None of us are immune to suicide. Suicidal thoughts can sadly affect any age, gender, class, sexuality, occupation, race, monetary standing. The excellent courses run by Grassroots charity https://www.prevent-suicide.org.uk teach techniques to prevent suicide. They advocate speaking out and listening: to ask directly, anyone you may be worried about, whether they are experiencing suicidal thoughts. [...]

Now that you have reflected on your needs, hopefully you’ll feel more refreshed. Here are ten tips on how to get organised: 1: Continue de-cluttering your home until you know where everything is and you've managed to clear out some unwanted items. 2: Allocate a place for everything, from your keys to your passport, to [...]

Hopefully, my last few blogs have helped you to start to get to know yourselves better, to consider your aspirations, and to remind you of all the wonderful things which make you a unique human being... But of course, and especially at this time of year, some of you could be distracted by money worries, [...]

Last week I recommended for you to get to know yourselves better before setting unrealistic goals in the year ahead: Prepping, if you like. This is because, for those of us who’ve endured trauma, it can feel as though we have a frozen brain. In my experience it can take decades to thaw - years [...]

As we start a New Year, I recommend that you don’t give yourself unrealistic goals and resolutions - I think that it’s far more important to get to know yourself better. You may find it surprising, but many people that I speak to, even reaching retirement age, don’t feel as though they know themselves… When [...]