The Silent Grief at Work

The Silent Grief at Work

Inclusion is not only about who is in the room, but whose stories are given space to breathe. On 9 July 2025, I was invited by Clyde & Co to deliver a lunchtime session titled “The Silent Grief: Understanding and Supporting the Childless Not By Choice...
Reflections on the BICA 2025 Annual Conference

Reflections on the BICA 2025 Annual Conference

I arrived at Mary Ward House on Friday to the greeted by the hum of excited conversations. Though I missed the morning sessions, I stepped into a space already alive with shared purpose. This year’s British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA) conference was...
Embracing Life’s Imperfections

Embracing Life’s Imperfections

Kintsugi (Japanese: 金継ぎ, lit. ’golden joinery’), also known as kintsukuroi (金繕い, “golden repair”), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage...