— Sometimes it is hard to even remember all the mean things I used to say to myself as easy as breathing.   “I am just not the kind of...

How rested they are How valued they feel How much they enjoy giving   That last one may surprise you, because I think a lot of us would...

Just because no one rescued the fat girls in the movies, that doesn't mean you can't rescue yourself.   Pleasure and intimacy and...

There is a really pervasive narrative I've been hearing a lot since the beginning of the pandemic: that a lot of people are very...

Who are you when no one is watching?   This year, grief ripped me away from myself. And even in the most bleak moments, I knew it was...

In a world where we constantly juggle way too many responsibilities and obligations, finding a balance between work and rest can be...

You’ll find that people with strong boundaries don’t feel the need to explain themselves an awful lot – because they are rarely looking for

In my moments of ultimate sadness the story  often leads back to the headline: “No one has ever chosen me”. It punches right to my solar...

Uncertainty sucks.  Yet life is full of it.  So, what do we do with those big questions?  I’m talking the kind of “What if I am not good eno

I know it's not fashionable for a coach to say, but I don't think you are broken. But I do think it's worth looking into. Why so many of...

We all have these well-known numbing out techniques which we know are bad for us, like drinking and smoking and doom-scrolling, but I think

I'm trying to pay more attention. To the seasons. To nature. To myself. Nature always teaches me.  It guides me home to myself whenever I...

Apart from when you’re not - perfectionism is not going to be on your side   There is such hype around trying to rise above the crowd that

And how we can use photoshoots to reclaim our body image. As an empowerment photographer, I understand the fears and insecurities which...

In self-development there are quick wins, there are life transformations and there is the bit in the middle. And this is where most people g

The ocean never rejects me. It never runs away and says there is too much of me (or if it does, it returns in the next breath). It never...

Insomnia can be a relentless beast, but I discovered some unexpected things which helped me

People pleasing is something you were taught, and maybe that not 100% bad

I think the majority of people who grew up in England find people pleasing particularly difficult as we have so many unwritten rules about w

London, I have loved you. But it's time to go. I'd like to say it's a beautiful a uncoupling, but it feels more like you rejected me, and...