13 Apr The problem with anxiety.
Two weeks ago I opened my notebook and wrote this to you: --- "I'll level with you. I'm feeling anxious. Right now as I write this. I was fine and then all of...
06 Apr On finding a beginning in the brokenness.
Maybe being broken is not the end of things, but the beginning When my son is at school I go into his bedroom to quietly throw some things away. Like my husband,...
31 Mar How to fight the beast called Anxiety.
Anxiety is a beast and it has no manners. It never waited for me to get dressed or have my breakfast before it pounced. It sat on the end of my bed waiting for...
24 Mar A short interview with me.
Today I was interviewed by my friend Ryan Cook. He filmed our conversation for his blog. In our chat we talk depression, anxiety and faith. I say too much, too quickly....
22 Mar When it is okay to let your friends down.
The storm that hit Liverpool a few weeks ago has left its mark. The tree that fell across our road has been removed, but as I walk around my front garden...
08 Mar When a storm stops you in your tracks.
Two weeks ago storm Doris battered the UK. Liverpool was hit hard. On our street, opposite our house, a two hundred year old beech tree came down falling across the road,...
01 Mar Ash Wednesday or, What repentance is not.
Today is Ash Wednesday. In churches all over the country people are gathering to repent of their sins. They are kneeling while the vicar or celebrant draws a cross of ashes on their...
24 Feb Three tips for when you are coming out of a time of depression.
On either side of my driveway crocuses and snowdrops have started to appear. They have forced their way through the decomposing leaves. Bursts of colour against the damp brown matting. I...
15 Feb How we got past competitive exhaustion: A love story.
There was a time in my marriage when, in amongst the normal and the good, a space had started to open up. A distance was widening between us. My plan was...