I’m aware I haven’t blogged for quite a while.  Lots of reasons why not – when it comes to writing,… Read more

I found myself surprisingly disturbed as I listened on BBC i-player to Roisin McAuley’s absorbing BBC Radio 4 documentary, Leaving Mr Wrong… Read more

It’s back! My one weakness (although my husband would argue fervently that I have more) is my passion for MasterChef…. Read more

Following a successful first career in hardback book publishing and journalism, and taking a career break to have her two… Read more

I don’t know about you, but I am maxed out with suggestions on how to cope with lockdown and COVID-19. Yesterday,… Read more

I loved the royal wedding last Friday. A truly magical occasion, and – rare these days, sadly – I felt… Read more

Thirty-one year old Emily Jenkins is a pioneer of health through dance, specifically using dance to support people living with… Read more

Following my article  in Therapy Today on Menopause: How Women Suffer in Silence,  I have started to run a series of workshops on… Read more

Some statistics Around 500,000 people die in England each year. Two-thirds are aged 75 and over. 18% Home, 58% Hospital,… Read more

This article first appeared in the spring 2017 issue of Thresholds, published by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy©’…. Read more

Recently I was a participant in Professor Jem Bendell’s Deep Adaptation retreat at the Haybergill Centre, Yorkshire. I was a… Read more

I’ve been thinking a lot about loneliness recently. Christmas and New Year are a good time for that. It’s so… Read more

Dooey, my cat,  and I now officially live aboard Mystic Moon in Bradford on Avon Marina. Her living quarters are… Read more

Living in the same location as two octogenarian couples is a salutary experience.  One couple, Brian and Enid, are fully engaged… Read more

An Advance Directive (living will) stipulates, for example, whether you want to be resuscitated or should you become seriously ill, what… Read more

A huge thank you to Instinctive Living for publishing this blog on talking to children about death and dying. Check… Read more

Nine people squeezed onto Mystic Moon – a record so far – in order to talk about death and dying…. Read more

For the past few days I have had a beautiful mooring under the dappled shade of a gorgeous plane tree,… Read more