So, picture this! I was sitting over a glass of wine with a friend a couple of weeks ago. We were both lamenting the fact that she hasn't yet fallen pregnant, something which she and her husband have been wanting to do for some years now.
"The thing is Lou!" she said, with the usual straight-forward approach, which always makes me grin. "To fall pregnant, you have to have sex!"
"Hmm," I said in agreement. "Damn! I take it you and Jack are not?"
"No!" she said, sounding at once sad and disappointed. "No, we're not! I'd be lucky if it happened every few months, and even then I feel like it's a duty for him!"
Well as a woman many years her senior, I found myself wanting to give her a huge hug.
Read moreMany of you will know through meeting me, either professionally or personally, that I negotiate most places with an assistance animal, or specifically a Guide Dog.
Well some of my blog topics are on the serious side I know; so this time I wanted to share with you another aspect of my life, and at the same time maybe make you laugh with me, at some of the funny things that happen as I navigate the world with one of my dogs.
Read moreWhen people come to see me as a counsellor, they often talk about how they are having sleeping problems!
They are either like me, and can't get off to sleep at night, or they wake in the middle of the night, and can't go back to sleep. And of course, if it's no news to me in the counselling room, well also it's one of the most commonly talked about things on the major health websites. It's in bookshops, on YouTube, on the radio ... there's so much information out there about how to get good sleep, that you might be forgiven for wondering, what could I possibly have to add to the equation?
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