You are enough. Just as you are.

Hi,

Today is World Mental Health Day, and I’ve been thinking about what I actually want to say to you.

I could give you a list. Five ways to look after yourself. Ten minutes of mindfulness. The perfect evening routine.

You’ve seen those lists. I’ve seen them too.

Most of them made me feel like I was failing at rest as well as everything else.

So instead, here’s the thing I wish someone had told me years ago.

You don’t need permission to stop.

Not from your boss, your family, your group chat, or the voice in your head that says you haven’t done enough yet.

You were always allowed. You just weren’t told.

You’re allowed to say no without a long explanation. You’re allowed to cancel. You’re allowed to have a day where the only thing you achieve is getting through it.

And if you need to open a journal and write “fuck today” across the whole page in big, angry letters, that counts too.

Sometimes that’s the most honest thing you’ll write all week.

Camrhisa started because I learned, in the hardest way, what happens when people are struggling and no one makes room for it.

I lost my brother.

He spoke up, and it wasn’t enough.

I don’t want anyone to feel they have to be at breaking point before they’re allowed to put themselves first.

So this weekend, if you can, do one small thing just for you.

Light something. Run a bath. Turn your phone face down for an hour.

Or don’t.

Rest doesn’t have to be productive, and it doesn’t have to look pretty.

And if someone you love has been quieter than usual lately, send them a message. It doesn’t need to be wise.

“Thinking of you” is enough.

You are enough.

Just as you are.

Jamie x
Founder, Camrhisa Designs