Mental Health Chats

  This is a post I wrote in 2018 for a mental health blog I used to have - still relevant though! Struggle vs. Strength I was lying awake in bed the other night with a phrase stuck in my head: "It's no coincidence the words 'struggle' and 'strength' have the same beginning but completely different endings" - so I thought we should explore that further. It's easy to look at "strong" people and think "wow, I wish I had it easy like them" or "I wish I had their confidence" or "they're so brave, I could never be like...