All aboard the sinking ship — I know from friends around the world that this economic problem is hitting every country right now. The cost of merely existing on our own planet is driving us to a place where we won’t cope for much longer. I’m in the UK, and so this is where my facts…

From my 20+ years of fighting the good fight — I think I’m getting to the point where I can call myself a pro at managing my own depression. I’m 41, and I’ve spent more than half of my time on Earth so far fighting the good fight. Overtime, we all become experts at helping ourselves. So what follows isn’t…

Many things about ourselves can change, but our foundations remain — As a neuroscience fan girl, and as someone who works in stroke rehab, I’m fascinated by how changeable our brains can be. We can find our way through brain injury back to a functioning, happy version of ourselves. It’s astounding. Then when we talk about the mind, our brains more…

Sometimes it really is for the best — I’ve always been vocal about how I estranged myself from my parents at a young age. I always felt it was important to share that getting out of a toxic situation can be the best option, even if you feel all kinds of guilt and shame around it. …

Here’s the tea on my surgery day, and my subsequent healing journey — I want to tell you that I marched into that anaesthetic room, braver than ever, to boldly claim my health back. What actually happened was the anaesthetist had to knock me out with gas before getting a line in, since I was so scared to go under that even my…

The waiting is the hardest part — I first got notably sick in the summer of 2019. I thought I had simply burnt out from a winter of overtraining for more marathons than was sensible. At least, more than was sensible with a full-time freelance business running my life. Fast-forward to now, and we’ve all been through…

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. …