As I walked home from town the other day, I noticed the sad sight of this butterfly on the pavement in front of me. Nearly dead. Prematurely dead on concrete that wasn’t its destiny. I walked…

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We need to keep talking about depression in society.

A piece on the effect of feeling conditionally ok.

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I did something this week that I’ve never done before.  I googled, no, I read the wikipedia article on c-ptsd.  Here it is:  c-PTSD Because, not for the first time in my last fe…

Grief, and its truthful waiting

What if? Is a beautiful inviting phrase.. Dont you think? or does it scare you… Because it can do either. What if? Might it invoke promise, openness, wonder, curiosity Might it be a threshold…

Brave means truthBrave means not caring but doing love anyway.Brave means inner truthfulnessBrave means integrity over falsityBrave means justice over fearBrave means tell, even if no one understan…

Something happened to you Something happened to you..that wasnt your fault Something happened to you…that wasnt your fault….and you had to do something as a result that you cannot talk …

There are daffodils in the world too, And puppy dogs, And trains that leave on time There’s children playing in the sea, And squirrels all around, There’s families playing board games, …

(Continued from previous post ….). So, unsurprisingly I kept writing. Pretty much each Saturday through September 2024 onwards, and most Sundays too I would walk down to my local Waterstones …

(Continued from previous post ….). So, unsurprisingly I kept writing. Pretty much each Saturday through September 2024 onwards, and most Sundays too I would walk down to my local Waterstones …

If you had said to me 18 months ago that I would be actually 18 months into writing one, maybe more, children’s books, I may well have shot you. But here I am. How did it even start? Well act…

If you had said to me 18 months ago that I would be actually 18 months into writing one, maybe more, children’s books, I may well have shot you. But here I am. How did it even start? Well act…

Thank you for being  here _______________________, Rest your weary, or excitable, or fearful, or wounded heart Sit here a moment Stay. Love is your friend Love is your ally Love is your teache…

Take a moment and have a look at this photo.  What do you notice? The Misty shrouded mountain top?  The Stone wall? The Green fields? As I stood and looked at this scene just before Chris…

I used to suppress everything, so I didn’t feel anything Get through it Survive it Bounce Close off my heart, live a shrouded life. Any discomfort was barely even felt Or felt in silence, pri…

Because It really doesn’t matter In the end Or the middle Or the start Because regardless The sacred shines in you Light is in you Actually Light is you The sacred is you Closer than your tho…

Maybe 2025 won’t be (just) Happy Maybe it will be more. Maybe 2025 will be beautiful Maybe 2025 will be full. Maybe 2025 will be joyous or Maybe 2025 is when reality bites so strong its impos…

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Maybe 2025 won’t be (just) Happy Maybe it will be more. Maybe 2025 will be beautiful Maybe 2025 will be full. Maybe 2025 will be joyous or Maybe 2025 is when reality bites so strong its impos…

By no way are these conclusive, but they have helped me in my recovery journey, for me to recover from trauma, emotional abuse and to help me understand who I am, so far…. On Understanding Ab…

What might a Christmas poem be like If every word has been said? Tinsel, Trees and Father Christmas Do more, eat more, or do less..stress Shoulds and Expectations Faiths and Reconciliations Wine, c…

It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter if your heart feels heavy wounded, broken, or hard It doesn’t matter if you are acceptable or powerful It doesn’t matter if you are in p…