Mental Health
Is Society Sleepwalking into Oblivion, and Do You Even Care?
I’ve had a fair few conversations recently which have ended with me saying “…but we’re sleepwalking into oblivion, and no-one even cares!” Needless to say it makes me pretty unpopular at parties. I have only a teeny tiny amount of people in my life who are willing to openly discuss this topic. Which feels largely […]
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Unsugar Coated Motherhood
In Defence of Joe Rogan
After holding on to my podcast virginity until around 18 months ago, I decided to pop my cherry and jump on the pod-wagon. Free time is scarce in my house, so when I commit to a long conversation, the content has to be super interesting. Perhaps the best decision I made was to not step […]
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Mental Health
On Being Resilient: Making the Case for Resilience
Everything is upside down right now. Fear and lacking are absolutely everywhere – from the eyes of masked strangers in the street to the infinite scroll of social media. Encouraging outrage I see lots of, encouraging resilience? Sadly, not so much. But how to be resilient? Is it worth the pain or is it just […]
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Mental Health
How to Protect Mental Health During Lockdown
All areas of life spin round in circles and lockdown is no different. What was amazing last week might feel downright exhausting now. People you could count on during the first few weeks, when you were struggling, might be in need of your help two months in. Children who were previously loving being at home […]
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Mental Health
Collective Grief and Comparative Suffering During COVID-19
With the collective grief we’re all feeling right now, I’d like to try and articulate my thoughts. I can’t promise it’ll be massively coherent but hopefully it will bring someone, somewhere a little bit of comfort during these strangest of times. Although I don’t have much experience of death – the only significant person I […]
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Mental Health
Polly Tries: My Experience of the Role Models Online Resilience Course
When Role Models approached me at the beginning of February to see whether Polly would like to do their online resilience course, we were in the midst of a tricky time. After a great end to 2019 and decent start to 2020, tensions were once again running high. Puberty and autism is a heady mix […]
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