There is a fear within all of us. A truly raw, palpable fear. A fear that often causes us to think and behave in ways we wouldn’t usually...

What are you worth? When people ask this question, I often wonder…how can our worth actually be measured? In wealth, possessions,...

This is a follow up post to one I wrote around this time last year - ‘Corona – WTF.’ I think it adequately summed up mine and a lot of...

I will never understand how you can love someone and hate them at the same time. How the person who swore they would never hurt you,...

I saw something I liked the other day. Someone had written on the pavement with chalk. They wrote “I thought 2020 would be the year I got...

We work long, hard hours. We provide for our families. We help others when they need it. We care, we share, we give whatever we can to...

I’m writing this on Easter Sunday. It is amazing, sunny Bank Holiday weather. I can hear music playing (yeah thanks neighbour, I needed 5...

Have you ever been hurt? Have you ever experienced the kind of emotional loss or pain that made your heart fold in on itself? Have you...

There seems to be a trend at the moment where mental health difficulties are almost thought to be a choice. That it’s your fault for...

I’ve made a mistake. In fact, I’ve made hundreds. Small ones, big ones, easy to fix ones, difficult to fix ones, somewhat funny ones and...

Okay, so I cant be alone in thinking something is seriously up with NHS mental health services at the moment. In fact I know I’m not, as...

There is no subject that people want to avoid talking about more than death. But death, unlike some problems, isn’t going anywhere. So...

You are a liar. Don’t agree with me? Well sorry, but you are. And you’re lying about that too. Every single human on this planet is a...

We all have times when people let us down. When they say they will be there for us but they aren’t. When they cancel plans, say something...

Sex Are you having it? Are you not? Do you want it? Do you not? Do you talk about it openly? Do you 100% definitely absolutely not? There...

When you are feeling like the world is ending, that you are in the blackest and deepest of holes, that you are so uncomfortable in your...

Last week, I made a big change. I took a risk that had been hovering in the wings for a long time now, waiting for its turn but being...

Every day, relationships begin and end. Friendships are built, friends drift apart, people fall in and out of love. It is rare for...

On Monday you give out smiles. You work, you cook, you run. On Tuesday you give out kindness. You work, you read, you learn. On Wednesday...

In my life, I am fortunate enough to be surrounded by some pretty astounding men. Men who are brave, funny, resilient, forward thinking,...