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Eluded emotions

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In Sociopath,  confessions of a wife, mother and cat-choker having dark urges of stealing for thrills, joyrides, and gate-crashing at strangers’ funerals  – all a fascinating first-hand account of antisocial personality disorder. After the pencil attack she decided to steer clear of violence- not because she felt bad but because it attracted too much attention. She resolved  to finding ways of dealing with her anxiety that would allow her to fly beneath the radar. Named as the most anticipated book of 2024 by Vulture, LitHub, The Guardian, and Cosmopolitan. A fascinating and revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with … Continue reading Eluded emotions

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Attention, intention, imagination and emotion play in the storing of memories

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We talk about memory as a record of the past: but we aren’t supposed to remember everything. In fact, we’re designed to forget. We talk about memory as a record of the past, over the course of twenty-five years, eminent neuroscientist, Charan Ranganath, director of the Memory amen Plasticity Program at the University of California, Davis, studied the seemingly selective and unreliable nature of human memory to find that our brains haven’t evolved to keep a comprehensive record of events, but to extract the information needed to guide our futures. Why We Remember, unveils the principles behind what and why … Continue reading Attention, intention, imagination and emotion play in the storing of memories

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Don’t ever give up!

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Ealing-born Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE, an English actor, comedian and television presenter, gained notoriety as performer for his BBC Two sketch comedy series Goodness Gracious Me, EastEnders and The Kumar’s at No.42, also became Chancellor of the University of Sussex. The University awarded him with a surprise honorary degree to acknowledge his enormous contribution to Sussex, this year marked the Winter graduation yesterday. In his inspirational speech attended by graduates and their parents, we urged students not to give up in life, citing his own experience when he attempted to enrol for Sussex University he was did not make it as … Continue reading Don’t ever give up!

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Creative benefits of insomnia where you could lose yourself

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The night self is creative, curious, vulnerable, enchanted and courageous. In the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs in the aftermath of her father’s death, not long after Abbs stepfather had also passed away  in a nursing home where not visiting was possible thanks to Covid restrictions.  This double bereavement in a  dreadful time.,. and her wild  monstrous grief rendered her sleepless. As the night transformed into a place of creativity and liberation, Annabel found she wasn’t alone, women have long found sanctuary, inspiration and courage in darkness. As long nights bore down, Abby began to discover a strange new freedom, … Continue reading Creative benefits of insomnia where you could lose yourself