We are remarkably good at not feeling things. Honestly, if avoidance were an Olympic sport, most of us would be in the running for gold. We scroll, we stay busy, we pour another glass of wine, we say "I'm fine" so many times we almost start to believe it. And for a while, it works. Until it doesn't. Avoiding emotions is not a character flaw. It is a very human response to pain. But when it becomes a pattern, it shapes everything: how we relate to the people we love, how we feel about...

Every year, as March rolls around, the shop windows fill up. The cards, the flowers, the pastel gift sets with their neat little bows. The adverts show smiling women in dressing gowns being handed breakfast in bed, children with paint-smudged hands clutching wonky homemade cards. And for lots of people, that is exactly what Mother's Day feels like. Warm. Easy. Worth celebrating. But for a great many of us, it is not that simple. Not even close. This is the conversation I want to have today....

Sugar Cravings and the Biscuit Tin: From Self-Criticism to Self-Care As someone who has suffered from sugar cravings, I know how powerful they can feel. One minute you are getting on with the day, and the next you are munching on a packet of chocolate digestives or reaching for a bag of Percy Pigs, almost on autopilot. It is very easy for this to slide into self-criticism and shame and to feel as though we are failing in some way. For many people, this is happening against the backdrop of...