Did I expect 2025, my “year of health” to lead me to the States for surgery so that while my 40th birthday was spent running a half marathon, my 41st will be spent in recovery? That would be a no. 

How many copies have you sold? How much did you make? How much did it cost?! Are you going to write full time? I loved the interest in what happened after I published ‘Lou Who?’ and its “success”. But those well intended questions had an effect I hadn’t expected or considered before I turned my “just for fun” dating blog into something that resembled a business.

As is the Instagram trend, and given I haven’t blogged here since May 2023, I’ve decided to restart the blog with a Life Lately post, to catch you up on what’s been going on and what’s all to come on the blog

We know leaning into fear and vulnerability can be uncomfortable, but do we talk enough about how the fragility of happiness can make it equally difficult to relax into joy? 

There’s a sense that "the truth" is where we all want to get to, that it’s the essence of all that is good, the pinnacle, the be all and end all.

If you’re here to read about body talking of the sexual variety, this ain’t that. Instead I’m talking about the “what is my body trying to tell me?” variety. Specifically when it comes to gut feelings, storing stress and holding [...]

I know, it sounds like a compliment doesn’t it? You’re so resilient! Your resilience is inspiring! You came back so resiliently. You know what? Maybe I don’t want to be resilient

What is it they say about healing? That it isn’t linear. That it’s messy and chaotic, and oftentimes we have to normalise living through it, not just getting through it.