I am now 6 weeks into my personal lock down. Having been through much isolation due to my disease, I feel I am coping with the mental side well. The biggest miss for me is my grandchildren. Particularly my youngest…
As we get further into this crisis I have to admire the way we are dealing with it as a nation. Most of us helping each other and pulling together with the NHS to ensure we get through this with…
So this is the first of my ‘open house’ blogs that I am receiving from people who would like to share their unique experiences. Due to the exceptional circumstances that we are facing with the virus, I am aware that…
None of us could ever have imagined what would have happened to the world in the last few weeks. We are seeing things we wouldn’t even see in our worst nightmares. So many people unable to work and queuing for…
It didn’t feel right to write a blog now that didn’t include something about Corona Virus ( COVID19.) I don’t know about you but I am absolutely stunned at the stupidity of many people with their panic buying and selfish…
One of my most read blogs is about my great friend Jeremy Marshall who has had an incredible career in banking. I thought it would be great to hear again from this incredible man, so Jeremy has kindly shared more…
I was once asked by a great friend of mine what I considered success to look like for my life. That question caused me a great deal of thought, and much of that involved money in some shape or form.…
Having lived so long beyond my ‘use-by date’ and retained ‘reasonable’ health considering my personal circumstances, even I had again begun to take my health for granted! I am surrounded by chorus’s of “take it easy, slow down, think of…
In my work I get to meet some wonderful people and Jeremy Marshall is one of those. A man who’s life was also brought crashing down with a cancer diagnosis. I was delighted that Jeremy accepted my invitation to share…
We are hearing the word isolation being used more frequently these days. It is a word that has been associated with cancer for some time, but now we are more aware of our mental health it is being used in…
