No one is immune to depression. I learnt that this week when a friend died by her own hand. Her stunning renovated home in anContinue Reading
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Homeless by choice, a room with a world view
It was the hand writing that set me off. A simple R written on a jewellery box built for a solitary ring. I found itContinue Reading
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The panic before the heart of the storm
Sell. Donate. Dump. Three words I have been living by for almost two weeks. I am moving. Scratch that, I am evacuating. Selling everything inContinue Reading
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It starts with the heart, how the world got it so wrong
The yogi who is addicted to abusive relationships, the organic paleo chef who inhales cocaine after dark, the eco spa that offers Botox, the bankers whoContinue Reading
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When social media confuses the dating game
You’ll never guess the gender of this overheard conversation. When men obsess like women and vice versa . It’s 10.00am on a Saturday. I’m sitting in aContinue Reading
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To all the pants I’ve loved too much before
I have 31 days to fit into my ski pants. Not that I am counting. It is a familiar struggle that comes round every year.Continue Reading
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A bubble room for one – the solace of grief
I have just spent half an hour sobbing into a Sass & Bide t-shirt found on the floor of my car parked outside a ThomasContinue Reading
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The lies I have told to get fed, and fed, and fed
Food addicts are creative. I know because I have been (and may still be) one. The fear of having our gluttonous ways exposed can leadContinue Reading
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Walk, walk, walk the end of the relationship talk
I am obsessed, obsessed I tell you, by the Let Them Walk video currently doing the social media rounds (I’ve posted it at the bottomContinue Reading
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Gratitude is contagious, in a really good way
Did you know you can’t actually physically break the heart? It is the hardest working muscle of the body and can beat over three billionContinue Reading