Confessions - Saoirse Schad

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You know what day it is! 🫵🗓️ If you haven

You know what day it is! 🫵🗓️

If you haven't already, ɢᴇᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠᴏᴛᴇ! 🇮🇪✅🇪🇺

It's our right and our privilege. ✊💙

#Ivoted #votevotevote #LocalElections2024 #EUelections2024 #EuropeanUnionElections2024 #Vote #LocalPolitics #IrishPolitics

Yesterday I received the great news that my interv

Yesterday I received the great news that my interview with @Marlife16 will be airing again today at 11 AM! So if anyone missed it, now is your chance to catch the repeat! 💃🎉

Tune in to 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 on @dublinsouthfm at 11 AM for the latest on 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆, mental health chats and all things writerly. 📻💙📚
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#Bookstagram #NewBook #TheMarlonShow #DublinSouthFM #RadioInterview #DearBlue #BooksnBlues #MentalHealthReads #MentalHealthAdvocate #MentalHealthyCommunityIreland #DebutNovel

📣𝕀𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥📣

Thanks again to the lovely @marlife16 and @dublinsouthfm for sharing their platform with me to discuss my book, 𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓑𝓵𝓾𝓮, and all things writing and mental health. 🙏📻

It was a pleasure as always, and I hope we meet again soon. 🤗💙

For anyone who missed it or wants to listen again, just copy and paste the link below ❗OR❗ click on the link in my story. 🥰

🔗 https://shorturl.at/oGSZ6

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#Bookstagram #BookLaunch #NewBook #TheMarlonShow #DublinSouthFM #RadioInterview #DearBlue #BooksnBlues #MentalHealthReads #MentalHealthAdvocate #MentalHealthyCommunityIreland #DebutNovel

Tune in to @dublinsouthfm today at 11 AM for my la

Tune in to @dublinsouthfm today at 11 AM for my latest appearance on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰, hosted by the ray of sunshine, @marlife16.

It was a pleasure as always. Thank you for having me on, Marlon. Your ongoing support has been incredible. 🙏💙📚
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Brain is on the fritz again so I did the unthinkab

Brain is on the fritz again so I did the unthinkable; I went to the gym to see if it would help. 😅

Brain is still broken and now my feet hurt too. Jury's still out on if this is success but I will report back with my findings. 🧐

#DepressionSlayer #MentalWellness #MentalHealthAdvocate #QuestForJoy

I've been pretty quiet lately because I'm going th

I've been pretty quiet lately because I'm going through a period of 'figuring things out', but one thing that hasn't changed (and hopefully never will!) is my love of books! 📚

So far I'm on track to achieve my 2024 reading goals of 52 books/one book per week. 💪🎉 I'll do some brief reviews soon but, in the meantime, here's what I've read so far this year (plus my current and imminent reads).

(Spot the book club reads!)

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Allow me to introduce the lovely Miss 𝓗𝓸𝓵

Allow me to introduce the lovely Miss 𝓗𝓸𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓑𝓮𝓻𝓻𝔂. 💖

This lovely little lady has been with us since early December and it's been a bit of a process getting her settled in. She and Bramble are now sharing a room but they each have their own secure separate space, as they're not fully bonded yet and they're still having rows over who's top bunny. 🐰😅

Holly (formerly known as Chungus) is a rescue from @dspcashelter and was one of the four bunnies found in Stephen's Green in June. She has a very sad backstory so we're especially thrilled to be able to offer her a loving home. 🥰

She's an Angora-lionhead mix, which means lots of grooming and a lot of work for us, but this sassy little lady is worth it. She's a beautiful addition to our already mad family. 🐕🐰🐇🐢🦗

#PetMom #BunnyMom #RescueBunny #RabbitLove #BunnyGram #DSPCA

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🤫 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐'𝕊🔹ℂ𝕆ℕ𝔽𝔼𝕊𝕊𝕀𝕆ℕ 🤫

It's been a long time since I've shared a Confession on here and there are a few reasons for that.

Firstly, I got completely swept away by the book publishing process and I didn't have time to do any of my regularly scheduled writing or blogging.

More importantly, though, my mental health has been quite a rollercoaster since publication.

Don't get me wrong: I kept it together. I wasn't quite the blubbery, hyperventilating mess that I expected. But I did struggle, mainly with maintaining self-care.

I tend to go into hyper-focus when I have a deadline, and 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 was such a big project that the period of hyper-focus lasted for at least six weeks. During that time I wasn't sleeping well, eating well, exercising, meditating or generally looking after myself. I kept telling myself I could do all that once I'd hit publish.

But, unfortunately, getting back into a healthy routine is easier said than done... especially when it took months to form that healthy routine.

So I've backslid quite a bit and at one point I was feeling really defeated. I started thinking: 'It took me a year and a half to overcome my latest depressive episode, but only four months to relapse. With those stats, how am I ever going to get through this? Can I really co-exist with my mental illness long-term? If I'm to continue with this particular pattern, I'll be in a state of depression for most of my life.'

And those thoughts hit me really hard. It all felt pointless. The idea that my recovery could be wiped out so quickly scared the crap out of me.

But I'm happy to report that I'm on the upswing again. I recognise that, although I've taken a few steps back, I'm still in a much better mental place than I was two years ago.

I'm still mostly functional. I'm not bedbound anymore; I rarely suffer from vomiting and nausea spells; I can still leave the house; I'm sleeping fairly well and I'm asking for help when I need it. That's a good start.

I just have to keep reminding myself of how far I've come.

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𝕄𝕪 𝕃𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 ℙ𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕕𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖

🔹 ɪ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴘᴜʙʟɪꜱʜᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ʙᴏᴏᴋ: ʜᴇʀᴇ’ꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ᴅɪᴅ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ🔹

Recently, I became a published author but, like so many before me, it took many wrong turns to get there...

👀 Read the full post at the link in my story

❗OR ❗ at

🌐 saoirseschad.com/i-just-published-my-first-book-heres-everything-i-did-wrong/

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#MyLittlePublishingAdventure #BooksnBlues #DebutNovel #IrishAuthor #IrishBlogger #MentalHealthWriter #SelfPub #IndiePub #Bookstagram #Authorgram

🎉 ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℕ𝕒ℕ𝕠𝕎𝕣𝕚𝕄𝕠 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤! 🎉

I'm participating this year and I am ADAMANT that this will be the year I finally win. I've made it to 47,000 words during Camp NaNo once, but this year, I'm shooting for the 50K. 💪

I have 33,000 words on my current WIP so 50K would bring me almost to the end. 😍💗

However, I'm open to the idea that some of my NaNo 50K words might go towards writing 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕪 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 articles rather than fiction. Basically, so long as I write 50,000 words during November, I don't mind if those words are fiction or non-fiction. ⚖️

If you're participating in NaNoWriMo this year, let me know what you're working on! I love writerly chats. 🤗✏️💪

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#NaNoWriMo2023 #IWriteRomance #NaNoWriMo #Bookstagram #MentalHealthWriter #WritersOfInsta

Last week, we lost our handsome little boy, Clover

Last week, we lost our handsome little boy, Clover. 💔

We are so devasted and confused by his passing. He was so young and healthy, and when we went to bed everything seemed to be perfectly normal. But by 3AM, as I was charging the car to go to the emergency vet, he had died in Cat's arms.

He was such a special little guy. He loved cuddles and was so endlessly affectionate. When we brought him and his brother, Bramble, home with us they felt like family right away.

I never thought a pet could take up such a big space in my heart but I miss him so much and think about him all the time. I wanted rabbits for so long and we tried to give Clover and Bramble the best possible life; it breaks my heart that we could only do that for Clover for a short year and a half.

It will take me a long time to get over the loss of our lovely Clover, but right now we're putting all of our energy into giving Bramble and our other pets (Willow, Myrtle and Judith) love, cuddles and whatever they need to live a happy, healthy life.

Rest in power, sweet boy.

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#PetBunny #PetRabbit #PetFamily #PetMom #BunnyMom

Thanks again to @marlife16 and @dublinsouthfm for

Thanks again to @marlife16 and @dublinsouthfm for having me on The Marlon Show last week to talk about all things 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖. 📘✨ It was a joy, as always, and I can't wait for our final instalment at the end of the year. 📻🎉

For anyone who missed it or wants to listen again, just copy and paste the link below ❗OR❗ click on the link in my story. 🥰

🔗 https://shorturl.at/brAOZ

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