For Our Babies Friends who are Fathers speak glowingly of how their child sparked an energy within they never knew existed. Many Mothers have also shared stories with me of babies that left this world too soon. In all these conversations, the one common thread that continues to bewilder and inspire me is love. How … Continue reading For Our Babies community campaign
All too often do I feel like my voice is the only one acknowledging + championing the need to heed the emotions, the wider human experience, of people in healthcare. ALL people, be it workers, patients, friends, families, bystanders. Yet last week I found myself in the rare, yet inspiring and reaffirming, space of hearing … Continue reading Annual Birth Trauma Summit: my 7 take aways
How ironic is it that seeing beauty in people can make you blind
So often do we yearn to share when simply knowing must suffice
Don't be bemused when I refuse to defuse and cut loose the muse that leaves me confused: nothing else makes more sense
What did you think when you first saw the photo above? Factually speaking we have 3 people weaving a colourful bracelet in a warehouse. What do I see, and feel? Love. Beauty. Humanity. Community + Family. Hope. Read on until the end of this article and you will understand why. SYMBOLIC As I stood back … Continue reading Calais
THE SOCIAL Call it nature, call it nurture, or an interplay of both, but we all behave differently around different people, in different spaces + places. To what extent and how varies between individuals. Why do we do this? Mobility. Now there are many definitions and typologies of mobility, but I'm going to frame it … Continue reading Filters (for life)
This was written around September 2023, on the cusp of autumn. For some reason, I didn't feel ready to publish. Something was missing with the article, or myself. With minor tweaks it reads well + is a great reminder of my energy coming into this winter. FOLLOW-UP I initially titled this REBOOT! a year on … Continue reading Spring Clean, Summer Cleanse
I can't remember the last full weekend I had completely off, to myself, where I was free to do what I liked. I want to reflect, I want to write. So much has happened since I wrote about my stunning stint in CHUB 8 months ago (read more). Despite it being my last entry, I've … Continue reading Check-in: Calais to Eryri
OVERVIEW I re-joined London Ambulance Service (LAS) in November 2022 to work in their Clinical Hub (CHUB), which is part of their control room known as the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). As a Clinical Advisor Paramedic I performed telephone triage and clinical assessments of 999 and 111 calls assorted by Emergency Call Handlers to help … Continue reading London Ambulance Service, Clinical Hub (LAS CHUB): C2 Validation Pilot
Another live webinar, more great feedback from attendees, further impact made. I should be pleased right? I hosted + presented an hour long session with the College of Paramedics on Monday 30th January 2023 to a live online audience. I was punctual, professional, and a lot of the feedback received labelled the content powerful. But … Continue reading The Elephant on the Road: Emotions in Paramedic Practice
An ethereal + instinctive intimate connection that adorns you, melting two into one with pleasure + passion glowing with enduring warmth November 2022
OVERVIEW I signed up for this symposium as I was curious. Conversations around the mental health and ‘wellbeing’ of staff have grown in recent years, but what do these involve? What do these concepts mean amongst the emergency services? What issues and challenges have been identified? What is being done to address them? Moreover, what … Continue reading Emergency Services Mental Health Symposium 2022
Levitate together why Elevate on your own when we can November 2022
Melodies resonate with colours + textures when we dance to our own drum June 2018
Your world is your theatre, let your instincts run wild, centre stage August 2018
I love you for who you are, what you mean to me, and the world we continue to create and share May 2019
I walk in the rain to know the weight of my pain when I feel numb
I shared shards into my soul, to help her become whole, but all she did was shatter them and make me feel small
H2Mo Hey was hope you good, your probs really busy with studies, so hope your okay, I broke, I broke up with my gf just to let you know, not really in the mood for talking about it but, miss you loads braah salaam 🙂 Wass Life can move fast but we slow down for … Continue reading H2Mo
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