Tomorrow I facilitate a workshop in which women with perinatal mental distress will be asked to explore their health journeys visually. This caused me to remember a similar collage that I created at the request of a wonderfully supportive nurse to represent my own health and well-being needs and challenges. it is an honour to…

Today I attended the first meeting with the wider NHS England Autism team, which I would describe as small but perfectly formed. I had already spoken to Sarah Jackson on Twitter,  and also met Aaron Oxford after speaking at Skipton House in London but this was my chance to meet the rest of their colleagues…

  I have become fairly well acquainted with the library staff at Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, who are fabulous to say the least. Nothing is too much trouble and the team have been so supportive, so when the Library Manager asked me to help design the logo for the new joint venture between the clinical…

“Jen agreed to be filmed to talk about her lived experience of a personal health budget.  Jen not only articulated the positive outcomes of the experience, but was able to provide some valuable insight into how to make the process better.  Jen comes from a marketing background and was also able to review the film…

I got a new phone and have photos to share.                                        

There’s a lot going on at the moment and so I am trying to share snapshots that inspire me. This one flew across my twitter feed the other day and provoked some interesting discussion. Water smoothed stones tied with beautiful and unique Japanese knots.

The last few weeks have been completely crazy and I’ve barely had enough time to sleep, let alone take stock and write. I have been involved in so many things, so many amazing pieces of work that it’s a bit tricky to know where to begin, so I’m going to start with a few highlights.…