It can be strange and uncomfortable when we suddenly find ourselves having to take responsibility for our parents. These people, often, took care of us when we were tiny, taught…
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When my mother was about my age, she spent two years caring for her elderly aunt. She moved her into her own house, cooked, fetched and carried and dealt with…
Gently does it. This is my first post for a long time and first public writing since losing my mother two months ago. I have written about my parents before,…
When we look at the world around us, there is plenty to be angry about. Going by my social media feeds, it seems we have two choices as to how…
This is me. I was about three years old, at my grandparent’s holiday cottage near Maldon. I needed to be looked after really well. Usually my Mummy did that, but…
During the past month, the question of whether employers can require women to wear high heels to work has been enthusiastically explored in the media. This is since a woman…
I grew up as a hearing ear child. My mother was born totally deaf in one ear and often wouldn’t hear what someone said if she couldn’t see their face,…
Every time I teach Mind Calm, whether in a group or one-to-one, in person or via Skype, I talk first of all about the tiredness that will come up. I…
What a gorgeous bundle of love and fluff! This was Alfie, six years ago, just before he came to live with us. He was the typical Andrex puppy, large pawed,…
I haven’t written about losing my father in July and I am not going to now, as the story is not just mine. I have, however, been reflecting on what…
Today I’ve been on a Magical Memory Tour. I had an appointment at Newnham College, Cambridge, to finalise details for the venue for the Mind Calm workshop on 21st November….
I am just old enough to remember Apollo 13. My mother sitting on the edge of my bed, my hands pressed together for nighttime prayers, asking God to keep the…