Borderline Personality Disorder
A couple of months back I saw my psychiatrist. Well actually, I saw two - first a junior doctor who took me through the standard are you eating/sleeping/enjoying life type questions, and then because I...
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New Potato, Lemon and Samphire Salad
Round about this time of year, I inevitably find myself having  a 'new potato' moment. It happens every year. Baby potatoes, served cold - with lashings of good olive oil and fresh herbs - and guised...
View ArticleHow Poetry Can Prove a Lifeline
Would you read poetry when you are suffering from severe depression? What if you don't have the energy to cross the room? This is something people have asked in relation to my memoir Black Rainbow,...
View ArticleMaleficent's Magic...Making Childhood Influences a Reality
When I was a child, one of my favourite films was The Little Mermaid. I remember being enchanted by the stunning animation and that perfectly captured, colourful and enticing world under the sea. Told...
View ArticleToo Fat to Run?
"Tell me about your weight?" he asked and I knew where this was going. "The problem is you are just too unfit to run this marathon" he continued. If rolling your eyes was a more acceptable way of...
View ArticleWomen Make Great Leaders - Now They Just Need to Start Believing It
The fact that women are vastly under-represented in high-level leadership positions is well-known, but the exact reason for it is still the subject of much debate. Some speculate that women's maternal...
View ArticleEight of the Healthiest Cooking Methods
Cooking a meal from scratch every day is one step in the right direction to healthy, happy families. However, the choice between whether you deep fry in lots of oil, or grill with a dry rub can affect...
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Bethenny Frankel Instagrams Photo Wearing Her 4-Year-Old Daughter's Pyjamas -...
It's hard for celebrities to escape critisism for being too fat or too thin, and the latest familiar face to come under fire is former Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel. The...
View ArticleSeven Awesome Tips for New Dads
After writing a Letter to a Father-to-be, I gonna look at the first weeks and months of emotional, fantastic, confusing, sleepless, energetic, awesome fatherhood. What is it, that new fathers...
View ArticleWhen Is It Time to Dive In?
When is it time to dive in? Recently, in the case of one London man who saw another floundering in the Thames, the answer was clear. After trying to help from the riverside to no avail, he took the...
View ArticleFinding Out She's Pregnant: 10 Dads Give Their Experiences
Finding out that your other half was pregnant has to be to be one of the best feelings a man can experience in his life-time. It is fair to note that not every man has been happy with the news of a...
View Article'Toxic Wars' vs. Conscientious Feminism
In July 1992, an international conference Women in Africa and in the African Diaspora (WAAD) was held in Nigeria. WAAD was a rare event: an interdisciplinary and international conference about African...
View Article10 Surprising Ways to Tell If a Guy Likes You
How many times have you and a friend split a bottle of wine and proceeded to dissect a man's every move, trying to figure out if he likes you. While the best way to determine how a guy really feels is...
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Is Instagram the Modern Mother's Little Helper?
There is a lot to thank social media for when it comes to the raising of children; the support, the information, the near constant photography. I'll freely admit it, I'm thankful for the advent of apps...
View ArticleWar Books to Read on Holiday
I've just worked out something that everyone else knew ages ago - this year is the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. My first reaction to this news was that I should read something...
View ArticleFruit Juice - Healthy or Unhealthy?
Consultant weight-loss expert, and founder of Vavista.com, Dr. Sally Norton reviews the science behind the latest headlines demonizing fruit juice as the latest sugar-laden contributor to the UK's...
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What Has Humanity Come to in a Week? Social Media Pornography
Two reflections in the media that makes some parts of humanity seem as perverse as a creepy stranger peering down your top. They both involved sexual acts. They both involve social media. One of the...
View ArticleGive Me the Right to Live, Not Die
On Friday the Lords will debate the 'Assisted dying bill' and I am one if many disabled people that has been vocal in their opposition to this dangerous legislation, that is likely to be the starting...
View ArticleWomen Must to Return to Work After Maternity Leave More Confident
It's time to challenge women for their habit of apologising needlessly, especially the female use of 'sorry' as punctuation, something which does us no favours. 'Sorry' isn't the only culprit here, I...
View Article9 Pieces Of Wisdom From Nadine Gordimer - Novelist, Nobel Prize Winner And...
When the Nobel prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer died on Sunday, aged 90, our social media feeds flooded with messages of condolence and inspirational quotes from throughout her life. Nadine was one...
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