HeardinLondonDec 16, 2021I used to be scared of sellingThe thought is that I'm breaking some kind of agreement that I have with you as to why you're following me, or why you are reading my stuff.
HeardinLondonNov 21, 2021Burnout. Get ill. Cram in all the things I missed. Repeat.I have long covid and have been spending a lot of time in hospital lately, which has given me a lot of time to think and reflect. Whenever
HeardinLondonOct 22, 2021Love moreAll that hard shit you are going through? Love more. The person that is causing all the grief? Love more.
HeardinLondonAug 22, 2021How to find love in hard timesIn a week filled with hate and horror and fear and anger and finger pointing, it is essential that each of us look for ways out of conflict
HeardinLondonJul 9, 2021How I made my peace with conspiracy theorists“Who did you hear that from and who is making money from that article / video / your fear?” Because someone is always profiting from this...
HeardinLondonMay 20, 2021How to look confident in photographsTop ten tips how to look amazing, authentic and confident in photographs
HeardinLondonDec 31, 202020202020 started off gloriously. I changed time zones, I woke up paradise, I listened to the sound of waves, I climbed rocks, I walked on...
HeardinLondonJul 28, 2020I am fat. And I do not think it is ok to blame me for suffering with COVID.It is such an easy little soundbite isn’t it? “Lose weight”. I wonder how many calories there are in soundbite.
HEARDinLONDONDec 31, 20182018I spent five months in plaster and broke six bones. I went back to college. I gave up dairy and healed my agonising periods. I officially...
HEARDinLONDONAug 19, 2016It’s a dateA needle pierced your beautiful flesh scoring ink under your skin to commit your life to another woman.
HEARDinLONDONMay 31, 2016If there is anything I can do, let me knowIf there’s one thing I have learnt, it’s that it is far easier to decline help than to ask for it. Show up with food. Collect photographs...
HEARDinLONDONJan 31, 2016A penny drop of freedomI just had one of those penny-drop moments, where the brick wall I have been pushing against just turned to glass. I have not shattered it.
HEARDinLONDONNov 15, 2015On flags and indignation and guilt trippingFacebook is awash with Tricolour faces I have to squint to see, which feels darkly emblematic right now. This morning my mind started...
HEARDinLONDONSep 29, 2014Where where you when you heard the news?I feel like I am stealing from another woman in need. And why is that? Because I know there is just not enough for all...
HEARDinLONDONSep 27, 2014The Tiniest Things“Did you get any nice presents?” I asked. “My cousin made me a bracelet” she said, pointing to jumble of loom bands proudly adorning her...
HEARDinLONDONAug 9, 2014I doth protestDon’t go on a demonstration against conflict and then come and bitch to me about how much you hate that bloke at work.
HEARDinLONDONMar 7, 2014In pursuit of happinessHappiness is not something to pursue, it’s something to be, to listen to and to act upon.
HEARDinLONDONJun 17, 2013Conversation StopperI’ve just had a miscarriage. It’s a real conversation stopper, I’ve found.
HEARDinLONDONMar 11, 2013The day after Mother’s DayTwo years ago today there was an earthquake in Japan which was so powerful is shifted the world on its' axis. And my mum died in my arms.