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WHEN DEPRESSION REARS IT’S UGLY HEAD AGAIN

15/01/2019

2018 was a difficult year for me. I know I enjoyed a lovely summer holiday, been to Paris, stayed at the Ritz and more but it was still one of the hardest years I’ve had to face. I’ve suffered with depression on and off for the last eight years. I was never the sort of person to get depressed before then, not even when I had my children, I never suffered with postnatal depression, but life is strange, things can…

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Lifestyle Updates/Personal & other blog posts.
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Paris Stories
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Boutique Hotels Paris Life
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Afternoon Tea Restaurants
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Lifestyle Updates/Personal & other blog posts.
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Afternoon Tea Restaurants
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Afternoon Tea Restaurants
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My name is Helen and I am owner and creator of the blog London meets Paris blogging on all things London and Paris, where to stay, eat and what to do as well as a lifestyle section including beauty and recipes. My passion is the city of Paris and I hope through my blog I can bring a bit of Parisian chic and glamour and a little bit of magic from the city to you.I'm a keen baker and cook sharing my recipes through this blog as well as restaurant and hotel reviews.

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