Today’s guest blog is a deep one. For many reasons. But let’s rewind a bit. I struggle to make friends. A mixture of autism, trauma, exploitation, neglect, historical mental health (My own and those around me), and a general lack of trust for people after being done wrong many times means that I don’t know…
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Guest blog: Carly Adams Elias- Where is the Love?
Today’s guest speaker is my friend Carly. I remember the day I met Carly; it was my first day at work, and she was delivering training on contextual safeguarding. At this point in my working life, I had met few people who fully embraced contextual safeguarding, and I found this very frustrating. So when I…
Guest blog: Michael Issacs – Awkward Conversations
OK, gather round peeps. Today’s guest blog is my very good friend, Michale. Our children once played together as tots, and Michale’s wife and I have sometimes worked in the same school. Not many people know this, but I write and (sometimes) perform spoken word. Just by pure coincidence (Or not if, like me, you…
Sometimes, my mum would have a mental health crisis, a condition that made her believe she was a child. Mental Health Awareness 2024
Sometimes, my mum would have a mental health crisis, a condition that made her believe she was a child. What first thought comes into your head as I say that? Let’s do it again. Sometimes, my mum would believe she was a child and act like one. What’s your initial thoughts?Who helped her?Who helped me?Was…
Guest blog: “Feeling responsible for men’s feelings started early for me”
I would like you all to welcome our first guest blogger. She is a very good friend of mine, and I have had to lean on her many times. She is one of the few people who knows the real me and accepts me for who I am. We met through work but very quickly…
The child they left in the brothel.
I once worked with a girl who, at age 14, was left in a brothel by professionals. You don’t need to read the rest of the blog if you don’t want as that’s the crux of it. But if you are thinking no way. How? Why? Then let’s go on. That incident happened about four…
Out of the Shadows 