Don't gaslight yourself, take the time to process your emotions and learn the power of 'and'...

"The more you get to know your thoughts, the more power and control you will have over your anxiety."

"You don't have to prefer a night in with your cat to a night out with your friends and it's not a requirement to own one of those ubiquitous sequin cushions reading 'I f**king hate people'."

"Many people turn to podcasts for entertainment and light relief; others are in search of connection, support and understanding. Hearing your own experience spoken back at you by another who can empathise is a hugely helpful form of healing. That realisation that someone else 'gets it', has been there, is surviving and maybe even thriving, can be a lifeline."

"Filling up her online shopping cart with dresses, jeans and heels after another stressful day in the office, Holly Draper, 28, felt her anxieties instantly melt away. 'The rush was huge,' she says. 'But minutes after dropping £2,000 in a single shopping spree, the shame hit me. I'd secretly racked up £22,000 worth of debt from online shopping but I couldn't stop.'"

"I sometimes feel like an alien in the company of those not yet in 'the club'. But never is that sense of isolation and otherness more acute than when my grief goes unacknowledged. Contrary to what a certain ex-Boyzone singer might have you believe, you do not say it best when you say nothing at all."

"Much as I relish the idea of a glittering divine being guiding me through life, sprinkling metaphorical fairy dust everywhere I go, I don't believe in angels. It was with heavy scepticism, therefore, that I arranged to meet 'angel expert' Kyle Gray, a 29-year-old tattooed Glaswegian yogi whose spiritual calling came when an angel spoke to him through the holy medium of Beyoncé."

"For my mum's birthday I painted the sound of her footsteps. I remember hearing her clicking heels when she came home and it was such a comforting (purple!) sound to me as a child."

"'The impact of abuse is a real attack on a woman's sense of self, so part of their recovery involves trying to work their way back to remembering who they were,'” says Anat Toffell, a Solace Women's Aid facilitator. 'Through art they're able to explore their feelings and rediscover what they're interested in without an abuser dictating their lives.'"