Stephanie Hardy – Writing from the Heart

Looking for hope, progress and ikigai in an increasingly volatile world

Tag: Mental Health

  • World Suicide Prevention Day

    World Suicide Prevention Day

    I want to disclaim at the start of this post that I am not a mental health practitioner or expert. These views are my own and based in part on my experience with anxiety and depression. Last Thursday, 10th September, it was ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’. I don’t think I knew this was a thing… Read.

  • Ikigai

    Ikigai

    Ikigai is the Japanese concept concerned with ‘the happiness of always being busy’. It’s also been likened to ‘a reason for being’. I’m one of the those people who feel that they need a purpose in life. I sit in that camp where people are often accused of ‘living to work’ instead of ‘working to… Read.