{"id":562,"date":"2023-08-31T13:41:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T12:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overcomingmountains.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:49:47","slug":"reflections-from-spring-summer-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/overcomingmountains.com\/blog\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Reflections from Spring\/Summer 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ecac73afc2cbd64301b5dc1236ec5e0d wp-block-paragraph\">Well hello to you, you lovely lot. Yes I know it has been quite some time since I last posted but I am still here and getting on with this crazy journey of Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3c44120e047c8b597410b1b9a793e840 wp-block-paragraph\">Back in May, shortly after my last <a href=\"http:\/\/overcomingmountainscom.wordpress.com\/2023\/05\/24\/reflections-on-mental-health-awareness\/\">blog<\/a> I had a little mini melt down about going out to socialise. I can\u2019t be exactly sure what set it off but man was it scary. Anyway, between a really good friend and my therapist we decided I would work on building up my social outings. You see, I was finding that all my life was consisting of on the daily was getting up, having a coffee and sitting on the sofa interspersed with a Pilates class, hair appointment or therapy. Not total isolation but nothing exciting to be talking about if meeting people, particularly potential dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d24f5a5694c73431ba5f7dbadf3a5072 wp-block-paragraph\">So roll on July 2023 and a girls night out to Roost Gin Bar in Godalming. We had a blast and laughed so much and so load my Apple Watch warned us of the noise reached 114 decibels. Oh and of course making the young bar tender blush with conversations about cucumbers. It was great night out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dd4caac24c1162e2e6d0f18800fa6b86 wp-block-paragraph\">August was a bumper month of engagements with nights out in Guildford and a <a href=\"https:\/\/l.instagram.com\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpearring.co%2F%3Fsca_ref%3D4188702.jP8TqG4Bu4&amp;e=AT1VxF_SmLvhmSiRt5Ph8VLKP8y3SSuT0bI_eORDwOQQ44xLPi7bhTqXC4vmDXTVwW7VmWptJPUNuM9m0LCnhXY2txkLzEPJYFXzhlBMLdEIPXXDuY2Oj5I\">Pear\u00b0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/pear\u00ba-london-meetups\/\">Meetup<\/a>. It\u2019s been a blast for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d764ab9225b84c4ff99ce77fe94c8de0 wp-block-paragraph\">I also did a thing that I have wanted to do since I was about 19 or 20 and that was to colour my hair blue or a shade of blue and I finally did. My 19 year old self is doing the biggest happy dance ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/overcomingmountainscom.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/img_3923.jpeg?w=764\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce8a042234d2fdd20ec80bfa39d57a10 wp-block-paragraph\">September is shaping up to be busy too with social events and of course my practical workshops for my Pilates teacher training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-040729ac7f877fc014f58a63e186c061 wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m exhausted but in the best possible way EVER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e54d5c3a8ef5ae35a92bd72a97dd2dae wp-block-paragraph\">Watch this space, I\u2019ll keep you posted and hopefully not leave it too long before my next update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4bbc98917619e9d60555abc1c52a4696 wp-block-paragraph\">Laters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well hello to you, you lovely lot. 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