A Saturday morning in September ...
***Trigger warning - this blog touches on suicide*** Here we are, in early September in the UK. It's a lovely day, with that gentle...
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joannaburridge
- Jul 7
- 3 min
Do you know who the Prime Minister is?
As I write this, on July 7th 2022, the current Prime Minister has resigned. It's a bit debatable when he is actually leaving, but he is...
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joannaburridge
- Mar 26
- 3 min
On Mothering Sunday...mothering/smothering...what the heck is it all about anyway?
If you're in the UK, this year Mothering Sunday falls on 27th March. Mothering Sunday has different origins than Mother's Day (which is...
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joannaburridge
- Jan 8
- 3 min
Putting Christmas back in the box...
I've spent some time today taking down the Christmas decorations. (technically I know they are supposed to be down by the 6th of January,...
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joannaburridge
- Dec 29, 2021
- 6 min
Powering through the festivities?
I contributed the article below to the Patient Access App, so you may have seen it already. If not, I'm hoping that this article might be...
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joannaburridge
- Dec 29, 2021
- 5 min
Getting ready to Hootenanny?
As the bongs of Big Ben draw nearer, Jools Holland gets ready to Hootenanny and Trafalgar Square gets ready to stream the alternative...
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joannaburridge
- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
World Mental Health Day? What's that all about then?
That's a good question. It's all over social media at the moment, with lots of hashtags and various images (some of which I'll be sharing...
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joannaburridge
- Aug 3, 2021
- 2 min
Seize the day...and smell the coffee !
Or maybe that should be re titled as 'Seize the day...and taste the blackberry!'... So this morning I started my day earlier than usual....
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joannaburridge
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
But you look so well!!...
https://unsplash.com/photos/QDq3YliZg48?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink I'm sure we have all heard...
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joannaburridge
- Feb 7, 2019
- 1 min
Time to talk...
So today is known as 'Time to talk' day. This is promoted by many organisations, notably including 'Time to Change' and one of the key...
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joannaburridge
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min
"It's the most wonderful time of the year..."
Because after all, we're all "Simply having a wonderful Christmas time", right? Hmmm....maybe not. Some people will have a truly lovely...
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joannaburridge
- Oct 28, 2018
- 1 min
Time travelling...
If you're reading this in the U.K. at 2 am this morning, British Summer time ended, and we all went back in time an hour. I'm wondering...
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