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THOUGHT-PROVOKING

HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, THOUGHT-PROVOKING
WHEN MY DRINKING NO LONGER MADE ANY SENSE

This one really struck a chord with me after I stopped drinking three years ago. Veronica Valli eloquently puts into words exactly how I felt around alcohol and the anxiety I suffered as a result. I know it's a very personal choice to make, but it's one that really does bring me empowerment and total joy.…
HEALTH, THOUGHT-PROVOKING
LIVING WITH PARKINSON’S

When Jo Yaldren was given the shocking news she had Parkinson's aged just 47, she was utterly devastated. It felt like the worst diagnosis she could ever receive because there is no hope of recovery and no cure. Yet amongst the bleak reality of a degenerative condition, Jo's list is full of wisdom and wonder.…
MOTHERHOOD, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, USEFUL
RAISING RESILIENT GIRLS

This list from Jo Wimble-Groves is packed full of advice about what we can do to help the next generation…
INSPIRING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING
YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS

This excellent list from Veronica Dearly is full of words of wisdom about how we really can all do hard things, whether they're big or small. Life is full of ups and downs, highs and lows, and if we're honest, there will always be hard things we come up against. But here, Veronica gives us some helpful advice, even when life's problems seem insurmountable.…
HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, THOUGHT-PROVOKING
EATING DISORDERS DON’T HAVE ONE LOOK

In this powerful list Hope Virgo, author and found of #DumpTheScales, writes about her long, painful and exhausting experience of anorexia. As she explains, eating disorders are still one of the most stigmatised of illnesses, and at times it felt as if there was no way out for her, but she also tells us that full recovery really is possible. …
LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, MUST READ, THOUGHT-PROVOKING
MOTHERHOOD AND RAMADAN

This week's list is one from the archives, from Nilly Dahlia. Having just returned to Morocco at the beginning of Ramadan, where we enjoyed being swept up in some of the festivities around Ramadan, it reminded me of the piece and the insight from Nilly about being a Mother during the period. …
HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHERHOOD, THOUGHT-PROVOKING
DIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER

Beth Calvert was diagnosed with ADHD as a teenager and then postnatal depression in her 20s. She speaks about the highs and the lows, the exhaustion and the extremely dark moments where she thought her only way out was to die. What Beth went through sounds absolutely terrifying. And then a doctor diagnosed her with bipolar disorder and her life finally clicked into place…
EMOTIONAL, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, THOUGHT-PROVOKING
LOSING A PARENT

The death of a parent shakes your foundations, it tilts your world and throws you off balance. And here, the actor Emily Bevan intimately writes about her journey through the grief, the exhaustion and the heartbreak of losing her precious dad.…
INSPIRING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING
CLIMATE CHANGE: (STILL) THE MOTHER OF ALL PROBLEMS

With COP26 now over, and climate change very much the hot topic, Sophie Tait, of Trash Plastic and Mothership, got in touch to write a powerful and timely follow-up to her 2019 list, to offer some hope in amongst the bleakness. …