Staying alive when everything in your brain is telling you to give up and that you’re not needed in this world, takes a strength some will never understand. So if you won that war with your mind today - or any day - I’m proud of you. This world is better off with you here.

You are not ‘behind’ in life. There is no such thing. We’re all on our own journeys with different time scales for different things with different end goals.

Does anyone else remember going on holiday during term time at primary school like 15 years ago when it wasn’t a big deal? Then we’d come back and talk about it in show and tell. What happened?

Time to rewatch Gilmore Girls from the start for the billionth time? I think so.

I read Emily♡ book #girlunmasked while on holiday last week and it's opened my mind on so many levels, both professionally and personally

4726 words written today. Not bad at all! (I barely make it to 500 or 1000 words usually when I write, and I often go weeks without writing, so don’t compare yourself!) I work my day job Tuesdays to Fridays so I try to do what I can on a Monday. #WritingCommunity ✍🏻

So what happens to the young person who’s living with chronic illness which impacts attendance? Or young carers who struggle to get to school on time. Or they’ve moved into a refuge and all they can think about is whether Mum is safe, patchy attendance is penalised.

I have to say it has been nice to have a break from seeing rubbish about attendance all over the timeline during the summer holidays. Anyone would think there aren’t more important things to focus on.

it sounds hard to believe but reading for enjoyment is one of the best things you can do for your mental health. reading daily is good for your soul. it’s good for your brain. and it makes you mysteriously gorgeous

A limited number of signed and dedicated copies of Girl Unmasked are now available to order exclusively from Coles Books! 📚 Thank you to everyone who has asked for this. I am really excited to be able to dedicate these, sign them and get them into your hands. 🥳 Link in my

Link here! 🫶 coles-books.co.uk/girl-unmasked-…

I sincerely hope that this child’s bravery in articulating their feelings and experience of school to their teachers is met with compassion, a willingness to learn and an openness to implementing any reasonable adjustments needed.

I’m smiling because this is so lovely! Thank you, I can’t wait to sign them all! #GirlUnmasked 🥹📚

‘Girl Unmasked’ (by me), ‘Untypical’ by Pete Wharmby, ‘The Outrun’ by Amy Liptrot and ‘Lily’s Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found The Strength to Live’ by Lily Ebert and Dov Forman.

What if we stop thinking that certain diagnoses are trendy and start knowing that people just want to understand themselves better and access the support they need and deserve?

This is heartbreaking. Even more heartbreaking that it's not the first time the athletics community has lost such an incredible female athlete to domestic violence. 💔 It needs to stop! RIP Rebecca. 🙏

Happy #readabookday📚. Here are 10 of my favourite 5 star books on my bookshelf. What are you reading today? 1. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria/V.E. Schwab 2. The Maid by Nita Prose 3. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 4. Then She Was Gone by