Photo by Nakie Hammock on Unsplash There's been a recent programme on Radio 4 called 'Status' by Carl Honore. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0021hc4 I was delighted to hear the topic raised and listened…
A short intermission in my 'No More Gold Stars' blog to share my friend and colleague's podcast, 'This Won't Fix You'. She kindly asked me to co-host for this episode…
It's been a long time since I've had time to sit down and write something for my blog - and no, it's not because I've been on a sex odyssey!…
Photo by fikry anshor on Unsplash A very old friend and follower of this blog wrote to me the other day suggesting that an unfair characterisation of the thrust of…
Photo by Esmonde Yong on Unsplash Walking with a friend in bright sunshine, a glorious antidote to the physical and political gloom of this particular January, I was reminded of…
It’s a long time since my last post, diverted as I have been by this new member of the family! Gold Star for helping to make the bed? Digby, now…
Photo by Justin W on Unsplash What a strange couple of weeks it has been in the UK! Whatever our thoughts and feelings about monarchy, it has been hard to…
Image courtesy of Milad Fakurian on Unsplash I worked for a long time with a teenage client with high-functioning autism and ADHD. This was a hugely difficult but not uncommon…
Arbeit macht frei No more fucking gold stars that the teacher licked onto a chart no more verbal ability tests going off the top of the scale no more feeling…
Dungarees proving to be the ONLY way to manage the discomfort of shingles! 'We do the best we can with the resources we have available at the time.' This is…