Group Poem: Turning Still
https://youtu.be/W8yG4ueOJcQ Poetry written by Juliet McDonald, Joan Ellis, Rachel Matthews Burton and Shirin Teifouri.Artwork by Joan Ellis.Poem is recited by...
Stories by Flourish Team
Ella Donnison: Retreat - Isolation Style!
Everything at the moment is rather hectic and feels very much out of our control. So I think it’s the...
Catherine Clarke: Mental Health Medications - Do They Work?
Prozac didn’t work well for my son – he got nightmares and became increasingly anxious. The GP doubled the dosage....
Zelda: Yesterday
Borderline personality disorder is a funny beast. This was written on a day I couldn't function, just after a day...
Group Poem: Unvisited
https://youtu.be/8Vbor1a2rek 'Unvisited' written by Joan Ellis, Rachel Burton, Juliet Mcdonald and Shirin Teifouri. Photo by Juliet Mcdonald. In particular, Connected...
Ryan Oxley: Sobriety and Mindful Meditation
I’ve waited about six months to write this down. It comes at a time of national emergency and enforced lockdown,...
Mary Bottomley: Lockdown poem
Lockdown L stands for lonely even though I am married O stands for feeling like a outcast and not fitting...
Joe Willis: ‘What’s Up With You”- My Daily Internal Gameshow
Joe 1: “Hello and welcome to another episode of ‘What’s Up With You?’, our daily internal gameshow written, produced and...
Marie: My New Identity
First a bit of context. I am getting treatment for OCD after a long journey to accepting that I couldn’t...
Karolyn: Cry Baby
There are days when I am sad There is me, and there is sadness We sit side by side, and...