Leigh Spencer
Leigh Spencer is a freelance lifestyle writer for Rest Less and contributes articles on mental health and relationships. Leigh was in a long-term abusive relationship and is also raising awareness about emotional abuse, financial abuse, and reproductive coercion through her website: theinvisibleabuseproject.co.uk. When she’s not writing, she's supporting her two sons and following her other interests of politics and sport. She has also travelled extensively, visiting New Zealand on an exchange program, working in Canada as a nanny, and spending fourteen years in the USA with her family, including their two cats.
Explore the latest articles by Leigh Spencer
- Acrophobia – the fear of heights and how to overcome it
- Aerophobia – 5 ways to overcome the fear of flying
- What is grounding and how can it be used to manage difficult emotions?
- Understanding agoraphobia – symptoms, causes, and ways to cope
- 9 tips for effective home-working without a team to support you
- Overapologising – what it is, why we do it, and how to avoid it
- 5 ways to make the most of winter
- 11 benefits of being curious
- OCD – symptoms, causes, and ways to manage
- What is a codependent relationship and how can you break away?