treadmill, place the turnip smoothie at a safe distance....we need a new year re-think...

#NewYearsResolutions #NewYearNurture #MagicJanuary #gentlenewyear #BeKind
New year nurture – re-imagining our resolutions
The turning of the year is a crux, a mental turnstile...nature's inertia pulls us to look inwards, allow ourselves acceptance, reflection, inspiration, from the stripped bare world...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Step away from the treadmill, place the turnip smoothie at a safe distance....we need a new year re-think...

#NewYearsResolutions #NewYearNurture #MagicJanuary #gentlenewyear #BeKind
New year nurture – re-imagining our resolutions
The turning of the year is a crux, a mental turnstile...nature's inertia pulls us to look inwards, allow ourselves acceptance, reflection, inspiration, from the stripped bare world...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Happy twelfth night to all...

#twelfthnight #stillchristmas #January #newyear
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
To anyone else sitting amongst the Blackpool illuminations while every neighbour’s windowsill now displays a single well- polished bonsai tree:

I see you….and I salute you....

Why January Christmastime is the best...

#twelfthnight #newyear #christmas #JanuaryChristmas #don'tletthebellsend
Don’t let the Twelfth Night bells end! Why January is the best of Christmas…
To anyone else sitting amongst the Blackpool illuminations while every neighbour’s windowsill now displays a single well- polished bonsai tree: I see you….and I salute you.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
December will be magic again.
Kate Bush said it. I'm saying it too.

Through all the chaos there is magic out there somewhere..

Happy December to all...

#December #DecemberMagic #ChristmasStress #ADHD #Neurodiversity
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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As the Christmas season of crazy lights and overwhelm approaches, a reminder of the power of our wild imaginations and senses to see the magical everyday…

#ADHD #AuDHD #neurodiversity #magic #imagination #christmas #nature #xmas #mindfulness
ADHD and the call of magic – how wild senses singularly channel the world…
Mornings like this one stir something deep in my senses, a slumbering winter goddess fashioned from shiny holly and wild air, smelling faintly of spiced hot-chocolate. Our view of the world, when we let our imaginations roam, unveils hidden shimmers in the deep blue unknown...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The pre-christmas overload is building, and the shops are a battleground requiring armour ...but there is a wild and frosty chill out here today...there is magic to be found in this season if we look...
#ADHD #neurodiversity #Christmas #magic #mindfulness
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As the Christmas season of crazy lights and overwhelm approaches, a reminder of the power of our wild imaginations and senses to see the magical everyday…

#ADHD #AuDHD #neurodiversity #magic #imagination #christmas #nature #xmas #mindfulness
ADHD and the call of magic – how wild senses singularly channel the world…
Mornings like this one stir something deep in my senses, a slumbering winter goddess fashioned from shiny holly and wild air, smelling faintly of spiced hot-chocolate. Our view of the world, when we let our imaginations roam, unveils hidden shimmers in the deep blue unknown...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
For everyone else staring at grey skies and driving rain today, or whatever your weather, here is a Highland Cow drenched in low autumn sun from a recent walk....Happy Friday 💚🐗🍂
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As the skies darken and the rain pours down this morning, take ten seconds, watch the patterns on the window, watch the steam waft softly up from your coffee....give your brain a Friday micro treat...
#MentalHealth #MindfulFriday #MicroMoments..

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The 10 second brain spa- Micro mindfulness to calm and fuel the brain…
There are tiny moments we can feast on, if we let them in. To Fortify. To Edify. To penetrate the mists of everyday and offer sweet and fleeting haven to our brains…
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November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Searching for the last blazes of autumn colour before the storm comes in #AutumnColour #fall #LastLeaves #SeasonChange
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Watch a bird. Any bird will do. As the rain approaches and the skies darken, I still managed a happy five minutes watching some flitty fluffy sparrows in a holly bush today... and I needed it. 5 reasons to watch birds for mental health...
#birds #MentalHealth

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Birds flying high…you know how I feel? Like a Crested Tit Warbler. 5 reasons why anyone and everyone should be bird-watching for mood and mental health…
It was just me and that blackbird on the grey dawn street, and it looked straight at me and started to sing again. I can’t completely put into words the strange little swell of feeling that f…
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November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Why ten seconds looking at wonky washing lines, malfunctioning street lights and rain in puddles, makes for a better day...

#mindfulness #MentalHeath #10SecondBrainSpa
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM