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Daffodils are everywhere at the moment. Their golden heads bop away with every

Today is a day dedicated, by those of us who work in the arena of sexual violence, to acknowledging the specific harms of sexual abuse by a sibling.

Convicted sex offender Bill Kenneally is back in the news again, because –

Nigel Brendan Talbot was my eldest brother. A year ago today (November 2nd),

As I mentioned here a few months ago, I was diagnosed with ADHD

‘When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as

The following words were written by a friend of mine, who is Iranian.

Last week, I wrote about grief, and about how I do not believe

For many reasons, I’ve been thinking a lot about grief recently. Well, when

In the interests of full disclosure, I was a See Change Ambassador when

This week, I’m talking to Niamh Ní Chonchubhair on the Woman Up! podcast.

Were you parentified when you were a child? By that, I mean were

Nine year old me is thrilled with herself. Forty years ago, I dreamed

Amid all the chatter on- and off-line around ‘reaching out’; acknowledging that

Content Warning: Child Sexual Abuse, Trauma, In my work with people