For every over protective Mum with teenage daughters absolutely sure they know way better than anyone who has been round the block more than once, steering them in the right direction and getting a compromise particularly when it comes to school attire is extremely difficult and challenging.

We grown-ups all know girls between the ages of 10 and 16 have very set ideas about what they like and what they will wear, we've been there ourselves, leaving many...

You would imagine it would be simple to know who you are and be able to work yourself out when life delivers curve ball obstacles but the truth is, it is at these times we turn to something outward, like alcohol, sugar, sex etc. to hide behind.

Time spent in splendid isolation is the way to self actualization

Do I have a soul? The resounding answer is yes you do. I have read a good deal of Carl Jung's work over the years but the first book I tackled (as a dyslexic) was Modern Day Man In Search Of A Soul.

This poem was one of the first things I wrote having lost everything and spent some considerable time reading, writing a journal, then practising self therapy to work myself out of a mental health hell. It has stood me in great stead.