12/05/2026
FLOURISHING. it takes me an embarrassingly long time now to complete reading a book, compared to my voracious book-a-day when I was younger. 'languishing' by corey keyes affirmed what most of us already know we might need to engage with to make up a satisfying life: play, service, growth, connection, spirituality.
more importantly though, is its message (substantiated by research) that mental illness and mental health do not sit on the same continuum, but are dual continua. meaning we can have whatever challenging symptoms or experience we are dealing with, and still be able to have some degree of mental health by engaging in those five factors above as best we can or is available to us.
a reminder that as helpful as it might seem to dive down a blackhole of trauma books, inner child meditations and various wellness things to evoke release when we explore our relationship with ourself and our history, that the other things that support our flourishing - a meal with a good friend, helping a neighbour, learning a new skill just because- might be equally important to us feeling better, faster.
*thank you for the read