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It’s like a sudden epidemic, all around me I can see relationships falling apart and watching the dreadful collatoral damage for children. Having been in a long term relationship I can certainly understand the pressures but it got me to … Continue reading →

“It is in playing and only in playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self.” Donald Winnicott … Continue reading →

I recently watched an incredible program on BBC about a young model from London returning to her homeland of Somalia. It’s incredibly moving. More than anything it made me appreciate all those everyday things that I take so much for … Continue reading →

This is the reason why I blog so I can try to get a handle on mornings like today’s.. any advice would be greatly recieved. Woke up at 5am by 2nd born child (disabled). 3rd born woke up soon after … Continue reading →

Wolves hunt by picking up the smallest or weakest animal, splitting him or her away from the protection of the herd and then going for the kill. Similarly, a child will instinctively know their parent’s weak spot and hone in … Continue reading →

So this being the first post I shall allow myself some self-indulgence. Partly to remind myself why I am doing this, but also partly as a reference point in time to look back in, and hope to see how writing … Continue reading →