My Poetry Collection Is Out Now!
Happy book birthday to my first poetry collection! You can now buy it in ebook and print at all major online retailers. I hope you like it!
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Publishing Books is Weird
If there’s one common thread across both of my publishing experiences, it’s that the whole thing feels oddly and inappropriately anticlimatic.
Read MoreYou Can Preorder My Poetry Chapbook!
My debut poetry chapbook, How to Forgive Yourself in Fifteen Years, is available for pre-order – right now!
Read Morethe patient and gentle
A poem about having a panic attack in front of someone you don’t know very well – but finding that they are patient and kind and gentle.
Read MoreYour Normal Is My Scary: 7 – Driving Lessons. Yes, Really.
Ten years ago, I almost stepped out in front of traffic. This month, I started learning to drive a car. Yes, this blog series is stepping its game up…
Read MoreHow to give up without being a failure
This past week, I had to accept a failure and admit it to someone. I’ve not felt this vulnerable for ages – and that risk changed me so much.
Read Moreleaping over the edge
A poem about recovery from depression, and how to know when to push and when to rest – finding the difference between pain and discomfort.
Read MoreThe better I get, the harder things are
I’m still adjusting to being high functioning with depression, and still discovering that it somehow feels a lot worse than when I was at rock bottom.
Read MoreYour Normal Is My Scary: 6 – A Hen Do
This year I’m doing something that challenges my anxiety every single month. For June, I went to a hen do with several people I don’t know! And…I had fun?
Read MoreI Can’t: Navigating Death, Life and More With Depression
Contrary to what my depression has told me for years, ‘I can’t’ is not the same as ‘I don’t want to’, and I’m not actually incredibly lazy.
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