How to make a change in an existing relationship – de-escalation, transitions and moving beyond the binary of together / break-up

One of the biggest challenges in relationships can be times of changing needs. It is typical when our...

Decades, weeks and days – reflections on time, work, society and self

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shifted concepts of time for many of us as we negotiate much less...

Food and sex – two appetites we’re told to control but what happens when we don’t? This was...

We seek to know ourselves through relationships. We have to. We are mammals who, as babies, are extraordinarily...

“After a period of consistent monitoring and prompt punishment [they] began to regulate their own behaviour.” What is...

Part I of a series of writing on conscious living So much of what we do is about...

I’ve touched on the topic of drinking before and many people that know me also know that I...

CW: trauma, c-ptsd, anger, parenting, family, intergenerational trauma, all discussed with little specific detail As I’ve been working...

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