I just wanted to say a massive thank you to Experience Barnsley, especially Jemma and May for inviting me to talk at International Women’s day yesterday, to Mel Dyke for her warmth and support, to everyone who came to support me and to my husband Timm who filmed the talk for me and is always […]
Last year I went on a PR and Marketing course called Brand Booster run by marketing consultancy Keep Your Fork. Run by the thoroughly charming, infectiously positive and wonderfully inspiring Faye Smith it was a six week course run once a week in Sheffield. This is a review of the course, I have not been […]
I was thrilled to be asked to go on to BBC Radio Sheffield to talk about my part in International Women’s Day with Experience Barnsley. It was on the fabulous Paulette Edwards show and I had a great time. It was totally nerve wracking but Im so glad I did it and can’t wait to […]
Ahead of my talk at International Women’s Day on Saturday I got thinking about what the day stands for. Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate their achievements. It’s a celebration of women. A day when we can all come out and blow our vuvuzellas, […]
One of the questions I get asked a lot is how do you choose clothes to wear with your ileostomy bag, and so I thought Id do a little post on the question… Its a funny one because my first reaction is ‘Wear whatever the hell you want to” and that is my general rule. […]
This blog has been a life saver for me in the last year, it has been cathartic for me to share my experiences and I have been so overwhelmed by the response I have had from an ever growing audience. The emails I get daily mean the world to me and I can’t tell you […]
When bad things happen it is so easy to get into a spiral of feeling down, whether its something big like illness, relationship troubles or a relatively minor thing like your car won’t start or your best top gets boil washed and comes out small enough for a Barbie… Feelings of sorrow, sadness, anger and […]
There was a pain inside me, it couldn’t be cured or healed It ate away at the person I was, taking my time and my energy It pulled me into the smallest room in the house and held me prisoner The pills to fix were a poison, they give with one hand but take […]
Over on Team Honk for International Women’s Day they are celebrating Inspiring Women and asking others to share which woman inspires them. They chose Davina McCall who I think is a great choice, but I would like to talk about the women who inspire me, and they are my two oldest friends Tania and Hannah. […]