Hello :)

I just joined The Mix and I am excited to be a part of the community!

I have quite a few interests: reading books (on religion, philosophy, psychology and self-improvement), spending time outdoors, working out and martial arts, playing board games and baking. Another thing about me is that I converted to Islam around two years ago and I found peace and contentment in the religion.

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amy02

Hey @willowtrees welcome to the community! I also love baking

Azziman

Welcome @willowtrees, welcome to the team! Glad to have you here

Amy22

Hiya @willowtrees welcome to TheMix family!. I noticed your profile picture is of a robin and I absaloutely love robins so so much!. (plz ignore my bad spelling xd). Robins mean a lot to me and that picture has really made my day even better!. I also love reading too and well as learning about ethics and philosophy too. I studied it as part of my A-levels actually!. I hope to see you on the boards real soon,

All the best,

Amy22

Former Member

@Amy22 Thank you for noticing my profile picture! I honestly like how friendly robins are because they will come up so close to you- if I'm gardening then they'll try to find worms from the soil I've disturbed.
And wow! It's interesting that you studied philosophy at A-levels. I had wanted to study that at college too but they didn't offer it where I went.

I hope to have more discussions with you!

lunarcat522

Hi @willowtrees welcome to the mix! What psychology books have you read/do you want to read? I like psychology too!

AnonymousToe

Hi @willowtrees and welcome to the mix!

Former Member

@lunarcat522 The book that I have just started reading is Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, which could be classed as either psychology or self-help, but I bought the book called 'The Myth of Normal' by Gabor Mate - which I'm excited to start reading! I have also read No Bad Part - which is about a type of therapy for trauma.

What about you? What psychology books do you like, and do you have any recommendations?

Former Member

Hey @willowtrees welcome to the mix!! I love reading too, a lot of my fav books fit in with those topics and I also love baking, working out, and board games! You seem super cool and it's also lovely to hear you found peace and contentment through religion! Personally I'm not religious at all but I've always found it really cool how people get so much love and joy from religion. Kinda makes me wish I was religious at times lol, but I can't force mysekf to believe in something I genuinelu believe just doesnt exist yk?

Anyway, welcome to the mix and I hope you're having a great day!

sinead276

hey @willowtrees and welcome to the mix - it's great to have you here

Former Member

@yana Thank you so much! What kind of working out do you do (weightlifting/callisthenics/running/Pilates/etc)?
And yes, you’re right, you can’t force yourself to believe in something that you don’t. It comes from the heart.

Former Member

@willowtrees i do some weightlifting and i really enjoy just walking on the treadmill with an incline for half an hour every day, it just makes me feel a bit less dead to get my body moving lol. i'm quite new to working out though so every time i go to the gym i just kind of experiment and do whatever feels right. my sister whp i go to the gym with is desperate to go to some pilates class though lol so she might drag me there with her. wbu?

lunarcat522

@willowtrees I've read The Body Keeps the Score and What My Bones Know (memoir) which have been pretty good

I'm hoping to read Predictably Irrational which sounds interesting

Former Member

@yana It’s great that you have your sister to go to the gym with! I tend to do a mixture of callisthenics, weightlifting and martial arts. I don’t go to the gym at the moment, but hopeful I will someday. I’ve also been trying to go on walks more regularly too as just that is good for mental health and getting ready for the day.

Former Member

@lunarcat522 Ooooo yes I have read some of The Body Keeps the Score and I think it was quite good and quite a good starting point for people to read. I haven’t heard of Predictably Irrational before

Sunshine12

@willowtrees hey, lovely to meet u, u sound super cool! I rrly want to get back into baking as I use to love it, whats ur fav thing to bake?

Former Member

@Sunshine12 Thank you so much! I think the thing I like baking the most is either cheese straws or baguettes!!

Maisy

Welcome to The Mix! You sound like a really interesting person- we're glad to have you here

Former Member

willowtrees wrote: »

@yana It’s great that you have your sister to go to the gym with! I tend to do a mixture of callisthenics, weightlifting and martial arts. I don’t go to the gym at the moment, but hopeful I will someday. I’ve also been trying to go on walks more regularly too as just that is good for mental health and getting ready for the day.

i totally get you! when I'm doing more physical exercise i just feel better.

it's interesting i was reading about this study the other day and they found that the rates of relapse were significantly lower in people who had taken part in frequent exercise than those who were taking ssris. i just thought that was really interesting.

Amy22

willowtrees wrote: »

@Amy22 Thank you for noticing my profile picture! I honestly like how friendly robins are because they will come up so close to you- if I'm gardening then they'll try to find worms from the soil I've disturbed.
And wow! It's interesting that you studied philosophy at A-levels. I had wanted to study that at college too but they didn't offer it where I went.

I hope to have more discussions with you!

I love robins so much too because of their curious and friendly nature. Actually in fact once me and my parents managed to get friendly with a robin and they would visit us each day. The robin even brought his family down to see us too and he would chirp as well. We also had a female robin who moved into our bird box in our garden too once and she had baby robins and they were so cute!. Im hoping we get some more in the future!.

Philosophy is a very interesting topic to study I found and also very hard to remember for exams too haha. It was part of the curriculum that I did for RE so I did both ethics and philosophy. I had the option to study sociology but there weren't enough numbers of people signing up for it at A Levels so it was never offered to us.

It will be great to speak to you soon on the boards

I hope your doing well

Hugs,

Amy22

Orchid059

Hi @willowtrees lovely to have you here with us!

ebyrne556

Welcome to the mix! Great to have u here

kaii

Hi @willowtrees, welcome to The Mix! Hope you enjoy it here!

Katie12

hey Welcome! I also love board games! do you have a favourite?