Can a wife beater ever change?
Wife beating is an emotive description that refers to various events that lead up to women becoming injured by their spouses. The common denominators in how this happens are, the men and women concerned are in an intimate relationship, the man is considered to be the abuser, and it is the man who bears all [...]
The Olympic Dream
Has anyone else had an Olympic Dream? A dream about succeeding or coming top at something and hearing the roar of a crowd and the feeling that you’ve achieved something special? And an Olympic one would be so special as it happens so rarely and not necessarily in your own country. My Olympic Aspirations [...]
In her shoes: my husband is gay
There’s nothing wrong with being gay. But entering into a “straight” relationship when you know, or are suppressing your suspicion that you’re gay, to my mind is wrong. Here’s my story: what would you have done in my shoes? I married very early the first time. I was 21 years old with no experience of [...]
You have no idea how hard it is to be a child growing up today
Resourceful Little Treasures In my role as a coach and mentor I work with a lot of young people, many of whom come along already labelled with behavioural, learning and/or emotional difficulties. That means I’m quite accustomed to witnessing sulky, aggressive and unhappy children, and it can take a fair amount of time, compassion and [...]
Grateful for School Holidays
Some of you will know that my daughters live with their father and they’re with me every second weekend and half the school holidays. In Scotland our summer holidays start much earlier than they do in the rest of the UK, and I’m now on countdown until they leave having had 4 whole weeks together. [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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