We’ve all heard about people ‘being on a spectrum’ and the term is usually used to describe people with differences such as autism, OCD...

Do you remember Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump? Pooh and Piglet decide to catch a Heffalump by digging a Very Deep Pit into which the...

Recently I’ve found myself talking a lot about abusive relationships, mainly to people who don’t realise they’re in one. When I suggest...

My husband bought me this coaster for Christmas. I love Winnie-the-Pooh, so it was quite a safe bet from someone who has made some...

One of the most common things I see in what I’ll call the anti-mental health awareness agenda is an accusation of 'snowflakism'. Young...

One of the most commonly mentioned criticisms of Bowen therapy - from people who haven't had it explained to them, that is - is that...

Someone posted this question in a Facebook group that I’m a member of recently, and went on to complain that they’re tired of always...

I was watching a video by Mark Rober on YouTube the other day. In case you don’t know, Mark is an engineer who used to work for NASA, but...

There was a lovely line in Friends where Phoebe is invited to do something and she says 'Oh, I wish I could, but - I don't want to.' I...

People in movies say this all the time; it’s the basis of most plots. The protagonist has to go to Columbia, or kill someone, or rob a...

If I get it wrong, I’ll look stupid. People will laugh. When I was seven years old I made a gooseberry flan. When I’d finished my mother...

During the Covid-19 lockdown I heard some heartfelt stories from single parents talking about how alone they felt and how hard it is to...

I hear a lot of people saying that they have anxiety, and is it normal for them to have this or that symptom? Or people saying that they...

This Sunday is Mothers’ Day. Usually on that day my Facebook feed is full of posts talking about how wonderful individual mothers, and...

Remember when you were at school and you did something a bit stupid or irresponsible and when your mother asked you why you did it, you...

5 Tips to keeping your New Year Resolutions Have you made your resolutions this year? If you have, do you think you’re going to keep...

Whether you always host Christmas, whether it's done on some kind of rotation around the family and it's Your Turn, or whether you're...

But we always do that at Christmas!! Whatever 'that' is, whether it’s wearing silly hats at the table, visiting your grandmother, eating...

You and me both. Every time I go onto Facebook there are people being outraged, disappointed, angry and indignant about the things other...

If Christmas is associated with negative memories or experiences then it’s unlikely you’ll look forward to it. In fact you may dread it,...