De-Stress

26/11/2025

Name something good in your life that ended?

What did you learn?

What bad experience did you have in your life that ended?

How did you grow?

24/11/2025

Prostate cancer is a killer disease but is highly amenable to treatment if caught early. I know: I’ve had it. There is also a worrying north/south divide here:

Prostate cancer deaths show stark north-south divide here. As this article from
The Times explains.

24/11/2025

15/09/2025

Here are a few reminders to support you, or someone you love, on those hard days:

💙 Emotions change like the weather. This storm will pass — just keep holding on.
💙 You’ve survived every hard day you’ve had so far.
💙 This is one moment, not your whole story.

If you or someone you know is feeling helpless, hopeless, or in a mental health crisis, go to

If you have emotional concerns that are affecting you, find a centre to call now. Support is available for yourself or someone you know.

10/09/2025

29/08/2025

20/08/2025

We can be grateful science has increased our longevity. But are our longer lives well-lived, with existential insights keeping up with the development of modern scientific advances?

20/07/2025

We must not berate ourselves when we cannot always give people what they want — or get what we want — but the question could be reframed by asking what they — or we —need.

Need or want?
It’s a good question to consider.