9 things I have learnt about death I thought I’d cut to the chase as time is so much shorter than any of us really know, so I’m starting not ending this blog, with the summary points, that way if you want to read on you can and if you don’t you will take something from it…

This poem is dedicated to all who experience the depth of despair and in doing so, loose the light of hope. In the moment, despair can trick us into believing that it will be permanent, with no end in sight. An overwhelming feeling of a lack of purpose, of worth…

In one way or another, we are all affected by mental health challenges, whether that be our own or that of our family and friends. It is a modern day epidemic, born from a society, which by many measures has made more progress than any other, but has sadly not…

Right now I have more free time for myself than I have ever had before. I am in plaster recovering from an operation on my Achilles tendon, so I’m pretty immobile, I’m grieving the loss of my physical independence, I cry a lot, I feel constantly agitated, I’m struggling to…

I am becoming increasingly concerned, angered and disappointed by the number of adverts I am still seeing, in this day and age, spouting the hugely damaging narrative that women are only loved when they are: a) thin b) beautiful c) successful All subjective labels and therefore meaningless across a whole…

These words are written as a love letter, dedicated to every single survivor of physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse and one in particular who will remain nameless, but I do hope recognises herself in these words, inspired by and dedicated to her, always. Did you think we didn’t notice…

It is world whale day on the 25th February each year. The killer whale is a role model for me, as it’s the only other mammal (apart from the short finned pilot whale) to go through the menopause with a significant life thereafter. In fact after the menopause, the killer…

It’s difficult to feel worthy in a world when being worthy is only celebrated by really exceptional achievements. Only yesterday I observed a few examples on social media of people’s ‘worthiness’ being celebrated as: 1. Being a women in a senior position in business as well as raising lots of…

I grew up on a council estate, watching the miners go hungry, witnessing riots in Brixton, watching the hunt for the Yorkshire Riper and seeing kids become orphans and placed in a local children’s home. When I was 13, I was sexually assaulted by the owner of the local grocery…