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  • Chapter One – University
    • The start of a new journey
    • Singing goodbye to butterflies in the shower
    • Deciding what’s next after university
    • The day before I leave home for university again
    • Realising I’m growing up
    • Studying at degree level is more
  • Chapter Two: Graduate Life
    • Here Comes Chapter Two
    • Feeling like a graduate who’s failing at life
    • Battling Sunday Scaries
    • New Job Nerves
    • Let her sleep for when she wakes she will move mountains
    • To New Beginnings
  • Chapter Three – Leaving Home
    • Butterflies find a new home
    • Mind over matter: The power of mindfulness meditation
    • Tackling new job nerves again and finding calm
    • Navigating Life in My Twenties: Feeling like I’m on a non-stop rollercoaster ride
    • A Vital Life Lesson: There’s Joy in Letting Go, Accepting Change and Staying Put
  • Chapter Four – Mid-Twenties
    • Focusing On The Here and Now
    • Feel Proud of Your Achievements, No Matter How Small
    • On Finding Balance
    • The Power of Writing: Why Diary Entries Matter
  • Chapter Five – A year in the life
    • Week Zero
    • Week Four: Celebrating Small Wins
    • Week Fourteen: It’s okay to find happiness, even during tough times
    • Week Twenty-Eight: Overcoming Anxiety and Facing More Life Changes
    • Week Forty-One: Finding gratitude in the face of sadness
    • Week Fifty-Two: Reflections on a Chaotic Year and Lessons Learned for 2020
  • Chapter Six – Late Twenties
    • Overthinking is my superpower
    • Travelling With Butterflies: Navigating Anxiety Whilst Abroad
    • An overthinker’s guide to to-doing
    • All Storms Really Do Pass
    • Sunday Night Butterflies: Dealing With Anxiety on a Sunday
    • I look like I’ve got this: Everyone has their own stuff going on
    • Los Angeles, Mexico City and Home Together Again
  • Chapter Seven – Turning 30
    • You May Never Really Find Yourself 🌸
    • When life gives you lemons, take a break 🍋
    • Fake it ’til you make it 🍹
    • Thirty and Thriving 🙌
    • Life doesn’t stop because you’re house hunting 🏘️
    • Festive Season Butterflies: Finding peace at the busiest time of the year 🎄
    • One frosty, sunny Saturday on Primrose Hill

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Swinging away the butterflies 🎶
Chapter Seven - Turning 30

Swinging away the butterflies 🎶

July 28, 2024July 5, 2025 bronwensamanthaLeave a comment

Filling in my planner Monday morning, I popped 'inhale confidence, exhale doubt' on my list of priorities as I knew I'd need to believe in myself to tackle the week ahead. In moments of anxiety and nausea it was harder to remember that, but finding confidence did get me through two days at the office and some really important meetings...

Chapter Two: Graduate Life

New Job Nerves

October 9, 2016November 29, 2024 bronwensamanthaLeave a comment

  "Today is a gift, that's why it's called the present." My mum's ironing and singing the Strictly Come Dancing theme tune. My dad's fixing a hole in one of the bedroom ceilings. I'm studying. Yep, that's right, I've finally made a start on the music therapy reading. I'm finding it SO interesting which is a… Continue reading New Job Nerves

Chapter One - University

Singing goodbye to butterflies in the shower

September 22, 2013June 11, 2025 bronwensamantha1 Comment

aught myself singing in the shower, wondered 'round with a towel turban on my head, left my stuff all over the sofa while I went out last night, sung opera in my bedroom, let my iTunes music shuffle freely without cringing when The Circle of Life started playing: One week here and it feels like home already...

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