This year the UKDHM theme focuses on disability and hidden impairments. We are reminded not to make snap judgments about other human beings. It’s an important awareness month since sadly some people still do this! I, for instance, was born with cerebral palsy. It’s caused by a lack of oxygen during birth and affects people [...]

Abuse and trauma survivors often have a different parental blueprint than those who’ve enjoyed a healthy upbringing. There can be stark oversights, even when it comes to the most basic aspects of living: eating healthily and regularly, going to bed at a decent hour, or tending to a minor injury. In short, much of these [...]

Clumsy talkers tend to interrupt conversations, talk too quickly, be intense, or be overly polite! I know this because I’m a clumsy talker who’s in the process of trying to improve. In a work capacity, my professional communication is fluid: the person with whom I’m trying to build a rapport will have no hint of [...]

Those of you who come from a dysfunctional family likely have a distorted image of self: you have had little or no praise. Reference points, or knowledge of how conventional life-pattern run, feel like a foreign entity. You see examples of cozy families on television, yet they have little bearing on your own experiences. So, [...]

We all enjoy a jolly good giggle. In this challenging era, laughter is a sweetener that helps make our souls feel lighter and is extremely good for our mental wellbeing. Actually, the comedy sector is renowned to peak during times of austerity: we often feel the urge to escape from reality, and we need the [...]

Kintsugi, “golden jewelry”, also known as Kinsukuroi, “golden repair” is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Formerly imperfect and redundant receptacles once again function with a new beautiful aesthetic. When we compare ourselves to a broken vase - shattered by grief, loss [...]

Have you ever noticed how you feel when you’re inspired? We get a rush of energy and we feel popping candy-like tingles in our stomachs and in our extremities; the hairs on the back of our nape stand to attention. We feel alert and raring to go! Out comes the bike, the brush, the paint, [...]

The late great David Bowie was an advocate for doing things out of his comfort zone. He spoke about it frequently and cited doing so as hugely empowering. Every time he released a new single he bucked the trend; he didn’t care whether his music was fashionable, he wrote as he pleased. And even before [...]

Do you know that newborn babies only have two fears: sudden loud noises and fear of falling? All of our other fears and phobias are learned from bad experiences, and we store those memories in our complex minds. But our minds misbehave, and the self-narrative that hampers our thoughts is often out of date. I’m [...]

We humans need goals to help us keep on track with our aspirations, studies, or work. Achieving a goal is the ultimate aim for a footballer, whether they are professional or not. In the example of a footballer, it’d be a less complex game if the only skill required were to kick the ball into [...]