I feel there is something slightly strange about this whole process. You’re trying to get a sense of a real person from a few paragraphs on a screen. And writing this, I wonder too — how do I show who I am from a page? A website can tell you about qualifications, approaches, and experience, but it can’t fully show what it feels like to work together. Whether you’ll feel understood. Whether you’ll feel at ease. Whether you’ll feel able to be yourself. So I guess, sometimes the

I don't know why - it happens every year. BUT - it alw ays surprises me how quickly Valentine’s Day seems to arrive after Christmas. One minute it's December — there may be plans, expectations or pressure to buy presents, food, family commitments, thoughts about finances, pressure to make things feel special — and before we’ve really had time to catch our breath, the shops and social media are full of hearts and reminders about romance and grand gestures. And with it can co