Maria Gaian, Founder of the Ditch the Black Dog Virtual Retreat

It’s 4am, you’re depressed and as usual, you can’t sleep.

Your mind is whirring and your inner bitch is on overdrive.

To distract yourself, you get out your phone and start scrolling social media. 

You find some cute cat videos. Yes! This is what you need. 

But then the algorithm  starts showing you heartbreaking stories about cats that’ve died and you keenly feel the grief and loss.  You don’t even know these people, but you’re invested now, avidly reading the comments and ugly crying.#

Now you feel even worse. 

You ponder making a post sharing about how depressed you feel, but you know that for every person who leaves a supportive comment, there’ll be a bajillion trolls and haters, telling you to end it all.

Your heart sinks.

People are so vile to each other. 

Better to suffer in silence. 

You move away from the sad cat stories and start looking up people you used to know.

Oh God. What a mistake.

That awful girl who bullied you in school just spent a fortune buying her dream house and is parading videos of it all over Insta.

Every room is clean and tidy and her kids are smiling in their fancy designer clothes in their beige bedrooms.

They look like they never make a mess or backchat, or vomit on their mom’s best dress.

You stalk your ex and it turns out they’re dating someone who looks like an A list celeb. 

The smiling influencers are living their best lives – shopping for luxury items that cost more than your car, travelling abroad, living with gorgeous partners, renovating dream houses, landing fabulous careers, running 7 figure businesses…….

It feels like everyone has their sh*t together, except you.

What’s WRONG with you?

Why can’t you just be NORMAL, whatever the hell that is?

You had so many big dreams, but somehow you ended up here?

Depressed. Unhappy. Lonely. 

Trapped in your trauma.

Stuck in a life you don’t like, let alone love.

You’re struggling and in so much pain.

Then your inner b*tch pops up out of nowhere……

“You’re a failure. A waste of time. 

You’ll never amount to anything, so why even bother trying?”

Join the waitlist

If you’d love to know more about when we open and what we’ll be doing at the Gaian Oasis to help people ditch the black dog of depression, please join the wait list and I’ll keep you in the loop.

If you want to follow our journey turning this beautiful but neglected farm into a safe sanctuary and wellness space, you can do that by subscribing to our YouTube Channel or joining the community on Substack. 

The links are below. I’d love to have you join us on this exciting journey!

With love and magick always,

Maria xx

Join the waitlist to find out more about the Gaian Oasis and when it will open its doors to help people with depression.

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel to follow our journey as we build the Gaian Oasis and get ready to open our doors

Don’t forget that you can join me over in the Black Dog Cafe community. It’s an off facebook, safe space for you to get support, tools and techniques to help you survive depression.