Spring Has Sprung As I write this piece the rain is lashing my windows and the Winter Olympics is on the TV. It has been a chaotic start to the year in my house and I’m reeling from the notion that we haven’t actually completed two months of the year yet! Back in the summer …
Anxiety and All the Feels Our brains are amazing, most of the time! Until they begin to get stuck in the same mode, dishing out hormonal responses to things that are not actually happening, for example for someone who has an anxiety disorder. For the anxiety sufferer the brain is working against them, sending their …
Boredom & Monotony On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off What does this switch do anyway? On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off Nothing, nothing at all On Off …
Covid Catharsis – A Manifesto The Need for Catharsis More than a year has passed since the first mentions of Covid19 in the news. One year since dramatic and drastic restrictions on the movement of people in almost every country around the world were announced. The year turns and we can all recall how the …
WARNING: Spoilers! I have tried to be vague but there are huge spoilers for anyone who hasn’t yet seen all the episodes and wants to. If you’d told me, back in 2008, that I would cry as much as I would laugh or be in awe of a bunch of films about superheroes, I’d have …
Ending Loneliness I’ve read a lot about loneliness and the impact it has on people, about the toxicity of individualism and a success driven society, especially where that success is defined by the accumulation of wealth, stuff, followers or influence. This year we have seen much of this life disrupted as we deal with the …
Imposter Syndrome in Youth Work One of the things I have noticed about my work as I move from one role to another is this mindset that appears which tells me ‘you don’t have the right training to be here in this role’ or it might say ‘you’re in way over your head this time’. …
Week 8 – the hardest one yet! Last week was so hard, there was so much emotion washing through my head and heart. From the joy of my youngest turning 11 and the remembrance of the start of his life to the sadness of losing a member of my wider family on the same day …
Soothsayer: being a Mum of teenagers As a lifelong youth worker and cheerleader of those working with young people I’d sort of expected that I would be prepared for the parenting of a teenager or two. Oh how wrong I was. Being the parent of a teenager is exhausting, terrifying, stressful and requires a widening …
The Hospitality ‘Gene’ Isn’t it fascinating how much is passed down from one generation to another? There’s genetics and the scientific building blocks of our body shape, skin colour, eye and hair colour, including in some cases, illnesses etc. There’s also the traits we have picked up via the nurture (or otherwise) of our parents …
