Lucy Tombs

Impact Magazine • 18th June 2021

The Bad Skin Blues: How Struggles With Your Skin Can Impact Your Mental Health

For many of us, the struggle with stress breakouts and acne is familiar. However, for some, the pain of acne can be more than just an annoyance that can be covered up with some concealer. For those who really suffer with their skin, these issues can truly affect their personal lives.

Whether this be through the physical pain associated with breakouts, or negative effects that acne can have on your mental health, skin can genuinely affect people’s self-esteem. This article hopes to provide some

Her Campus • 1st June 2021

Positive Affirmations: Self-Help or Self-Deception?

If you have Instagram or Pinterest, then you will have probably heard of positive affirmations. Affirmations are a self-help strategy that involves positive self-talk and affirming a belief in one’s own abilities. They typically contain re-affirming sentences which are repeated to one’s self, with the aim to change negative thought cycles and improve self-confidence and motivation. Such sentences may include phrases like “I am loved”, “I believe in myself”, or “I can accomplish anything I set my

Empoword Journalism • 21st May 2021

'What Next': A Personal Account From a Final Year Student

I have spent most of my life planning for what comes next. During GCSE’s, I was planning for my A-Levels, during my A-Levels I was planning for university. As I am an organiser through and through, I have never coped well with spontaneity and I find that I can barely go out to dinner without stalking the restaurant’s menu beforehand.

However, I have discovered that graduating university and moving into the workforce has been a lot trickier to control than choosing the university course I wanted

Res Publica • 20th May 2021

Trust Issues: How to Learn Body Trust. —

After personally dealing with disordered eating and body image issues for most of my life, I have recently felt a lot of guilt surrounding the way that I perceive and talk to my body. Throughout my years of struggling to control my weight and intensely restricting my diet, I have developed a level of distrust towards my physical body, oftentimes viewing it as an antagonist. Imagine fighting with your worst enemy, and then realising that you have to live with that enemy 24/7, with no form of esca

Impact Magazine • 6th May 2021

Seven Steps To Becoming An Environmentally Conscious Traveller

All of us love a good holiday from time to time. However, it is a well-known fact that travelling has had a negative effect on our environment. From carbon emissions produced by planes to the litter left behind by tourist groups, our holidays have had a direct impact on climate change and we should all make efforts to reduce this impact.

However, I will be the first to say that knowing what we can do to help reduce our carbon footprint when travelling can be confusing and it can be difficult to

Her Campus • 1st May 2021

How to Deal With 'Gymtimidation'

Throughout lockdown, many of us have improvised ways to get daily exercise by going on walks, buying home workout equipment, and picking up new sports - but the time for improvisation is behind us. With gyms re-opening this week many of us are excited to get back into a workout routine, however, there are also lots of people who may feel anxiety about returning to the gym.

The past year has taken a real toll on everyone, so feeling nervous about a return to normalcy is to be expected! There are

Her Campus • 1st May 2021

Suicide and The Media: Why The Narrative Needs To Change

TW // This article discusses topics, including suicide, that may be sensitive to some readers.

The past two weeks have been overrun by talks of how suicide is handled both in the media and in the wider world. During Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey on Monday 8th March 2021, viewers were shocked to discover that she contemplated suicide, stating, ‘I just didn’t want to be alive anymore.' In reaction to this statement, ITV’s Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan commented: “I don’

Her Campus • 1st May 2021

Spring Into April With These Top Organisation Tips!

When people think of April, they tend to think of all things spring: Easter, baby animals, flowers, and spring cleaning! Whilst spring cleaning can be an intimidating task, it is a great opportunity to organise your life in preparation for summer.

For my fellow students, spring cleaning is also a great opportunity to become organised for the hectic month of May when deadlines lie in wait. Spring cleaning doesn’t just have to be about vacuuming your house or cleaning out your wardrobe - there ar

Impact Magazine • 9th February 2021

What’s The Impact Of Schools Being Closed On Children’s Diets?

The beginning of the global pandemic saw school closures across the globe with hopes that in the near future we would return to normality and children could get back in the classroom, along with Lunch Halls and Canteens. This leads to the question how has this affected British children’s diets?

As events have unfolded throughout the past year, school re-openings did not go to plan and the new year saw further closures. Due to these measures, children have not been able to receive free school me

Impact Magazine • 17th January 2021

Changing Your Perspective On New Year's Resolutions

As we move on from 2020 and into 2021, I am sure lots of people will be setting some New Year’s resolutions for themselves. Every year, millions of people feel the pressure of the New Year to make changes in their lives. From health goals to financial targets, it is easy to get sucked into the madness of improving your life in January.

According to Statista, the most common New Year’s resolutions for us Brits are to improve our fitness, lose weight, improve our diets, save money and to take up