Earlier this year I went to the BBC studios to do a recorded conversation for The British Library and BBC Radio 4 as part of The Listening Project. It will be archive for many years to come in The British Library. Mum…
You cope so well! I couldn’t cope with all that you do. You must be so brave. How do you do it? We’ve all heard it. When you’re ill (or anything adverse happens), people will ask you how you cope with…
Photo credit: GoogleWith the recent death of the fantastic actor and comedian Robin Williams, we seriously need to rethink the way we see mental illness. Though not a sufferer of a mental illness myself, I know the impact having a…
I have been through a lot in my twenty years. I lived a somewhat normal life for fourteen of them - just fourteen years - until my life was inexplicably changed. I am lucky for those fourteen years though, as…
Victoria Jane, do you know how much I love you? We say it in passing; it's a bit of a formality really. But do you feel it? You know, do you feel loved and cherished and all warm inside in…
The one emotion we never seem to get rid of is fear. We're always scared or worried about something. I'm the world's worst worrier, I always have been, but the word has taken on a whole new meaning since I've…