Pause. 1,2,3 and GO! The time has come for me to announce the birth of Short Stuff Communications. Regular readers will know that at the end of 2023, my life took an unexpected turn. I found myself navigating the challenging waters of both heartbreak and professional setback simultaneously. Ending a long-term relationship brought about my
As regular readers will know, I have experienced a collection of life changing experiences over the last few months. While, I’m finding peace with the actual events they have been matched with different coping strategies and one of them has been habit building. And yes, I know that I am very late to the party
‘I’m sorry but your MRI and nerve conduction studies have been much of the same’. Pain Consultant, St Thomas’ I’ve spent the last 8 years battling to be heard in a saturated back-logged NHS. I’ve been known to be like an Xl Bully dog when meeting a neurologist, pain consultant or GP. I never thought
For me, the show acted as a constant, it was there when I needed to be alone with my emotions, but it also acted as a religious event in my family home. Every Sunday, we would sit down and watch the latest edition on BBC 2, all gagging for a laugh about a subject we had no real interest in but the chemistry/personality was what connected my family, even during difficult times. It was a constant.
I have spent the last month navigating a wave of uncertainty in the wake of a break up and redundancy. The two major life changes left me circling round, looking for a sign to write, but the reality is the term ‘writers block’ bloody well exists. I’ve circled and pondered how and where I could
Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want.
Today I kick off a series ‘Things I wish I knew about’, and we begin with what I wish I had known about therapy. I make no secret about my wellbeing, I’ve lived with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder since 2009. It’s been a rollercoaster, in some moments I feel light and rational while other
Who is your inner critic? Do you have one? Well I’m giving my inner critic the spotlight to get inside her brain. What’s an inner critic Ev? “The inner critic or “critical inner voice” is a concept used in popular psychology and psychotherapy to refer to a sub-personality that judges and demeans a person.” –
The major elephant in the room – yes I am back. I am back. Let’s see how long it lasts. But, I’m trying to tell myself I can write and I can do this. Big girl pants on. In a letter received in August, my neurologist told me that I was in remission being in
