Lizz Mears

Back in 2015, I decided I wanted to create my very own set of Colouring Pages! They were becoming ALL.THE.RAGE & I wanted to find a way to get people using the joy of colouring & art to calm the crazy talk of Anxiety and Mental Health Challenges. I knew that for me, being creative is the best way to relax, quiet my mind and feel like I’ve achieved something even if that was all I’d managed that day. So, I selflessly (oh it was such a chore !)  threw myself into designing these pages! They took me about one month if that, to complete. I adored the process of thinking up ideas, sketching them out. Rubbing them out and starting again. Then inking them in with an ultra fine Sharpie (my fav pen of choice, I think I should get shares in Sharpie!!). Back then I operated under the name of MidSummerLily and solely shared my creative work. Selling my Art through Etsy and my Facebook page. I set out to create an actual real life book but found it ...

Oh how my life has changed since my last post! Firstly I cant believe how long it has been since my last blog.....over a month! That really speaks volumes about the changes that have been afoot in my life. In this past month I have started having Hypnotherapy, Ive been continuing with my psychology (which is nearly over) and we have gained a family member in the form of a pony! Yes a PONY!! Introducing Mouse ! ******************************************************************************************************** Psychology~ This time around has finally been focusing on the stuff behind my OCD and Depression.  The reasons why I am obsessive rather than just treating the OCD alone. I am truly finding it beneficial, I have waited years for a therapist to ask me the questions I have been asked and to invite me to look at things from a different perspective. I am learning the cycles of behaviour in my family both good and bad. The reasons we all react in the way we do ...

This is something that really gets on my nerves! I get so cross when I see it on tv, social media or in the 'real world' someone saying they 'are so OCD'! Gah! Why, oh why, do people feel its ok to use it as an adjective? I mean you and I know its not...right? You don't go around saying 'oh god i feel so bad, I'm totally cancerous' Nope you dont nobody says it!  'Oh my gosh Im soooo in an anaphylactic shock right now? ( my son is allergic to peanuts) Leukemic? Diabetic? Motor Neurone Diseased?  Nobody says these words as an adjective because...well, it's just plain rude and ignorant isn't it!? This is the kind of nonsense I see on social media ALL the time! I think one of the biggest culprits is... THE MEDIA. (Not all media, but sadly the most predominant offences are made by mainstream tv) It's the media's portrayal, I'm sure someone just started it for a laugh but what they've actually created is a Mo...

Time To Reflect... What was I doing?........ Ok. S o.... I've made it to the blog... Yes!  I've posted out my parcels, drunk coffee, maybe sneaked a small galaxy ripple heehee, I've found some awesome websites on the the t'internet of fabulous biz ladies! (oh ok that wasn't on my to-do list but Facebook made me do it!). Lovely Leonie!  www.leoniedawson.com and gorgeous Kate!  www.katenorthrup.com I really need to get my shit together... all this procrastinating is doing me no good.  I think I'm just feeling nervous about getting my stuff out there?! Is anybody going to like it? is anybody going to actually read this? Helloooo!  Is this even possible?  Do people really want my ideas on living an awesome life after Mental Health Problems?  I'm back in that 'unworthy' feeling again! agh!  No its cool I can do this!  As soon as I get my thoughts going on this 'ere laptop, things st...

Today I'm feeling 'Uh' I don't totally know why either. Well maybe I do... I think its probably a mixture of things, like  its that time of the Moon phase for me, so my stomach feels pregnant with 10 kids, my back is breaking, my hips have gone Kapput and I think I'm just going through some shifts after my psychology appointment last week. I don't like feeling this way, I really quite fancy hiding in a hole, or just under my duvet, reading books and hiding out, I'll build a fort and do some colouring.  I'll make a mess that I don't have to clean up...ah that's bliss I reckon, right there...not having to clean up all the mess in the house!  I'm a bit bored of being an adult at the moment, my soul wants to shine the way a child's does.   I watch my beautiful kids and see the joy they see in the world, I need more of that in my life.  www.lizzmears.com What am I on about?... I have that in my life...

A Wibbly Wobbly End to the Easter School Holidays! Oh my goodness! So its been a crazy holidays, today is the Saturday before school goes back. I'm  home alone at the moment, my Mum & Step Dad have taken the kids and Daisy dog out for the morning. It's really quiet here right now, and boy do I need the space. I love my children desperately and would not have my life any different, but if they fight one more time, I fear I shall lose my rag....I feel the anxiety building inside of me, to the point that I may pop...no...BANG!  I know that as a Mum with O.C.D and Depression I really need, not want, but NEED my own time to get my head together. I simply must have some quiet time. And That's OK! I love to listen to positive mentors in my time off. Right at this moment I am listening to some on YouTube, fabulous! People who help me shift my thinking to that of abundance. Using paradigm shifts. I find it wonderfully inspiring and ...

And not forgetting your, wibbly wobbly weblink, to my article of the week!... http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/the-terrible-unspoken-truth-about-having-kids/story-fnet08ui-1227300408728 Click on the links below to follow my journey! Join me on Facebook...                               Pin Me Baby...                                                    My Website! Sign Up for my Newsletter & more! Follow me on Instagram.. Twitter Tweet Me!!

My name is Lizz & I've got O.C.D. O.C.D or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or That Naughty Monster on my shoulder, whispering sweet worry into my ear....... Depression or The Black Dog or In My Case That Smiley Faced Mask I put on each and every day! 450 Million Adults Worldwide have a Mental Health Problem. (World Health Organisation 2001) 1 in 4 Adults in the UK experience at least one diagnosable Mental Health problem in any one year. (The Office for National Statistics Psychiatric Morbidity report, 2001) *************STOP************ *********HAMMERTIME!********* (I know, I'm so funny!!) But seriously, I am not a number, a label, anything.  I am Lizz and I am one of many human beings on this beautiful planet who 'they' would like to put into their statistics. I'm 34 years old, though feel 17! I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when I was 11 years old, somewhere along the line I was also given the la...