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I'm baaaaaaaaack theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… This week's column: "We buy things, we watch things, we listen to things, we squeeze things, we try things on and send things back, and we do, do, do – we do to stay in the shallows, so we don’t have to be in the depths."

This week's column posits the invention of the button as a projection of an unconscious phantasy HOW'D YOU LIKE THEM APPLES theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Loved this restaurant!

This week's column is about having to cancel my summer holiday last minute, and the wish to click undo when things go wrong in our lives / parenting / relationships - but that arrow only points backwards... there is an alternative, but it hurts theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

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ALERT: Expect delays at airports from today, 12 October, as the EES system begins its rollout. thetravelmagazine.net/countdown-to-t…

This week's column is about going on a run for the 1st time in 10yrs, & how we can develop an exploitative relationship w our body to avoid unwanted feelings "My mind can use my body to store and express things that my mind deems unwanted or unacceptable" theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Do you have a memory so vivid you can relive it? Dept of Psychology and Durham University are exploring how vivid human memories work across our lives – and how ideas about vivid memory have evolved over centuries. Your experiences could help us understand memory in new ways. Take our

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… On trying to know, & developing the capacity to bear not knowing, feat. complications in pregnancy, in marriage & in psychotherapy "You plan the life out of your life, & your only enjoyment comes from things working out exactly as you knew they would"

“The problem with knowing everything as a defensive strategy is that it is extremely ineffective. If you think it is your job to know everything, then when reality hits, you find yourself feeling like a failure. “If only I’d known!” Ha. No. If only you’d been able not to know.”

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theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… Been trying to write this for 1.5yrs-finally found the words "These cuts make a mockery of parity of esteem for mental and physical health. It's not an acceptable state of affairs and we shouldn’t keep quiet about it. We should be marching in the streets."

This week's column is about the difference between a nice feeling & a transformative developmental emotional experience: "I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: what we all want is to feel better – but what we really need is to get better at feeling." theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

And it's my penultimate column, so it's a thank you letter of sorts to all my readers. It has been quite an experience

It's my last column after nearly 2 years, & I finally said what I wanted to say. I hope it's meaningful for you - this whole experience has been for me. Thank you so much for reading, and getting in touch if you have. It's been emotional ❤️ theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

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Guide to Thuin, Wallonia, Belgium The hilltop Belgian town of Thuin is famous for its UNESCO World Heritage 17th-century belfry, but there's plenty more to see here. thetravelmagazine.net/guide-to-thuin…

Travel Guide: Sydney 5 top arts and cultural must-dos in Sidney, Australia #Sydney #Australia #culture thetravelmagazine.net/sydney-in-summ…

psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm-event/… I'm thrilled to be giving a Political Mind talk at the Institute of Psychoanalysis (!!!!!) about writing my Guardian column lnkd.in/ePEmA-5a about being a patient in psychoanalysis and a psychodynamic psychotherapist, while working in the NHS...