This is something I hear a lot, along with comments such as, how will grieving bring back what I’ve lost? Grieving is painful and I’m already in pain so why bring any more on myself? Focusing specifically on the comment: Why grieve? It won’t bring back what I’ve lost. This is true as nothing can do this, however what grief or more accurately, grieving can do is help bring you back. It can help you to find yourself once more, to filter and process the many things going round a

Last week, here in the UK we went through a brief but extreme heatwave and many people I spoke with used words like unbearable, no energy, can’t sleep, difficult to think or function etc. It made me think of grief and how closely related and interchangeable some of those terms are. Grief and loss are deeply connected and perhaps this surge in heat did promote a (temporary) sort of loss, for example loss of energy, appetite, sleep, difficulty in functioning etc. If you suffere

My apologies right from the start if you’ve hooked into this Post thinking I have the secret to shedding pounds or tightening up your waistline. Whilst I can certainly offer some tips in this area, if this is something you are interested in I am pretty sure my tips are ones that you are already very aware of and probably doing right now (balanced eating, some regular exercise and getting into a manageable routine is always helpful if elemental guidance). The ‘weight’ I am ref

If my work was a cake, a couple of the main ingredients would include curiosity and exploration. I bring up 'exploration' because I was watching a movie recently and heard a quote from TS Elliot's, Little Gedding, Four Quartets that I've always liked and each time I hear or read it, it always makes me stop, think and explore. The quote itself hooks you in to what it actually relates to. That's what's so clever about it. This is how it reads: We shall not cease from exploratio