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Writing and speaking about my life with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.
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Visible Vulnerability: 'Zines Forever! DIY Publishing and Disability Justice' At The Wellcome Collection
'Zines Forever! DIY Publishing and Disability Justice' , an exhibition at The Wellcome Collection curated by Dr Lea Cooper (artist and...
5 days ago


I’ve been journaling since I was 11. And I can’t stop.
It’s not that I can’t stop. It’s that I don’t want to stop. And why should I?! When I published a post about my lifelong love of...
Apr 5

Moderate, high & Extremely High! Knowing Your Signs of Stress
When I was in the planning stage of my reflective workbook (coming soon!), my publisher, JKP, sent me a few of their titles from their...
Apr 5

Friendship and the 'Moral Languages' of Therapy
'It's a toxic relationship', 'they are so insecure', 'that's so co-dependent', 'you have to have more boundaries'. The language of...
Mar 23

Tentative Thoughts on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
I get excited about ideas and possibilities a lot. Do you? Sometimes it feels like I'm too excited though, too overflowing with ideas and...
Mar 9

'Nearly a third of Adults not comfortable sharing a diagnosis with a friend. Here's Why I Share
A few things collided in my head last week. And that means I need to write about them. On the internet. For people like you to read....
Feb 27

Carpe Diem and Clarity. You've Been Great, 2024.
Evidently, I enjoy a little self-reflection (self-indulgence?). So I thought I would take a moment—with my cup of tea and what may be my...
Dec 31, 2024

Need for 'Certainty'. Need To Let It Go.
When I was nineteen I had a mental health crisis so serious that I physically broke down in the street and had to be semi-carried up a...
Dec 17, 2024

From Silence to Speaking: A (Hopeful) Look Inside My Sketchbooks
I wanted to share some snippets of pages from my notebooks and sketchbooks. Most of these pages are from 2017, around three years after I...
Dec 14, 2024

I Don't Run From those Vulnerable Parts of Me: How My Relationship Works
People with BPD— and those in romantic relationships with them— tend to be curious about other other people's relationships where BPD is...
Dec 10, 2024

Friendship By Letters: Why I Love Having a Penpal
If you haven't already noticed, two of my greatest loves in life are my friends and anything made of paper , so for me friendship by...
Dec 2, 2024

The Diagnosis Debate: Should The BPD Diagnosis Go?
I've had to grapple with how I feel about the BPD diagnosis over the years. In writing my second book, I've had to interrogate my...
Nov 29, 2024
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