The Asperger's Girl Guide

  We're going back into Lockdown, it can be a scary time trying to adjust to the new rule changes. We've had sudden routine changes following the Tiered system and now the resurgence of a Month Long Lockdown can be distressing and overwhelming.  Have no fear, I have put together some helpful and useful tips and tricks to get through the second Lockdown.  On the 31st October 2020, the Prime Minister made an announcement that the whole of the UK was going back into a month long lockdown from starting at 12.01am on Thursday 5th November (tomorrow) until the 2nd December 2020.  Wales have already been in a month long lockdown which is due to end on the 9th November 2020 (although it seems like this one has now been extended), Scotland and Northern Ireland have also set out plans respectively for their own Lockdown period.  How to Adapt your Routine and Keep yourself Healthy:  Try and Stick to your Normal Routine: Trying to keep to a routine when you are working or studying from hom

  "I started  learning about Mindfulness from a place of fear, I didn't really understand what it meant for me in my life in the beginning but by the end of the course and putting it into my daily routine I instantly felt better." It is a way to cope with the uncertain times we are living in at the moment (2020 has actually been one of the craziest years ever) and also to learn to adapt and cope with changes without the negative emotions weighing you down, instead you learn to sit with them and then let them go!  We all struggle with the unknown, we are constantly either jumping into the future or  revisiting the past without really just focusing on what we can do in the present moment we're in.  We skip it as our minds are completely focused on the 'What If's' and worst case scenarios (catastrophizing) rather than how to just solve the problem as it stands at the moment or just being aware of what we are feeling now in the moment and allowing ourselves to