Health
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There’s no shame not playing the baby game
Almost from the moment women are born the world is obsessed with their reproductive organs. Whether it’s trying to sell…
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Mainstream mental health services are a disaster
Hardly a week goes by without another headline about the epidemic of mental health problems coming our way… NOTE: First…
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Should politicians be telling us what to eat?
Why do diets fail? Why do most people who really want to lose weight nearly always end up putting it…
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An ugly tendency has been unmasked of late
The news that Covid restrictions in England end on 19th July has, understandably, prompted many responses – from relief at…
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Has the coronavirus saved my life?
In a normal hospital setting there is no way I would have been booked in for both a CT scan…
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Lockdown sent my husband mad
I had to call the police to take my husband away. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done. The pandemic…
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Does my newborn have a right to feel short-changed?
As the world prepares to turn its back on a year that has offered little to smile about, one happy…
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Why I’m sour about sourdough
What’s so great about cooking from scratch? You buy a few raw ingredients, toss them together into an imaginative yet…
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Becoming lost for words
Have you ever been in that strange situation where you’re in full flow and you suddenly can’t find the word…
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The [Covid] diary of a psychotherapist
I was seeing clients face-to-face until March 23 this year when I, like everyone else, was forced into lockdown by…
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