On anger and adolescence – thoughts inspired by Stephen King

CW: menstruation, adolescence, trauma, c-ptsd, mention but no detail of abusive behaviour As part of a recent period...

C-ptsd and me – How the pandemic helped me tune into how tuned out (and triggered) I was

CW: C-ptsd, alcoholism, parenting, conflict, trauma, menstruation As someone who has actively avoided all of the “The silver...

Love and the four key values In my TEDx talk, I mention four key values which I believe...

I used to think that the big changes in my life started with stopping drinking but, before that,...

I gave a talk about what we might think of beyond happy ever after when it comes to...

I’m done. What was the final straw? I’m not sure that any emotional process can be reduced to...

I was lucky enough to speak with Martha Lane-Fox at the TEDx Open University event in November 2019....

Co-habiting and what it can teach us about how we relate to others in partnership I have, in...

There was this article in The Guardian recently. It is about the Gottmans’s new book: Eight Dates. John Gottman is...