what a four-year-old taught me about body acceptance;
[Content notes: bodies/weight; exercise.] Three words for you: Lizzo. At. Glastonbury. I watched her full set on BBC iPlayer in bed on Sunday night, but if you’re reading this next month (or you don’t...
View Articlethe problem with ‘productivity’;
Or; that time I spent a week off social media and email and learned literally nothing about myself. Life-hacking. Optimisation. Enhancing your productivity. I was, oh, 37 years old give or take, when I...
View Articlesloughing off the cynicism;
I’ve always had this weird hang-up about my feet. They’re small, which I like; but they’re also really wide, which usually means I have to go a shoe size up. And they’re almost completely flat, which...
View Articlewhat i’ve learned trying to grow my own tomatoes;
Since buying a house with a little garden, I’ve had this unrealistic dream of growing my own fruit, vegetables and herbs. By “unrealistic”, I mean unrealistic for me, your...
View Articlethe silver linings pixlet: anti-depressants are so not a big deal;
CN: Mental health, medication, fictional portrayals of mental health and suicide. You know when you were little, did you ever stick your arms out and pretend to be a superhero? I still do it,...
View Article2020: my year of living domestically;
We’re over a week into January, and I’m still waiting to be gripped by that “new year, new start” energy I love so much. Never mind a new year: it’s a whole new decade. And a leap year, which means an...
View Articleculture consumption: january 2020;
The glib advice, if you’re not happy with something in your life, is to change it – but what if there’s nothing in your life that you’re unhappy with but you’re still, you know, unhappy? I haven’t been...
View Articlelive from life in lockdown;
I came across the notes for a blog post I started pulling together right after Scotland went into lockdown the other night, and they gave me the biggest laugh I’ve had in some time. Tentatively titled...
View Articlecan cbd help with anxiety?
This post contains PR samples but all views are my own and unbiased. I’m sure all of us have gotten into things we never expected to during lockdown. Me, for example, I practically have shares in my...
View Articlenew routines for the ‘new normal’;
This post contains PR samples, but all views are my own and unbiased. I always assumed it was better to be spontaneous and carefree. You know? Like those girls in the movies, big-hatted and...
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