Mental Health
Intention Setting for 2020 and the New Decade
According to the many experts in all-things-a-bit-woo, intention setting is absolutely vital to success and achieving goals. Without committing to the intent, we’re a lot more likely to fail.
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Mental Health
Should I Let My 10 Year Old Have a Phone?
This blog post could actually be shortened to a tweet. Here’s what it would say. Q: Should I let my 10 year old have a phone? A: No. End of. On point, but devoid of details and not hugely helpful. As this conundrum crops up a lot in my house at the moment (Polly – […]
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Mental Health
Divest in Fossil Fuels and Hit the Bad Guys Where it Hurts
We’ve heard a lot, lot, LOT about how to be more eco this past year. As I mentioned in my own A-Z, there are many ways to move towards more sustainable living. Unfortunately, the stone cold truth is, no amount of zero waste small steps will add up to taking our money away from the […]
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Writing
What Elizabeth Wurtzel Taught Me as a Troubled Twenty-Something
Reading about Elizabeth Wurtzel’s death yesterday (7th Jan 2020) was like a kick in my guts. Long time literary hero of mine, Wurtzel was a rank outsider. Telling it like it was in an era where everyone swept their feelings under the carpet. I read Prozac Nation, Bitch and More, Now, Again back to back […]
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Mental Health
Thoughts on the UK General Election (and why my best mate calls me the ultimate oxymoron) #GE2019
For a leftie like me, the UK General Election results were nothing short of devastating. To think that people would rather have proven liars in control of our country baffles me, but it would appear that people are ‘sick of facts’. They want to feel something. Oftentimes I have a different stance on societal issues […]
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