Grief can be wildly confusing. One minute you’re functioning (look at you, replying to emails, making tea, doing a suspicious amount of “I’m fine” smiling)… and the next minute you’re crying because you saw a packet of biscuits you didn’t even like that much. You might feel foggy. Forgetful. On edge. Exhausted but wired. Numb, then furious, then oddly calm, then guilty about being calm. It can honestly feel like your brain has been swapped out for a slightly haunted sponge. If you’ve found...

If January arrived and your first thought was, "nope, absolutely not", this post is for you. Because every year, January shows up with a clipboard asking what we are changing about ourselves - as if we didn't just survive a socially, emotionally, and energetically intense few weeks. As if we're meant to emerge from December glowing, well-rested , and suddenly very into goal-setting.

The festive season can hold joy, pressure, exhaustion, loneliness, excitement, and grief. Sometimes all in the same day. Christmas is portrayed as a happy, bright, family-filled time of year where we share magical times with our loved ones, opening presents by the tree and eating mince pies, Slade playing on the radio, and the enormous turkey that is produced, golden, succulent and steaming from the oven, placed in the centre of the table in front of wide-eyes and thankful smiles. People are...