Choosing my health over my life-long insecurities — Let’s start at the logical place; the when, where and why of me choosing to have invasive surgery. I was 19 when I put my deposit down at the private hospital in London. All through my childhood, I grew up under the control of abusive parents. …

That’s when I SHOULD have left him — Trigger warning — mention of abusive relationships. What follows is not a typical blog post, but a chapter from my book, The Musings of an Elective Orphan. I wanted to share a part of my story that always pops up in my memory around this time of the year. Cold…

A helpful and human experiment in staying warm, sane AND not going broke — Our economy is pretty messed up here in the UK, and I’m sure my international readers can relate. This isn’t a usual topic of mine to write about. I typically cover small business and mental health. But our economy and the current energy crisis affects both. …

The smartest, safest move is walking away — The term ‘gaslighting’ has been in our lexicon since 1944. Yet it’s only lately, in the age of wokeness, that we are widely aware of it as a society. Despite now knowing that it’s a real thing, and society starting to understand its pervasiveness, it is still a much used…

It takes a few basics and a lot of persistence — Good marketing isn’t the dark art that many people seem to think it is. Good marketing is simple, strong and effective. As a marketer, you just need to be creative, consistent and persistent. I’ve been a content marketer for the last 8 years, and a lot of the social media…

Let’s aim for simple, steady progress — If you’re a stress bunny, an anxiety-fuelled over-worker, or a full blown perfectionist - this is for you. We need to get past the idea of perfection being the goal, that thing we strive for. …

Level up your marketing for 2021 — Few things in this world evolve faster than the latest social media trends. If you honestly tried to keep up with it all, you’d need to be awake 24 hours per day. Instead of fighting that uphill battle, I like to stick to the basics on social media. When it…

… and my latest embarrassing example of this — If you are subscribed to my publication Life Done Well, then you will have got my newsletter last week. I was really proud of myself for smashing out some marketing tasks (read: rushing) in my time off from my day job. …

Part self-preservation, part low self-worth — Trigger warning — mention of abusive relationships. This is a slightly longer read than I usually post. So if you like, you can save yourself some reading time and listen instead — just scroll to the end for a YouTube link to hear this read by my amazing Audible narrator. …