Mental illnesses are a wide range of conditions that affect how you think, your mood and behaviour. These illnesses are battled by millions of individuals each day. People are quick to believe that those who have successful lives are shielded from being mentally ill, that isn’t always the case. Mental illnesses do not discriminate. Those with fame and living a luxurious lifestyle can suffer just as much as the average person. In recent years more people have been speaking up

The fashion industry often comes under fire for lack of diversity, but are their statements of change anything more than empty promises? Thankfully, we now have more models of varying shapes, sizes and ethnicity but I still wouldn’t go as far as saying the fashion industry is inclusive. We have women such as supermodel Ashley Graham whose success is worldwide, and is really pushing the body positive moment but the sad truth is whenever we see “plus size” models doing well and

Stumbling into a 12th step recovery program at age twenty-seven, I  “came to” rife with fear, guilt, shame. Self-confidence was in the gutter. I hadn’t lost much else as I hadn’t possessed the skills and mental health to achieve anything of value to lose. There wasn’t much in the way of a wardrobe. I waited tables and outside of that uniform, it was the grunge era. My clubbing outfits were sparse ensembles of plaid mini skirts, flannels, tank tops and Doc Marten boots. I plu