Dawn Ford
Why am I an addict? Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001m0jq/matt-willis-fighting-addiction photo credit: Christopher Lemercier - Unsplash - this is...
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Dawn Ford
- Jan 13, 2023
- 5 min
James Arthur - 'Out of Our Minds'
"I'm getting quite upset - those guys. I can't believe I'm so affected by this - I never cry. I've been there, it's scary....don't...
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Dawn Ford
- May 17, 2022
- 2 min
Addiction & OCD; Their father Gary, said that he'd thought he was the only one suffering......
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/joe-wicks-facing-my-childhood-review-bbc-one-v68v6z2nv "Their father, Gary, said that he’d thought he...
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Dawn Ford
- May 16, 2022
- 8 min
Sibling rivalry & the 'eggshells' when living with someone who has a mental health condition.
Christina Patterson 'Outside the sky is blue' Photo credit - Unsplash, Annie Spratt This is a family memoir, a very touching and...
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Dawn Ford
- Aug 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Body Keeps The Score.....
There is this incredible series (that we have been glued to throughout lockdown) called 'This Is Us'. It's all about the trials and...
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Dawn Ford
- Jun 8, 2021
- 5 min
"I keep it hidden, I keep it locked away."
Joey Essex - 'Grief and Me', BBC Three Documentary, 9pm June 3rd . "I keep it hidden, I keep it locked away." This year Joey is 30years...
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Dawn Ford
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
Being Strong.
Photo credit- Kulli Kittus - Unsplash Being Strong. 'Being Strong' - such a powerful term and so emotionlly detrimental. Bejamin...
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Dawn Ford
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
"Your mind can try its best to forget, to avoid, but the body remembers."
"I don't need any of these dates marked in my calendar to remember them - though they are listed in all my Google calendars anyway....
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Dawn Ford
- Oct 25, 2020
- 4 min
It's called being Human
No Happy Endings - Nora McInerny I couldn't put this book down - it is one of the best books I have ever read on loss - even if I did...
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Dawn Ford
- Mar 29, 2020
- 6 min
'Don't be the people-pleaser who dances for everyone except yourself. Dance only for you.'
What if This is Heaven... Anita Moorjani This is the follow up book to 'Dying To Be Me' which was a book I couldn't put down. This one...
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Dawn Ford
- Jan 27, 2020
- 7 min
Lady Gaga with Oprah Winfrey; Mental Health & Fibromyalgia
"There's a discipline for passion. It's not about how many times you get rejected or you fall down, or you get beaten up - it's about how...
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Dawn Ford
- Jan 23, 2020
- 6 min
Being Gail Porter
- viewed on BBC iPlayer "I never wanted to grow up." This was such an emotional documentary of a beautiful young lady who found fame at a...
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Dawn Ford
- Jan 16, 2020
- 1 min
The Other side of Release is Calm
January 2020 E-Motion 2.0 on Amazon Prime. I was astounded one minute and shouting Yes! at the TV the next. I didn't know: - The...
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Dawn Ford
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
Irene's Ghost
March 2019 At the bottom of this post is an introduction from the extremely talented film director Iain Cunningham and I urge everyone,...
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Dawn Ford
- Jan 9, 2020
- 5 min
"It's Your Fault I'm Fat"
July 2019 This Channel 5 documentary series takes a close and very honest look at why a handful of obese teenagers feel that food was the...
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Dawn Ford
- Jan 9, 2020
- 3 min
The British Stiff Upper Lip Mentality
August 2018 " I still had the military mentality .. 'shut up and soldier on.' That's the attitude drilled into you. It makes you feel...
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Dawn Ford
- Jan 9, 2020
- 1 min
The Mistake I Made With My Grieving Friend
November 2017 I thought this was such a brilliant article. https://ideas.ted.com/why-we-should-all-stop-saying-i-know-exactly-how-you-fee...
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Dawn Ford
- Jan 9, 2020
- 4 min
Hay Festival 'Talking About Death' debate
June 2017 Last summer I read Cathy Rentzenbrink's book 'The Last Act of Love' a true story about the tragic death of her much loved...
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