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Even in recovery, triggers can exist. New ones can even be created. And that's OK.

In times of darkness, we need to look for positivity to bring light.

Mindfulness is a bit of a buzzword these days. Being bodyful is just as, if not more, important.

A post about looking backwards, and looking forwards, at this time of year was inevitable

In this series of short videos I take you through the steps along the pathway to living your ReConnected Life.

The Christmas/holiday season is approaching, and many of us are going to be spending time with our families….

Enough. "The required degree, or extent”. In what world is sufficient, or adequate the same as ample or abundant? What is enough?

Getting to sleep can seem an unattainable dream; here are my tips for how to get a restful night's sleep.

Who says that the pain of a broken heart is less when the relationship lasted a short time, that only the end of a longer relationship deserves tears? A broken heart is a broken heart. There is no hierarchy of pain.

When bad things happen to good people the natural, and very normal, response is to scream “it’s not fair!” But it’s what we choose to do about it that counts. Choose life.

Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Not. I used to want to scream at people who said that. But it's true. Allowing ourselves to feel empathy and compassion for others’ pain makes us human.

Written for Time to Talk Day 2014

Sometimes even close friends get it so wrong

I spoke at Slutwalk, this is what I said.

Written for Slutwalk, 2011

Silence Hurts: Talk Hard

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Open letter to Luke, a defender of Ched Evans

Most people think in terms of fight or flight. But there are three further traumatic responses available. Have you never heard of the rabbit in the headlights?

Scent & scented oil. An invisible protection that you can carry in your pocket. A life-saver.