Another devastating news story rocks my heart. I’m a pretty understanding person. I can empathise with most things. I can see others’ pain. I can feel compassion for perpetrators of some of the worst things whilst still condemning their actions. Yesterday I wrote of my despair at the treatment of…

…says specialist centre somewhere in the world. I just saw a post on Instagram highlighting abuse of people being ‘treated’ for autism and/or other intellectual disabilities. I think there is a video but I didn’t scroll. I read the blurb instead. I may have had a panic attack, at least an anxiety attack, the ‘impending doom’ feeling…

I told the kebab shop worker I was a therapist so they asked me what they should do about their stress. All I did was listen. She asked me if I knew this local landmark that’s high up. I said yes. She asked me what I thought of her craving…

Look to nature. Strawberries are sending out runners, ivy is reaching across pavements. T’is the season to put ideas to ground. Bury the roots, stretch your leaves, autumn is coming to rot the fruits of summer and provide fertile ground for newness to develop. Winter will follow where rest, recovery…

Pushing boundaries, dancing the line between pleasure and pain, being on display and flooded with sensation is the easy part. I wanted to write an interesting, intellectual, almost academic article about relationship theory, sex and intimacy, weaving it with knowings about attachment trauma, understanding of the complexities of human connection…

So many people tell you “at least you’re not…./ or at least you’ve got….” Fuck em! If you feel rubbish, feel rubbish! You’ve probably heard the hypothetical tale of that one poor person in the world that actually has it worse than everyone else. I would counter that somewhat obnoxiously…

Thoughts when you don’t have a home. When you haven’t got a place to call home, how do you manage your belongings? If you’re lucky enough to stay in the same room for a week I suppose a pile in the corner will suffice. If you’re still living your regular…

A book but also a state of mind. I read this book years ago; I can’t remember much detail of it but I do know it fundamentally changed my perspective on human connection, everyday encounters and the things we might never know. The layers I was reminded of it recently when a…

Messages from the universe? My living situation is precarious, my finances insecure, it’s safe to say I’m in a spot where I’m looking for meaning in all sorts of places — do you think the following experience is significant? A couple of weeks ago I started to notice car number…