Food and sex – two appetites we’re told to control but what happens when we don’t? This was...

I used to think that the big changes in my life started with stopping drinking but, before that,...

I began writing Appetite in 2014 as part of National Novel Writing Month. One of the ideas in...

CW: trauma, c-ptsd, anger, parenting, family, intergenerational trauma, all discussed with little specific detail  As I’ve been working...

“But what do you tell your children?” “I tell them the truth – I tell them that Mummy...

The moment I start to see an increase in photos of smiling couples being posted on social media,...

Commitment is a marker for many long-term relationships and is often something we also crave or need from...

—Can we go to the crystals shop? —I’m sorry, I can’t do that with you right now. I...

Many people think about non-monogamy or poly in terms of numbers: numbers of partners, play friends, lovers.  This...

Midlife (by which I mean your 40s and 50s) is a magic- and mayhem-filled time of change and...

Many of us become more interested in dying and death as we age because, in a way, that’s...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shifted concepts of time for many of us as we negotiate much less...

I’ve touched on the topic of drinking before and many people that know me also know that I...

CW: C-ptsd, alcoholism, parenting, conflict, trauma, menstruation As someone who has actively avoided all of the “The silver...

Let’s talk about sex. Because we don’t, do we? Not really. Not fully, authentically and honestly.  I know...

CW: menstruation, adolescence, trauma, c-ptsd, mention but no detail of abusive behaviour As part of a recent period...

For immediate context, this was written three days before the end of the summer holidays and in a...

There are SO many articles that tell us to do the meditation, exercise, creative work early by getting...