Over the years, since I took early retirement when my beloved daughter Jay was very ill and in a life-threatening condition, I’ve spent much time writing… Teaching in early primary years, age 5 – 7, in…
Browsing Category Writing – non-fiction
My passion is writing in all forms of communication, including writing as therapy.
Carers Conference in London
Tomorrow I’m heading south to attend the 2017 National Carers Conference in Eating Disorders on Friday 23rd June – I’m looking forward to meeting up with home carers, possibly even some whom I met when…
Changes, changes – and plans
Great to look at the major change and new layout on my website – many thanks to George Baird for all his help and encouragement! And now for the challenge of getting used to all…
Exciting news – Routledge Featured Authors
Throughout my many years in teaching I enjoyed writing short stories and plays about all sorts of topics which came up in the classroom – and dreamed of having more time to write stories, plays,…
Practical workshops and presentations
Amazing how experience in one area of life can prove useful in a completely different situation… Following much experience working with children 5 – 12 years from a rich variety of backgrounds, through very tough…
Using rewards strategically
Life continues really busy as Janet Treasure, Anna Crane and I continue on revision of ‘Skills-based Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder’ – this morning I’ve been revising Chapter 9, hope to…
Recent developments…
Over the last weeks since my new book with Routledge was published, life has been very good, very interesting and very very busy! The Aberdeen launch at Waterstones went very well – great to hear…