Art projects…

From songwriting to painting, art was always a way I processed what was happening to me. In these pages you’ll find my personal stories, the art that came from that journey, my music, my poetry, my paintings, drawings, videos of the places I’ve traveled to. This, essentially, is me.

 

She Be…

 
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Hi! I’m Maddie!

First, you should know that I’m an English girl living in America…and the accent is… quirky. Seriously, watch my stories on one day and you'll be like “this girl’s British”....and the next day you would just kind of look at me with squinted eyes and a sideways glance like um, what? Just follow along. You’ll see.

At my core, I’m a mental health warrior. I’ve been managing my mental health since my diagnosis in 2008, but things didn’t get really bad until I moved to the US for love. Although it sounds romantic, I lost who I was, my body shut down and my mental health deteriorated. So in 2019, I took a leap of faith, got divorced and I’ve been on a journey of rediscovery ever since. Which means (amongst other things) I’ve had therapy. A LOT of therapy, and I finally feel like myself again. Now? I’m a high-functioning mental health warrior who has dedicated my life to the journey of self love, healing, and growth.

I’m also a multi-passionate entrepreneur running my own content marketing business, and (importantly) I’m also a proud cat Mumma and artist… who loves books, Beyonce and all things RED (is it obvious?).

She Be Red is the culmination of my journey towards healing. It includes my own story, the stories of others, what I’m learning along the way. You can expect to see content around 3 things: feeling, healing and taking leaps of faith. These are the 3 things I believe are at the root of all healing and growth and I hope the things I’ve learned help you to find your own path to a life you love.

I use Instagram as my personal journal where I share my daily life, insights, tips and tricks to help others find their own path to healing [you can find me at @maddie.nellie and @shebered]. I also share the stories of other mental health warriors and creatives. I believe that storytelling and creativity have the power to heal and the more inspiration you can access, the more likely you are to find something that works. My hope is that somewhere amongst all this, I help you feel less alone and worthy of healing. I hope you find inspiration to overcome some of the challenges you face and heal your mind, body, soul and spirit, so you can create, do more of what you love, feel worthy of all the good things and explore what it really means to be, well, you.

 
 
 

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@shebered & @maddie.nellie

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11 years to the day that I was phobia-fear free for the first time in in 4 years. I cried realizing that I hadn’t thought about my phobia in a couple of hours. It was such a relief and something I didn’t think I would ever experience.
Our minds are living, breathing things. - - - Hello lovelies. I just wanted to let you know that I’m taking a brief pause to make a few shifts, to breathe into this new phase for me. New healing. New feeling. Old wounds. New motivation.
We’re missing the point. Anyone else take on too much and then beat themselves up when they can’t do it all?! Look I know we wanna heal, but if we don’t breathe, pause and find joy, then I think we might be missing the point.
Hiding in plain sight. That was me for many years. It comes with the territory when you are “high functioning” and struggle with your mental health. For the most part, you wouldn’t know that there was anything going on with me bef
✋Raise your hand if you are a high-functioning mental health warrior. Raise your hand if you THINK you might be a high-functioning mental health warrior. (Let me know in the comments!) Regardless of where you sit, I see you, I am you, I have been yo
Monday mantra for all of us on the healing journey. I am healing for me. I am healing so I feel more free. I am deserving of healing. I am deserving of healing. I am deserving of healing.
If you are reading this, I want you to know that no matter how far gone you think you are. No matter how alone. No matter how broken you feel. There is a way back. To yourself. To healing. To life. To love. Two years ago, this day was incredibly pa
You don’t know the full picture when you look at me. On the left, I was fresh out of the emergency room because of my anxiety, trying to process my trauma and failing to understand what I could do to heal. I couldn’t hide what was happen
Yesterday there was no walk. No yoga. No breathing drills. No belly breaths. I ate a lot of chocolate. I didn’t respond to people. I canceled my appointment. I didn’t get to all my work. All these things... it’s a habit to want to
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