I couldn't believe the difference in my new client when she walked through the door the next day. I was completely taken aback by what...

I remember the day clearly that a friend of mine introduced me to a lovely lady who desperately wanted a keepsake. I visited her at her...

In 2009 my dear friend tragically died of stomach cancer. She was only 43 years old and left behind a son of 12, a daughter of 3 as well...

March 2019 At the bottom of this post is an introduction from the extremely talented film director Iain Cunningham and I urge everyone,...

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...

March 2019 This body of work has been inspired by my dear lovely Gran, my memories and the objects that once belonged to her. You see I...

August 2018 " I still had the military mentality .. 'shut up and soldier on.' That's the attitude drilled into you. It makes you feel...

July 2018 DO YOU WORK all the hours you can to avoid feeling, remembering, the pain inside? DO YOU DRINK to forget? DO YOU EAT to numb...

June 2018 Over a convivial lunch at a Bristol restaurant last month Ben Murray, 19, told his father that he wished he “could have shown...

March, 2018 ' Remember that it is very common in our society to have been socialised with the idea that we should cover up emotional pain...

January 2018 Today I finished creating this bespoke keepsake for my mum, out of my dear Gran's blouse and cardigan. I was not expecting...

January 2018 In the early hours of Wednesday 8th November 2017, my dear, dear, lovely Gran peacefully passed away. She was 105 years old...

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...

The death of a pet can be absolutely devastating and comments like "but it was only a dog" (or cat or any other animal) can be so...

August 2017 Today after a session with a particularly lovely client, I realised just how much this therapeutic work means to me and it...

July 2017 Yesterday (July 9th) in The Sunday Times I read this incredibly sad yet touching article by Lu Spinney entitled 'Last Goodbye'....

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...

June 2017 One of the steps of the Grief Recovery Method is to compile a Relationship Graph on a relationship that is causing you pain or...

April 2017 My dear friend Melanie had a wonderful Pagan wedding ceremony in August 2008. My husband and I went along and with everyone...

Feb 2017 It was back in March 2009 when I heard the awful news that a dear friend of mine had cancer and the prognosis wasn't good. I...