Laura Jackson

28 year old International Show Groom and Yard Manager living her life travelling Europe. Enjoys writing articles that can make a difference to people including my mental health journey.

Diary of an inpatient - Final Instalment

Mar 29, 2023 3 min read

Essential items required for your hospital stay checklist:  Barry's teabags  Plenty of snacks  A diary to bitch about how shit your day is going. These are pretty much the most important

Diary of an Inpatient Pt 3

Mar 15, 2023 4 min read Mental Health

Trigger warning - self harm and suicide references Part 3 of an insight into the mind of a patient in a psychiatric hospital. 22nd November 2020 How’s your relationship with yourself? It’

Centre of an EHV Outbreak

Mar 12, 2023 5 min read EHV

The first show of the year for my team at Goess Showjumping didn’t exactly go according to plan. For the first two weeks our horses were in top form jumping out of

Diary of an Inpatient Pt 2

Jan 21, 2023 3 min read Mental Health

A listening ear can mean the world to a person who is struggling. Sometimes, if not most of the time we don’t even want advice, we just want to vent and get

For me, education was valuable in aiding my recovering during a 7-month admission to hospital. After watching the Grassroots and Hay Campaign livestream, I found myself later in the evening reading entries I