Reading has always been a huge passion for me. As a child I devoured books cover to cover, and my family would literally have to scream to get my attention. They would find me tucked up in a corner, head down, flicking through pages, devouring word for word. As I grew into adulthood, these opportunities …
Continue reading Values: Embracing Reading. World Book Day 2021.
My cousin Attar Singh @attar_singh is a medical student and has tells me that he has been hearing very mixed information from the mouths of others about the COVID vaccine, so he set about doing a review of the current literature and kindly shared it with me. With his consent, I have shared his words …
Hi everyone, I hope you are all well and have lost yourself completely in the chaos that is in between Christmas and New Years. Do you know why I say that? If you've lost track, it means that you are truly present in your day. You are living your life without the stress of counting …
In a previous post, I told you that I had read this really user-friendly book which made me reflect a great deal on who I am as a person in my relationships. Here’s a quick summary as many people were intrigued and wanted to know more. Gary Chapman states that every person has their own …
I had so many plans for 2020. Settling into my new home, new job, travel, family fun, you name it. I had only moved into my new place and started my new job, when BoJo announced lockdown the next day. I hadn’t even met the team. Thankfully I was armed with a laptop and mobile …
Hiya I was super excited about South Asian Heritage Month and I upset my IG grid pattern by doing pics only. It was worth it. I had so much fun reflecting on what I love about me heritage and sharing all my tidbits. Below I have pulled all my posts together for you to enjoy …
On Blackout Tuesday, I used the day to journal and reflect on what I had spent absorbing from the news and social media in the past week, and few months really. I felt overwhelmed by sadness and grief for the Black community and having that space out allowed me to read, process, digest and gain …
"Social Distancing". It's all I'm hearing when I put on the TV, when I am talking to friends, or scrolling through Instagram. The term sounds so cold and clinical. It brings up images of people sitting alone at home. It is only when I was talking to my good friend Sandy that we reflected that …
Disclaimer: I am a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and I am writing from my own personal perspective and as someone who has supported others with anxiety for many years. I am not a medical professional, academic or a politician. If you need medical advice, please refer to https://www.nhs.uk/coronavirus , call 111 if you think you have symptoms of …
In June 2019 I caught up with my mate Adam. I arrived at the restaurant in a bit of a fluster because I had been texting him constantly from the moment I parked my car up until I was walking up the stairs at Zaza’s. I saw him and instantly berated him for not texting …
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