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On leaving Facebook
I've been away. And I would normally love sharing my adventures with you all: The beach, the sights, the stories… But something about...

HeardinLondon
Apr 5


The tools I used in 2024
2024 was a really tough year for me I could not have done it alone. Here are some ways I reached into my toolkit this year for survival....

HeardinLondon
Jan 21


Twexit
I think this is one of the under acknowledged aspects of what went wrong with Twitter. It was not "shouting in the void", it has often...

HeardinLondon
Nov 10, 2022


I used to be scared of selling
The thought is that I'm breaking some kind of agreement that I have with you as to why you're following me, or why you are reading my stuff.

HeardinLondon
Dec 16, 2021


Burnout. Get ill. Cram in all the things I missed. Repeat.
I have long covid and have been spending a lot of time in hospital lately, which has given me a lot of time to think and reflect. Whenever

HeardinLondon
Nov 21, 2021


Love more
All that hard shit you are going through?
Love more.
The person that is causing all the grief?
Love more.

HeardinLondon
Oct 22, 2021


How to find love in hard times
In a week filled with hate and horror and fear and anger and finger pointing, it is essential that each of us look for ways out of conflict

HeardinLondon
Aug 22, 2021


How I made my peace with conspiracy theorists
“Who did you hear that from and who is making money from that article / video / your fear?” Because someone is always profiting from this...

HeardinLondon
Jul 9, 2021


How to look confident in photographs
Top ten tips how to look amazing, authentic and confident in photographs

HeardinLondon
May 20, 2021


2020
2020 started off gloriously. I changed time zones, I woke up paradise, I listened to the sound of waves, I climbed rocks, I walked on...

HeardinLondon
Dec 31, 2020


I am fat. And I do not think it is ok to blame me for suffering with COVID.
It is such an easy little soundbite isn’t it? “Lose weight”. I wonder how many calories there are in soundbite.

HeardinLondon
Jul 28, 2020


2018
I spent five months in plaster and broke six bones. I went back to college. I gave up dairy and healed my agonising periods. I officially...

HEARDinLONDON
Dec 31, 2018


It’s a date
A needle pierced your beautiful flesh
scoring ink under your skin
to commit your life to another woman.

HEARDinLONDON
Aug 19, 2016


If there is anything I can do, let me know
If there’s one thing I have learnt, it’s that it is far easier to decline help than to ask for it. Show up with food. Collect photographs...

HEARDinLONDON
May 31, 2016


Where where you when you heard the news?
I feel like I am stealing from another woman in need. And why is that? Because I know there is just not enough for all...

HEARDinLONDON
Sep 29, 2014


The Tiniest Things
“Did you get any nice presents?” I asked.
“My cousin made me a bracelet” she said, pointing to jumble of loom bands proudly adorning her...

HEARDinLONDON
Sep 27, 2014


The Fall
For the next time around.
Welcome Autumn.
I am ready for you now.

HEARDinLONDON
Sep 26, 2014


I doth protest
Don’t go on a demonstration against conflict and then come and bitch to me about how much you hate that bloke at work.

HEARDinLONDON
Aug 9, 2014


In pursuit of happiness
Happiness is not something to pursue, it’s something to be, to listen to and to act upon.

HEARDinLONDON
Mar 7, 2014


Miscarriage - The Ultimate Conversation Stopper
I’ve just had a miscarriage.
It’s a real conversation stopper, I’ve found.

HEARDinLONDON
Jun 17, 2013
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