In a week filled with hate and horror, fear and anger and finger pointing, it is essential that each of us, and I’m talking specifically...

If you can recognise and admit that and how the systems which benefit few are very much part of the problem, you can go about becoming a par

An idea for punishment befitting the crime of taking another life: the perpetrator should have to spend as long as it takes, listening to...

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...

“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...

For the next time around. Welcome Autumn. I am ready for you now.

The looting in the Ferguson suits the media and the police just fine. It changes the narrative from the devastated community to the wild..

Don’t go on a demonstration against conflict and then come and bitch to me about how much you hate that bloke at work.

Happiness is not something to pursue, it’s something to be, to listen to and to act upon.

It was a beautiful morning, the day you weren’t born.

She got into a fight this morning She does most mornings. Her belly says it’s hungry and she tries to devise a new way to stifle the noise

They’re just words, right? No one really means any harm. They’re just words. Only words can be powerful and they create strong images.

Transcript of my TEDTalk: I’m here to talk to you about the essential role each of us can play in achieving world peace.

There is no silence like the noise of missing someone you never met...

I’ve just had a miscarriage. It’s a real conversation stopper, I’ve found.

Two 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.

When people feel uncomfortable they quite often slip into self-defence mode.

Last night I got a death threat on Twitter. Worse than a death threat in fact, it was an explicit threat to murder someone I care about.

20 years ago a 13 year old kid was pushed down an alleyway in broad daylight in a busy shopping Saturday and had things forced upon her...

My body is a bit rubbish. Sometimes it does not do the things it is designed to.