Maire

I started to struggle with anxiety when I was about 10. I didn’t know what it was at the time (or for many years!), I just knew I felt very uncomfortable in a lot of situations. I would worry about all sorts of things. I’d feel dizzy, nauseous and a constant sense that something bad would happen. That made it hard…

Growing up in the South Wales Valleys you had to be tough, stoic, repress how you felt to survive and be able to fight your corner. Crying was a sign of weakness and it was considered masculine to smoke and consume alcohol and indulge in risky behaviours. Meditation wasn’t a hot topic in the club over a game of darts in…