Food has become a massive part of the global conversation as people panic buy, shame people for panic buying and the vulnerable rely on volunteers to deliver them any essentials they may need. This is, of course, an ongoing problem […]
Ok, so cholera isn’t sweeping the nation or the world but it made a good title for this blog so…just go with it. I have always struggled with my mental health. I have swayed from depression, to high anxiety, to […]
When I was 20 years old I met a man. He was seven years older than me and he changed me forever. For years after I questioned how I let it happen, how I got to that place, and what […]
So we’ve made it. We’ve made it to the end of week two of the Summer holidays. The kids have had swimming lessons, we’ve been to the park, gone riding on our bikes, had a new boiler installed (on the […]
I think if you are someone who is even slightly self aware or self critical you will have events that stand out in your life, events that mark certain behaviours or traits that you aren’t particularly proud of. What counselling […]
I have this thing I do, when I’m stressed or my mind is working on something that I can’t quite access. I begin to obsess. I obsess about all sorts of benign things and they take up so much mental […]
Earlier this week Nick and I were sitting down to dinner when he asked me this question: ‘What do you look forward to?’ He wasn’t asking me about the big things like holidays, house extensions or our future life plans. […]
Over the last couple of months I have been going to counselling. It started out as a way to help me cope with the feelings I was having post birth but has now become a real deep dive into how […]