What's your mental five a day? 07/10/2008 3:20 pm

I”ve just found the <link url_id="354">Mindapples website</link> and was so intrigued/impressed I wanted to share it. Mindapples is a rather lovely thing – a small, social project with no other aim than to “to promote individual self management...read more

Mothers who work? Whatever next! 30/09/2008 9:21 am

So, Ruth Kelly is leaving the high-stress, fast tracked world of cabinet politics to spend more time with her family. Fiona Phillips, similarly, is giving up her £600,000 spot on the GMTV sofa to play a more hands on role in caring for her sons and...read more

Money worries 18/09/2008 4:24 pm

Sorry it’s been so long since the last post – I came back from holiday and into a couple of weeks of insane busy-ness (I’ve posted before about this, so I won't get into it now, although the stories you sent me about your own experiences of chr...read more

The joy of holidays 15/08/2008 1:53 pm

“Holidays aren’t worth it”, said Helen, our art director the other day. “In the week before you go away you do two weeks work to get ahead, and in the week you come back you do two weeks work to catch up”....read more

Good day/ bad day 08/08/2008 5:00 pm

I came home the other night at my usual time, and my husband took one look at me, poured me a drink and said “bad day?”. That obvious, hmm?...read more

Breaking up 31/07/2008 2:15 pm

I had a shock this week, well two, in fact. The first was that some good friends of mine, long and – I thought - happily married, have announced that they are separating. The second was how affected I felt by the news....read more

We are what we say we are 21/07/2008 11:11 am

At school, I was hopeless at Maths. Both my older brothers were also bad at Maths. They were good at English, and so was I. “We’re the kind of family that’s good with words and bad with numbers” I used to say. I continued to fail at Maths and...read more

Writing 14/07/2008 11:56 am

I do a lot of writing. None of it fancy - this blog, my editors letter, publisher reports, Morning Pages, thank you notes, the occasional feature or interview... Fancy or not, it's something I think about a lot, and so, I know, do many of you. What i...read more

Mess 30/06/2008 9:24 am

I love getting my own way – don’t we all? Which makes it all the more puzzling that I’m so bad at it. A simple but typical example: a few weeks ago, I wanted my son to tidy his room, so threatened him with withdrawal of his allowance/computer...read more

The price of friendship? 25/06/2008 3:59 pm

Last week was a bit busier, socially, than usual, but not much. Here’s what I did:...read more