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…

I believe that we are all desperately missing an emotional education. The pleas for help, so often hidden within social media posts, the way we respond in a seemingly disproportionate way to certain experiences and the rise in our mental health crisis and inadequate support, are all telling us something…

I am one of the many 1,000’s of women who stepped of the career ladder to focus on their families, not because I was forced to, or did not have opportunities equal to my male counterparts, but because I choose to — and we should not forget that choice is…

So, we are coming to that time of year when exam results are due and all of that ridiculous pressure heaped upon young people will transition into judgements of well done, or never mind. In anticipation of the reality that many students will not get straight A’s, or meet their’s…

So, each year mothers day comes around and a flurry of activity takes place to celebrate the role, to say thank you to all of those mums who are there for their children no matter what, for the sacrifices they make each day and for the unconditional love they give…

The first book I read by Johann Hari was called ‘Lost Connections’ and it was life changing for me. He offered the most deeply researched, alternative and logical insights and solutions to our mental health crisis, that I had ever read before and by doing so, he helped empower me…

There are two things that attract me to Charles Bukowski (and several that don’t it has to be said, but let’s focus on the positives here): 1. He was completely and utterly unapologetically himself, which took some doing as he had some pretty undesirable traits, but I do love the…