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Life, health, mental wellbeing, and the human side of technology. Less structured, more personal.
Taming the Inner Chimp – Mental Health, MBTI and Meaningful Structure
Introduction In my earlier posts — “Listen to the Silent Alarm” and “Mental Health Tips & Techniques” — I explored how self-awareness tools like MECS and BACES helped build an early-warning system for my mental …
Tips and Techniques To Mental Health and Wellbeing
My tips for your mental health
Listen to the silent alarm - using BACES and MECS for your mental health
Introduction In this post, I’m going to talk about some techniques that you might find useful if you struggle with anxiety and stress. Having had issues with both (among other mental health issues) in recent years, …
ME/CFS: Living with an invisible illness
My experience of living with ME/CFS
Job Interviews in 2020 - Part II
Introduction In my last post, I talked about the background to my recent job search, and the start of the process in terms of interview preparation - taking time to really get to know yourself! With that done, you are …
Job Interviews in 2020 - Part I
In a break from my usual type of post, this post will be largely non-technical - I know, this is a tech blog, but bear with me! This was was inspired by a message from Nick Colyer, co-founder over at Skylines Academy in …