by | Nov 20, 2020 | eFriend Blog Posts
This year due to the pandemic (and resulting global recession) I, like thousands of others, was unemployed from April to the end of October – so for about 6 months. It was stressful to lose my job of course, but for a little while at first, I was thankful for...
by | Nov 20, 2020 | eFriend Blog Posts
How do we define masculinity? I feel a big problem with society currently is that we have created a certain image of what being “masculine” should look like. Unfortunately this image doesn’t seem to think that mental health, or expressing our emotions in positive...
by | Nov 20, 2020 | eFriend Blog Posts
Keeping active Despite not having access to our usual forms of exercise, movement is still a great way to boost endorphins, keep your body working and make you feel like you accomplished something worthwhile. In my time in quarantine, I started to feel extremely...
by | Nov 17, 2020 | eFriend Blog Posts
I would have once upon a time referred to myself as an ‘atheist’. My parents were not religious and the only exposure I had to God was through my grandparent’s connection with the Catholic church, but I saw them very sparingly. I remember my grandmother standing...
by | Nov 6, 2020 | eFriend Blog Posts
Even at my lowest points with my mental health, I’ve always known what I “should” be doing to manage my mental it, but I just couldn’t bring myself to follow someone else’s “mental health plan”. These days, I like to call myself care routine a “joy diet” –...
