August 2026

There is a text meme circulating at the moment that caught me right in the chest: “There is something particularly cruel about criticising the way someone swims while they are drowning.”   It struck a chord because of a recent phone call where I found myself apologising for speaking about my own lived experience. I […]

What if your life ended at midlife but you found yourself still alive? Most of us know that writing can be therapeutic – especially someone like me, a psychotherapist who holds free weekly silent Journalling sessions due to the belief that it changes the individual’s day (ergo life). I’ve had an unusual decade. Ten years