And Breathe
For four years I have been holding my breath. When Trump won in 2016 and Britain voted in favour of Brexit I felt my heart starting to crack. Since then my hope and belief in people has been challenged time […]
Can I be more?
As a stay at home mum I am often considered by the wider society to be a glorified nanny. On forms I even have to tick the unemployed box or homemaker box. Neither of these boxes even begin to encapsulate […]
A failed trip
There are many emotional and mental challenges that I contend with that cause me to often feel ashamed but I have never felt as pathetic as I did earlier this week. We’re all going through a challenging times. We’re separated […]
Eating in Quarantine
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 […]
My Spectrum Kid
For a little while now we have been coming to the realisation that there may be more to Rufus’s personality, that there may in fact be an underlying explanation for his idiosyncrasies. Rufus is kind, intelligent, brave and all around […]
Accepting the things we cannot change
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 […]
Recapturing Youth
This week I got a whole year older – I’m now 33! I know, I know – it’s not that old but it feels old. I’m solidly in my 30s, I own my own home (with a mortgage), I am […]
Parenting in a time of change
Since my kids have been born there has been a huge political and social swing to the right. The easy examples to point at are Brexit, the Conservatives in general and of course the great orange blimp that is Trump […]
White privilege is real – Let’s talk about it
I am white, blonde and blue-eyed, when white people see me their snap judgements will have them thinking that I’m probably English speaking, with an easy to pronounce name for other white people, an accent that white people can understand […]
The Overwhelming Truth
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 […]