Psychology of writing and how it can help us — When I first came across the work of James Pennebaker during my PhD studies, I was pretty inspired by it. His initial idea was that writing about personal traumas over a period of time could help people process them and begin to heal. This theory came from an observation, made…

Collecting responses to my writing prompts — I’ve been posting semi-regular creative prompt posts at the Random Nerdiness Collective for a couple of months now. …

Writing Prompts from Street Photography — I was ill over the Christmas break and that virus seemed to really wipe me out so I’ve not posted one of these for a few weeks and am sorry about that. I’m recovering now, but am coming to the end of my pregnancy and am getting quite heavy so…

Neurodiversity, mental health and managing people — A distant diagnosis I’ve written before about having dyslexia but I don’t often write about the impact of it on me personally. I think in part this is because I was diagnosed more than twenty years ago at university, and while research and understanding have moved on since then, I’ve not been keeping…

Writing prompts from street photography — I’ve had this photograph sitting on my computer for more than six months. It’s of a den my partner and I found in the woods while we were out with my son in the summer. …

Writing prompts from street photography — I saw these books lined up on the wall outside a house that I think is being cleared for renovation. I was kind of in a rush and had to cross the road to get the photo but I’m glad I stopped for it. I live not far from a…

Writing prompts from street photography — I frequently see lost things belonging to children when I’m out and about. It’s probably because my life mostly revolves around activities for toddlers and home working that I end up in places where lost shoes and lost toys accumulate. I always think there is something a little forlorn about…

Writing prompts from street photography — When I saw this mirror on the floor among some wet autumn leaves recently I was really drawn to it. …

Reasons to be grateful — Fertility difficulties… I’ve been wanting to write, and simultaneously avoiding writing, this post for a while. I’m not quite sure where that reticence comes from, other than I normally don’t get quite this personal in print. Perhaps I don’t want to jinx it. I’ve not written about this here before, although it’s…