Watching friends embrace Botox and jabs tests Linda's values and resolve. Read More
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Balancing motherhood and career through a four-day working week. Read More
Volunteering, community and finding purpose beyond the day job. Read More
Well, the actual advice was to always keep four distinct pots on the boil in life.
These four pots are:
Your friends and family
Your career*
An academic pursuit that isn&r... Read More
What is it with middle aged women and a fear of driving? Fact: I'm a good driver who hasn't even scraped a car let alone had an accident. Reality: I've just emerged from... Read More
It felt only right to start my blog with a sourdough update. Arguably this hobby is now taking over my life, but I don’t hate it… One of my goals for 2026 was to perfect making sourdough... Read More
I was on the train to my 30-year university reunion when I noticed that my evening dress either had soy sauce stains or the remnants of having sprayed myself with JD and Coke whilst dancing. I ... Read More
It’s been a while since I have written one of these and it’s safe to say that a lot has happened since we last spoke. Some of the highlights include a new boyfriend, a subsequent break-up... Read More
I feel like the autumn champions started earlier this year; clamouring all over my socials for their pumpkin spice latte and ushering in the colder nights so they can 'cosy up' in their favou... Read More
It was actually a field in Suffolk and we were definitely not sorted out for Es and wizz, but in the spirit of Jarvis Cocker I was heading to a music festival for the first time since my 20s; the lat... Read More
“Hope you have a good day.”
“I hope it doesn’t rain.”
“I hope you’re well.”
We say the word hope all the time. It slips into our conversations so easily that we barely notice it. A kind word, a war... Read More
My love for running started in childhood. I remember a school disco. A few popular girls had been asked to dance. Everyone else, looked on like wallflowers, apparently unaware of th... Read More
Few things focus the mind like a 30-year university reunion. I think of the reunion scene in Grosse Pointe Blank when John Cusack’s character says “I’m a professional killer&h... Read More
I found myself sitting alone in a quiet house. The birds were singing and the sun was shining through the windows. Everything was still.
We’d rented a cottage for a week and it was t... Read More
I was talking to a friend about how our parenting style has had to evolve as the kids have grown up. Ensuring children were happy, which was the catch-all definition for being content, safe and well ... Read More
I like flipping a coin when I can’t make up my mind. Not because I abide by the results but because it helps me figure out what I really want. If it lands ‘heads’ and I feel disappo... Read More
When I was 15 I was sexually assaulted on the Paris Metro. “That was terrible”, said the French family I was staying with as we got off the train. Odd, I thought, that they&rs... Read More
According to Cancer Research, one in two people in the UK is likely to receive a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives, up from one in three. Whether this is due to our process food-rich west... Read More
My husband hates this phrase! It’s not my favourite either, but it cropped up in one of our conversations on our honeymoon recently and for some reason it’s stuck with me since.
I&rs... Read More
Over the summer, my husband went into rehab and completed an intensive 28 day addiction treatment programme for alcohol dependency.
Did I really just type that?
I genuinely struggle to beli... Read More
I had a quick read of my last blog prior to writing this, as I do before I write my next. I am glad to say my ankle injury has now healed and I can actually run over 5km. I wouldn’t yet say thi... Read More
I think we need to remove the word enough from common use.
Am I good enough?
Have I slept enough?
Was that calm enough?
Does that campaign have enough impact?
Did I feed the ... Read More
I’ve been married to the man I love for 15 years. He’s a kind man, a fun man, a good man. He’s also an alcoholic.
For many years I have known that he drinks in secret. I’... Read More
One sunny afternoon the kids were helping me tidy up the house in anticipation of some friends coming round. They were in charge of deconstructing their floor is lava obstacle course in the garden an... Read More
We have just returned from a would-be family holiday of a lifetime to Egypt that ended up feeling like more of a trains, planes and automobiles ordeal! It began with severely delayed flights, a... Read More