AMJ Blog
I have been writing a blog for some time. I use it to share my experiences and views on mental health – I had a breakdown in 2014/15 and live with depression and anxiety – and work life balance. I am passionate about working on my wellbeing and helping others to achieve and maintain the right work life balance and wellbeing approaches for them. My blog – along with my Twitter feed – comes with one health warning – if you read it you may have to hear about some of my other passions – my family, golf, Liverpool FC, communications, the Boston Red Sox, politics and the West Wing.
The long goodbyes so many of us are saying
Loneliness and isolation: the irony of the connected society
Student mental health crisis: it’s a matter of life and death.
Love Island: more responding and less reacting can’t hurt.
Listening to your own needs isn’t being selfish - it’s essential.
Recent podcast interview
Counselling cliche alert: sometimes it feels worse before it feels better.
Being seen, being heard
Paris 2022: history and trauma repeating itself
2022: has there been a tougher time to be seventeen or eighteen?
Counting down the days……..
Therapist self disclosure: is sharing caring, or is it over-sharing?
The seven year itch: the anniversary of my hospitalisation and the start of my breakdown
School holidays are full of great times but also a helping hand for depression
Spare a thought for our leaders - it's a very, very lonely business being them and tough on their mental health
Being kind also means respecting that I'm not ready to ditch my mask or go to the match
Feeling below par isn't good for my golf, or anything else.
Honesty is the best policy - easier said than done
What message should we take from Christian Eriksen's collapse? Maybe not the one you think.
