Fear Is Not A Place I Call Home

Please be aware that the following blog mentions homophobia, transphobia and suicide ideation… Recently, Liverpool has been in the news for the wrong reasons. A spate of attacks against LGBTQIA+ people left people living in fear. Fortunately, Liverpool being the...

Get On Up

This week, our Claire has been for a walk… On Monday, I was walking home from the cinema when I fell over. After I’d got my breath back and cleaned my wounds with hand sanitiser, I got back on my feet and carried on my journey home. But imagine if...

Stepping Out

Our Claire has been expanding her horizons… This week I went to Manchester to see Grayson’s Art Club exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery. I’d been looking forward to it for ages but recent news about the Delta variant of COVID-19 taking hold in the...

Finding Freedom

Our Claire has been wondering where to go… The glorious weather at the weekend prompted me to think about holidays. However, a possible third wave of the pandemic on the way is making the future look uncertain again and then there’s the expense to factor...

Help Yourself!

Our Claire is thinking of herself… This week, the new COVID variant has been causing concern. For example, The Guardian reports that the ‘roadmap’ to opening up “could be knocked off track” by the variant. However, Sky News reports the...

Overcoming Anxiety

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. So, below, Claire writes more about her experiences with anxiety… As I wrote last week, I feel like I’m on top of my anxiety at the moment but that doesn’t mean it’s all plain sailing. For example, I...