Jess Denham

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The Sun • 23rd February 2020

Why recycling your clothes is 2020's biggest new fashion trend

"Every year in the UK, 235 million items of clothing is dumped in landfills or burnt. Fast fashion is suffocating our planet. People are waking up to the fact that we were never supposed to shop like this - and it's about time."
Harper's Bazaar • 1st April 2020

It's OK to feel disappointed during a pandemic

Don't gaslight yourself, take the time to process your emotions and learn the power of 'and'...
Harper's Bazaar • 9th March 2020

How to manage OCD and anxiety amid coronavirus

"The more you get to know your thoughts, the more power and control you will have over your anxiety."
Harper's Bazaar • 24th February 2020

What it actually means to be an introvert

"You don't have to prefer a night in with your cat to a night out with your friends and it's not a requirement to own one of those ubiquitous sequin cushions reading 'I f**king hate people'."
Stylist • 13th February 2020

You are not alone: how podcasts can help improve your mental health

"Many people turn to podcasts for entertainment and light relief; others are in search of connection, support and understanding. Hearing your own experience spoken back at you by another who can empathise is a hugely helpful form of healing. That realisation that someone else 'gets it', has been there, is surviving and maybe even thriving, can be a lifeline."
The Sun • 14th September 2019

How apps and buy now pay later services are fuelling shopping addiction

"Filling up her online shopping cart with dresses, jeans and heels after another stressful day in the office, Holly Draper, 28, felt her anxieties instantly melt away. 'The rush was huge,' she says. 'But minutes after dropping £2,000 in a single shopping spree, the shame hit me. I'd secretly racked up £22,000 worth of debt from online shopping but I couldn't stop.'"
Harper's Bazaar • 16th May 2019

Why we need to talk about grief

"I sometimes feel like an alien in the company of those not yet in 'the club'. But never is that sense of isolation and otherness more acute than when my grief goes unacknowledged. Contrary to what a certain ex-Boyzone singer might have you believe, you do not say it best when you say nothing at all."
Refinery29 • 22nd December 2017

I went to see an angel whisperer to find out if angels are real

"Much as I relish the idea of a glittering divine being guiding me through life, sprinkling metaphorical fairy dust everywhere I go, I don't believe in angels. It was with heavy scepticism, therefore, that I arranged to meet 'angel expert' Kyle Gray, a 29-year-old tattooed Glaswegian yogi whose spiritual calling came when an angel spoke to him through the holy medium of Beyoncé."
Vice • 31st March 2017

This artist with synesthesia sees colours in music and paints your favourite songs

"For my mum's birthday I painted the sound of her footsteps. I remember hearing her clicking heels when she came home and it was such a comforting (purple!) sound to me as a child."
Refinery29 • 25th November 2016

How art therapy is helping survivors of domestic abuse

"'The impact of abuse is a real attack on a woman's sense of self, so part of their recovery involves trying to work their way back to remembering who they were,'” says Anat Toffell, a Solace Women's Aid facilitator. 'Through art they're able to explore their feelings and rediscover what they're interested in without an abuser dictating their lives.'"
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