by Rachel | Apr 29, 2026 | Change, Happiness, self-esteem
When you don’t conform to conventional cis-het milestones then sometimes others (particularly parents) can keep thinking of you as a child, even when you’re a fully-fledged grown up. This feels very unfair and got me thinking what some alternative adulting...
by Rachel | Mar 25, 2026 | Mind body
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the intertwined relationship between physical and mental health and just how inadequate a lot of information and education about our bodies is (particularly for women/afab folks). Perimenopause is an area where this comes up in...
by Rachel | Jan 23, 2026 | Uncategorised
I wasn’t going to write a blog on The Traitors, it seemed too bandwagon-y and obvious, but then I kept thinking about this particular element of the dynamics (and morals?) of the game play of the series and thought writing something might help me figure out why it...
by Rachel | Jan 6, 2026 | Self-compassion, Mind body, self-esteem
New year is a lot. The ‘New Year, New You’ juggernaut springs into action on boxing day, as we’re all prompted to atone for the ‘excesses’ of Christmas (which, just the day before, we were being encouraged towards). Despite a lot of progress, diet culture and...
by Rachel | Dec 3, 2025 | Relationships, self-esteem
Christmas and difficult people can often go together like….Christmas films and problematic messages about family?! This often happens because the festive season can often bring us into contact with people we’d otherwise avoid, such as your family’s version of Uncle...
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