A new year can bring a strange mix of hope and pressure. There is often an expectation to reinvent yourself, to set bold intentions, to become a “better” version of who you are. Yet for many people, January arrives with something quieter and more complicated: exhaustion from getting through the previous year, a lingering sense of disconnection and habits that feel hard to talk about, let alone change. As the calendar turns, it is easy to focus on what to cut out. Less alcohol. No more...

During National Grief Awareness Week, with its focus on “Growing with Grief,” it’s important to recognise all the ways loss changes us, including the often unspoken grief after the death of an ex-partner. Whether this was your first love, the parent of your child, or someone from a past chapter, you may find yourself quietly mourning, adapting, and gradually growing with this loss. Your grief is real and your growth as you move forward deserves compassion.   Hidden Loss: When Your Ex Dies...

As National Grief Awareness Week begins, I want to bring up the difficult topic of sudden death. Those moments when life changes in an instant, with no warning and no chance to prepare. Sudden death can feel like the ground has opened beneath you, life one minute, gone the next and with no time to say goodbye. It is shocking, disorientating and often very lonely, even when you are surrounded by people who care.   When grief comes out of the blue When someone dies suddenly through a heart...