Rose Butcher

Metro • 30th June 2022

Doctors told me I was 'just fat' - my serious medical condition was missed

As soon as I got my lipoedema diagnosis last year, tears rolled down my cheeks. For years, doctors told me that I was ‘just fat’. But finally a medical professional had confirmed my disproportionately large legs were a medical condition – an extremely painful chronic disease that causes fibrotic fat to accumulate in the lower part of the body, over which the patient has very little to zero control. It was the validation I’d waited nearly 30 years to receive. When I was 12 years old, I began

Better Humans • 13th May 2022

What’s the Difference Between Delusion and Belief?

How can you know the difference when it’s you in the hot seat? Belief. The one thing that can drive us to achieve our wildest dreams and also shut us inside our houses. Not only am I one of the latter, but I also take it one step further. It feels like my lack of self-belief has me overanalysing — and doubting — my every step. It often stops me from trying new things and regretting my time sitting on the fence and asking “what if I’d just gone for it?”

Better Humans • 21st January 2022

This Is Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail

I’ve managed to source some science — and sage advice — that explains exactly why most of us give up, why it’s totally expected and what we actually need to be doing instead. If somewhere down the line you find yourself wondering “do new year’s resolutions work?” and the discouraging whispers begin to sound like valid reasons to quit, then fear not. For those who can usually make it past January, massive kudos to you. You’ve done what I — and 64% of 18–77-year-olds — have already failed to do.

Wholistique • 8th December 2021

What’s the Point of Wearing Armour That No Longer Serves to Protect You?

It’s time to take it off and live. Don’t spend your one life hiding from it. ^ This is the giant rock I’ve been living under for the last 31 years. For the most part, it felt good festering in the cool crevices I’d made. Safe from the outside dangers I’d learned to…

Mål Paper • 4th November 2021

6 Ways Meditation Can Improve Your Sleep To Relax Better

Do you have trouble getting to sleep at night? Are you often tired during the day with an impaired ability to perform regular tasks? Don’t worry - you’re not alone. In fact, about 70 million people in the United States alone suffer from sleep disorders. Stress and anxiety can often lead to insomnia and sleep problems. Being in a heightened state of alertness can in turn delay the process of falling asleep and cause rapid, anxious thoughts to occur throughout the night. Our culture of sleep-dep

Mål Paper • 28th October 2021

The Complete Guide to Understanding the Secret to the Law of Attraction

Without even realising it, your life is being guided and influenced by forces hidden from plain sight. There are many universal laws in effect at all times, but the Law of Attraction is said to be the most powerful and astonishing of all. It’s based on the theory that every thought you make, whether conscious or subconscious, is creating your own reality. If made use of correctly, it can grant you the ability to attract into your life whatever you choose to focus on. How Does it Work? The law

Medium • 14th September 2021

What NLP Training Can Do for Mental Health

What NLP Training Can Do for Mental Health The story of how Rebecca Lockwood trained her brain out of postnatal depression and then became a boss An award-winning Master NLP Mindset Coach, #1 Best Selling Author, Global Speaker, a mother to 2 young girls and the founder of the Female Entrepreneur’s Network.

Better Humans • 30th June 2021

Journaling Pulled Him Through a Hurricane

If there is one thing the pandemic has taught the human race, it’s that we’re not always the ones in control. Catastrophe can strike when we least expect it and completely dismantle everything we once knew into an assortment of pieces on the ground. Even if we haven’t experienced catastrophe directly during the pandemic, most of us have realised that we won’t be returning to the old “normal.”

Medium • 24th June 2021

The Story of Ciara: My Trauma’s Eternal Resting Place

The Story of Ciara: My Trauma’s Eternal Resting Place Ciara McCarron’s incredible story of attempted suicide, death and rebirth teaches us not to let past trauma plant false identities inside us If you knew me 7 years ago, I’d definitely have to reintroduce myself. I’m proud of the strong, empowered, successful woman I am today. But…