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Author: beth

  • July 14, 2023
    Trigger warning: references to sexual abuse, questioning sexuality, and a lifelong obsession with Fatima Whitbread. Also warning that this is…
  • April 23, 2021
    As I was searching for the scoop in my new tub of collagen powder this morning, I was reminded of…
  • February 14, 2021
    My dad is dying. This hasn’t exactly come as a shock. He has diabetes, Alzheimer’s and cancer, so we knew…
  • December 8, 2020
    I was chatting to a friend last night who’s starting a new business. She was worried that people on social…
  • November 8, 2020
    Hi. My name is Beth and I don't drink. My love of alcohol began in my teens. Like loads of…
  • October 11, 2020
    Love and belonging sits right slap bang in the middle of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. We hear a lot about…
  • October 4, 2020
    Son 1 is turning 14 tomorrow and you'd think that that would scare the crap out of me. Teenage boys…
  • September 29, 2020
    I'm confused because I feel like we’re constantly getting mixed messages. On the one hand we're told that when something…
  • September 25, 2020
    I’ve always had a very love/hate relationship with social media. I was one of the first people I knew to…
  • September 18, 2020
    I've said it before, but I’ll happily say it again, and shout it from the rooftops in fact. I bloody…