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Corporate beast
I’ve been waking up early the past few days, controlling my own dreams inside my head as come to around five, and then, requiring my own headspace, dig myself out of bed about quarter past. A trip downstairs for a quiet pee, cup of broth, feed the cat, and bliss, half an hour to myself before the madness of the day begins. It’s a familiar routine, although I’m rusty. It’s been nearly nine months…
Built in obselescence, or hitting temporary self-destruct
It’s the day before my 45th birthday and I’m in self-destruct mode. Yoga has been binned, I’m smoking on my morning walk, and I’m pouring wine before 8 p.m. Compared to the total annihilation I witnessed last year from a childhood friend I mistakenly tried to save, this is mild. But still—this milestone is not landing with anything resembling grace. That friend would be drunk by 8 a.m., swollen…
Do 'weird childhood environments' affect autism presentation? In the wake of Donald J Trump's proclamations on Tylenol and single dose vaccines, I take a look at whether there might be something else going on to kids' immune systems that could be having even more of an impact.
What if gluten's been hiding in plain sight the whole time as the culprit behind gut inflammation, skin problems, autism and mood presentation and long term health? A look at my relatives as I wave goodbye to my son and visit my stepmother in hospital suggests it might be the real villain of the piece.
If gut health is at the root of immune health, could histamine intolerance be driving my psoriasis and skin problems? Watch my video short and read my supporting blog to find out more.
What happens when a beloved relative gets suddenly ill with something that looks a lot like something we were warned about when we were children? Mad cow? Well, I might be. But there sure is something fishy going on...
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To you, whatever you are - possibility, probability, liability.
You barely exist. And yet you have the potential to cause so much pain. I didn’t want you or not want you. The idea of you is lovely, but, from experience the reality is so hard. It’s not that I don’t want you. Society doesn’t want you. And I’m not sure I’ve got what it takes to fight all the battles I’d need to fight to make your life worth living. The world is an unfriendly place, but it’s not…
Storm in a D cup
So I wrote a thing about Sydney Sweeney and genes and it blew up. A load of bald men with beards and MAGA rage started getting angry at me for having thoughts they likely couldn’t understand, and then rating my looks out of ten to feel powerful again. I’m too old to be really upset about all the comments about my face, but I shoved a picture of me aged 25 on my feed, just to shut them up. I am…
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Summer survival tips
Ah, summer – when the days stretch long and the kids are home, ready for adventure. Or maybe not. For many parents, this is a time to juggle sunscreen, snacks, sanity – and screen time! For those of us with neurodiverse kiddos, it requires an extra sprinkle of creativity and patience. Each day can offer a mix of mayhem and, let’s be honest, meltdowns. But fear not; with some clever planning,…
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Before you flame me, read the whole article. This is a comment on how female skills are valued. Not a denigration of a national team. Not much, anyway. I am angry though. Really angry.
Keeping up appearances, or, getting over not being the fit girl at school
Yesterday, I had the uncanny, yet singularly modern experience of being contacted on Facebook by a girl I last spoke to in year eight, at school. I hesitated at her friend request. It’s a long time since I thought back that far, and I keep up with so few people from my childhood. We were not especially close. She came from a side of town my dad disapproved of, and we were divided, as much by…
Jellicle Cats, Hexbugs and new beginnings
I’m through. I walked out of work for the final time. It was a ignominious departure. The bank of desks where I sat all but deserted. The head honchos have long since flown off to wherever in Europe from whence they hale, and all who remained were the lowliest administrators. Only the CEO, a woman in her 40s brought her kids in too. She looked across at my two, absorbed for a change in CBBC, and…
Poisoned by breakfast
I have been uninspired. What with the world apparently going to hell in a handcart coupled with the fact that my life has settled into a quiet routine of work – new job – and – well, not much else, I’ve found myself rather lost for words. There’s so little point commenting on terrorism, war and politics because already, too much is being said. And so, taking the advice from that old adage, “if…
The world really is conspiring against you: Food, fashion and film against a backdrop of high finance
Sometimes the illogicality of modern life baffles me; that we’re all going full pelt all the time only to struggle really to get anywhere. It’s not just big things, like inflation outstripping wages, or the fact that the poor are relentlessly penalised for it, as I found myself describing to Jonah when he asked what finance was, looking at bikes today at Evans Cycles in the sale (which basically…
Seeing stars - on feeling dazed by a health service that assumes parents are guilty when their kids get hurt
As soon as you’re admitted, your freedom is requisitioned. Put on a ward where wellbeing is secondary to scientific assessment: poked and prodded ever hour, machines and children wailing all around, sleep is always out of reach; water is provided, but ordinary human kindnesses – a cup of tea, a meal – forgone in favour of the stripped back serviceablity of enforced rest and regulation cereals or…
I told you I was sick - why doctors aren't just wrong; they're dangerous
ADS signs to look out for in the early years