The characters in my upcoming novel Soul Traffic have been living in my head for a few years now. From time to time, I would write a chapter or jot down an idea, but mostly I just thought about them. These children haunted me. They told me their stories. Over time, they developed into fully formed characters that rarely left my mind. Leyla was sex trafficked to the UK as a child. She has no documents, no knowledge of her country of origin, nationality, culture or ethnicity. A

“Suddenly, everything was as clear as the dawning day. In taking away my old life, Serkan had unwittingly given me a new one. For the first time in my life, I had nowhere to go, no one to answer to, and nowhere to be. My future stretched in front of me like a blank page. I could start again,” Excerpt from The Other Side of Fear It was 10 years ago today that my life changed forever. On January 1 st , 2016, I fled my violent ex-husband in fear for my life, leaving behind t

When I watched the incredible series, The Handmaid’s Tale , there was one character that I despised on a visceral level. Not Fred Waterford or any of the other commanders who viewed women as property to be used, brutalised and discarded at will. Not Nick, who professed his undying love for June before betraying her to save his career. Not even Serena, who, though abhorrent in the early seasons, at least showed some remorse and tried to make amends towards the end. It was Aunt

The thing that surprised me the most about trauma is that most of it isn’t in the mind. It is in the body. For years, I thought I was...

Of the many messages I receive, there is one question that comes up again and again. What happened next? As my book, The Other Side of...

I recently read a Facebook post written by a single woman who has given up on dating. Not because she hates men, or is bitter, or doesn’t...

Looking back, the red flags were there all along. The charm, the love bombing, the moving too fast, the subtle attempts to manipulate and devalue. To erode my sense of self and make me question my worth.

Such attitudes and behaviours include misogyny, discrimination, homophobia, aggression, domination, control, and emotional suppression

Parental alienation occurs when a child refuses to have a relationship with a parent due to manipulation.

Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change

Like many forms of domestic abuse, I had never heard the term “coercive sex.” It isn’t something we are educated about or talk about openly

Narcissists often target empaths because empaths tend to see the best in people, forgive quickly, and are easy to control and manipulate.

Culture is difficult to define, yet it is probably the single most significant factor in who we are, and how we think and behave.

Today, I want to talk about dreams. Big dreams.