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Language and Belonging
How you speak, how you look, and what you're called all affect how you are perceived
Sharing The Load
Friends and family supporting those with health issues
Open To Change
Adopting a child, letting go of religion and moving on after bankruptcy
Inspirational Others
Finding the person who helps you realise your potential
Support When Needed
Either during or after birth, or at primary school
Getting Through It
Surviving marriage breakdown and a bombing
Artistic Inspiration
The expansiveness of art
Lifeboatmen
They risk their lives for those in peril at sea
Family Influences
In poetry, in jazz, or in the lasting impact of children - however young - on parents
Doctors and Nurses
The stresses and the rewards of a career in the NHS
Health Care
Needles may hurt, but treatment is still a lot less painful than it was before the NHS
My Special Brother
Three brothers with special needs and a huge capacity for joy and enthusiasm
A Certain Stage in Life
Accepting what you can't change later in life, and getting on with what you can change.
Being Who You Are
Challenging stereotypes and standing tall
Losing Loved Ones
Whether to a long, slow decline, or to a shockingly sudden death
Someone To Turn To
Whether it's a mentor or a long-standing friend, we all need somebody
Making the Best of Things
Whether it's a liver transplant, a wheelchair, or a son with unusual interests
Making a Difference
Through learning, belly-dancing, or donating sperm
Aging Gracefully
As friends, as grandparents, or as ghosts in the mirror
Changed by Loss
The impact of sudden death or suicide on those left behind.
Not Conforming To The Norm
The experience of having dyslexia or a cleft palate, or being unable to breast feed.
A Male Perspective
On cricket, on divorce, and on starting a curry restaurant
Women and Identity
Whether it's being Vietnamese, a baptised Sikh, or an unwavering feminist
Life is Finite
Reflections on the death of parents and on getting older.
Writing, Reading and Speaking
Conversations about the power of the spoken and written word
The Positive Power of Change
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