Travels With My Son

It can so easily feel like everything is utterly out of our control – particularly when we lose someone we love, but also when we face other difficulties in our lives such as physical or mental health, relationship, finance, work or security challenges. For this reason I wanted all of the blog categories to be ‘doing’ words, as a reminder that we can still be active participants in our lives even when so much feels, or actually is, out of our power. So this is where I talk about different approaches to grieving, remembering, living, travelling, home-making and creating – and how actively participating in all of these elements of life can support us in living lives full of meaning and moments of joy – even when we feel like we may never emerge from the trenches of deep grief and pain.

A lot of the blog content comes from a place of grief, but also of reflection, inspiration, creativity and joy, as I have learned to use writing, making, travelling and a range of other tools to help me rebuild what I would consider a really ‘good life’, despite many years of grieving and mental health struggles. 

My hope is that besides helping myself by writing about my experiences which I find incredibly cathartic, perhaps these words will help someone else who is experiencing grief, depression, anxiety, isolation, or a difficult season in their life feel less alone, and like someone ‘gets it’. Or even that some of what I share might be a source of inspiration and encourage a bit more creativity and open dialogue in our everyday lives. You don’t need to have experienced loss to be here. 

If you’re interested in a specific topic, you can follow the links below to read an introduction to each area of the blog, as well as the related posts (some posts might appear in a couple of different categories). But if you want to jump to all posts together, you can click the button below.