https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001m0jq/matt-willis-fighting-addiction photo credit: Christopher Lemercier - Unsplash - this is...

"I'm getting quite upset - those guys. I can't believe I'm so affected by this - I never cry. I've been there, it's scary....don't...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/joe-wicks-facing-my-childhood-review-bbc-one-v68v6z2nv "Their father, Gary, said that he’d thought he...

Christina Patterson 'Outside the sky is blue' Photo credit - Unsplash, Annie Spratt This is a family memoir, a very touching and...

There is this incredible series (that we have been glued to throughout lockdown) called 'This Is Us'. It's all about the trials and...

Joey Essex - 'Grief and Me', BBC Three Documentary, 9pm June 3rd . "I keep it hidden, I keep it locked away." This year Joey is 30years...

Photo credit- Kulli Kittus - Unsplash Being Strong. 'Being Strong' - such a powerful term and so emotionlly detrimental. Bejamin...

"I don't need any of these dates marked in my calendar to remember them - though they are listed in all my Google calendars anyway....

No Happy Endings - Nora McInerny I couldn't put this book down - it is one of the best books I have ever read on loss - even if I did...

What if This is Heaven... Anita Moorjani This is the follow up book to 'Dying To Be Me' which was a book I couldn't put down. This one...

"There's a discipline for passion. It's not about how many times you get rejected or you fall down, or you get beaten up - it's about how...

- viewed on BBC iPlayer "I never wanted to grow up." This was such an emotional documentary of a beautiful young lady who found fame at a...

January 2020 E-Motion 2.0 on Amazon Prime. I was astounded one minute and shouting Yes! at the TV the next. I didn't know: - The...

March 2019 At the bottom of this post is an introduction from the extremely talented film director Iain Cunningham and I urge everyone,...

July 2019 This Channel 5 documentary series takes a close and very honest look at why a handful of obese teenagers feel that food was the...

August 2018 " I still had the military mentality .. 'shut up and soldier on.' That's the attitude drilled into you. It makes you feel...

November 2017 I thought this was such a brilliant article. https://ideas.ted.com/why-we-should-all-stop-saying-i-know-exactly-how-you-fee...

June 2017 Last summer I read Cathy Rentzenbrink's book 'The Last Act of Love' a true story about the tragic death of her much loved...