Month: May 2025

I’ve already read a lot, as a child with two parents who both read, one more eclectically than the other and one more into autobiographies which never become my thing. Books have always been part of my life, sometimes as a source of escape from reality, sometimes as a source of information and sometimes just…

I used to think of self-care as being something luxurious, like expensive scented candles, a trip to the beautician, an indulgent lavender-scented oat milk drink or something similar. Gradually these actions fell by the wayside as the going got tough. And it was then that I realised it can be about the small things that…