This post ‘How To Open To Love After Pain’ is in collaboration with Orion’s Method. The content and opinions expressed below are that of kellymartinspeaks.co.uk Don’t rush into any kind of relationship. Work on yourself. Feel yourself, experience yourself and love yourself. Do this first and you will soon attract that special loving other. ― Russ von Hoelscher I’ve probably been single longer than the average woman, but I also spent…
View PostFinding My Beauty Amongst The Ugly Voices In My Head So, in my forties I’m starting to unravel shame – body shame. Like many women, I’ve spent most of my life trying to fit in with the ‘ideal’, from seeing Disney princesses as a child, to airbrushed magazines and ‘perfect’ bodies in movies and TV, my body was slowly over time internally shamed by me. Brainwashing begins early on for…
View PostWhy Showing Your Humanity Heals The World We are led to believe we need to compete against other people, hide what truly pains us and make sure the outer world thinks we have our sh*t together. If we are a public figure this is doubly important, so they say. If you are teaching or leading people you need to be an empowering person of positivity, an example of how to…
View PostIs The Mental Health Epidemic Catching? Okay, so I’ve had intense anxiety since childhood which I’m in recovery from now and I’ve had many years of depression, suicidal thoughts and deep dark despair, but something has been bothering me a lot lately. The labelling of mental health issues appears to be making it something most people suffer from, but Is it true? I’m not saying this to shame vulnerable people…
View Post“I think sometimes when you’re extra sensitive you tend to be really sensitive to the needs of others and it’s easy to get locked and trapped into a way of life where we give and give and give to the point where we’re exhausted “ – Kelly Martin Are you a giver? Do you give to the point of exhaustion? Is saying NO difficult for you? In this podcast I…
View Post“Some relationships nourish your soul whilst others damage it a nourishing relationship has an effect on your soul just like nourishing food does on your body it makes you feel good increases your energy to live your life and enhances your well-being healthy relationships for your soul are those that are lived inspire and help you become more of yourself with fearlessness they do not drag your spirit down into…
View PostThis post ‘There Is No Shame In Seeing A Psychiatrist’ is in collaboration with Talkspace. The content and opinions expressed below are that of kellymartinspeaks.co.uk Seeing a therapist for mental health issues can feel quite daunting, but compared with the thought of seeing a psychiatrist, there seems to be more social stigma attached to going down the psychiatric route. My own personal incorrect perceptions of psychiatry are that they are expensive…
View Post“I think too many of us tend to take a more masculine approach to achieving things in life, we think that we’ve got to strive and push and grab, we try and force things to happen, we tend to try and work ourselves into the ground to get things to manifest but clearly this doesn’t work in a positive way “ – Kelly Martin Have you ever felt like life…
View Post“It’s okay as an outsider to go against the grain when you’re an outsider or you are a rebel sheep you tend to be an agitator or a catalyst. You’re here to see and do things that most people don’t want to see or do. You’re here to be unconventional “ – Kelly Martin Have you every felt like the black sheep in your family? Or simply feel like an…
View Post“First you need to take the risk to step into the new to have a fearless acceptance of the radical possibilities of your life. If something scares you but it also excites you it generally means you’re meant to do it” – Kelly Martin How many of us have dulled down our shine to please others or limited our dreams because we are so fed up of feeling frustrated and…
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