Do You Know Who I Am?
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It’s one of those days. Not one of those days, but one of those days. A day of quiet reflection, and where better to do it than my favourite cafe […]
Needle in a Haystack… Dating for the Divorced
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Who’d have thought dating could seem so much like, well, hard work? Now, the obvious point to highlight from the off is that I can only speak for myself; if […]
Lucky Man
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I’m a lucky man. I’ve been severely depressed. Twice. I’ve felt suicidal. I’ve been divorced. And I’m a lucky man. When I started this blog my head wasn’t in the […]
We Need to Talk About… Suicide
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Raising suicide awareness Wait!! Come back! OK, so it isn’t the most enticing headline ever. The first thing I ought to say is that no, I am not suicidal. Far […]
New Year, New You, New Tattoo….
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I got my third tattoo yesterday*. 5 hours. A couple of hours still to go to get my favourite quote added. My arm is sore as hell today. Sore. As. […]
Rocky Balboa Changed My Life
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Rocky Balboa changed my life. Really. 30 years ago, almost to the day, I sat down with my family and watched Rocky 2. I had previously tried to watch the […]
I Had a Black Dog
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Living with a black dog Winston Churchill used the metaphor of the black dog to describe his bouts of depression. In the only sentence I will ever be mentioned alongside Churchill, […]
If You’ve Lost Your Faith in Love and Music…
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Along with books music is a huge love of mine, and many of the most significant moments in my life have their own special soundtrack. This has its downside when […]
The Game of Life
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbThqvFuyXY Last week I played the classic board game, ‘The Game of Life’ with my young children and since then I’ve had the 1980s advert stuck in my head… “Be […]
Dating, Bloody Hell…
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Let’s lift the mood a bit here. Dating… Bloody hell, dating. When to start dating after a marriage split? This is the first thing to ask yourself. Well, after you’ve […]