Nov 2024

  • Remembering November 2023

    Remembering November 2023

    I’ve been re-reading my first blog entries from November last year (Nov 2023 – Eunuchorn). I…

  • Al Anon

    Al Anon

    Background I grew up in a family where my mum and my nan were both religious.…

  • Continuing the discussion

    Continuing the discussion

    Last night, my husband and I picked up where we’d left off on Sunday, which itself…

  • Pedestals

    Pedestals

    When we first met, I worshiped the man who was to become my husband. He is…

  • Reflecting on the bad meal

    Counselling It’s usual in counselling to recap anything significant that’s happened in the period since the…

  • Of Migraines and Sensory Overload

    Of Migraines and Sensory Overload

    Of Migraines and Sensory Overload Living with both migraines and sensory overload feels like I’m navigating…

  • Hormones and fitness experience

    Hormones and fitness experience

    5k! Today I managed my first five kilometre run since my surgery. It wasn’t easy, but…

  • A bad meal

    A bad meal

    Last night I suggested that we go out for a meal. I’d planned to go whether…

  • Last mental health nurse this year

    Last mental health nurse this year

    Asking for me time I am struggling to feel OK to do the things I need…

  • Remaining curious

    Remaining curious

    Tired before we start Last night, I was later home from work having stopped on the…

  • A November dream

    The dream Today’s counselling session began by me recounting a dream I had last night: My…

  • Hormone update

    Hormone update

    Getting my hormones sorted has been an emotional and stressful journey. It has impacted on both…

  • Shifting Sensory Challenges: An ASD Perspective

    Shifting Sensory Challenges: An ASD Perspective

    Introduction Background noise has always been a challenge for me. Even as far back as I…

  • Stolen Valour in the Eunuch Community

    The concept of “stolen valour” is often associated with individuals falsely claiming military honours to garner…

  • Clevedon in the autumn

    Clevedon in the autumn

    Enjoying the season Driving north through Hampshire, I’m reminded of what mum loved about this season;…