Tag: Health
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Conversations with… Sarah Storton (Subject: Mental Health)
My friendship with Sarah was one of the only things to survive the end of my four year relationship with my ex other than my love for Dominos pizza. Whilst I still do really love Dominos, and believe me I do, I’ve got to admit that I love Sarah even more. Sarah has always been…
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Don’t leave me alone (I’m lonely)
When I worked on the tills at the local supermarket whilst I was at university, I would get the same customers coming to me every weekend. I worked a ten hour day on a Saturday and the only way to pass that time was to talk to people, so I did. I think I was…
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Keeping the dream alive
I was always writing when I was a child. Even if I wasn’t sat with a pen and paper, I was still inventing characters in my mind or describing tall tales to my friends on the playground. I’d spend my pocket money on new notebooks and fancy pens. I entered writing competitions and was successful.…
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Conversations with… Sarah Clarke
For most people, ‘Miss Honey’ is the character in Matilda that epitomises having a pure, loving and generous soul. She’s the kind of teacher that every child wishes they had been taught by – optimistic even in the darkest situations, patient even if someone is not getting fractions after the seventh lesson and so unbelievably…
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Conversations with… Sarah Clarke (Subject: Ectopic Pregnancy and Miscarriage)
For most people, ‘Miss Honey’ is the character in Matilda that epitomises having a pure, loving and generous soul. She’s the kind of teacher that every child wishes they had been taught by – optimistic even in the darkest situations, patient even if someone is not getting fractions after the seventh lesson and so unbelievably…
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Conversations with… Shannan Greenwood
When we think of organ donation, we think of books like ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, pleas from desperate parents of sick children going viral or how it creates great ethical debates. We rarely ever stop to think of the people and the stories behind the issue and how organ donation quite simply does change lives. I remember…
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Conversations with… Shannan Greenwood (Subject: Organ Donation)
When we think of organ donation, we think of books like ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, pleas from desperate parents of sick children going viral or how it creates great ethical debates. We rarely ever stop to think of the people and the stories behind the issue and how organ donation quite simply does change lives. I remember…
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Spotlighting: The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital
During my travels, I have been lucky enough to see many, many wonderful things but one of the things that has stuck with me with most is the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital. Established in 1973, the Koala Hospital is responsible for saving the lives of and rehabiliting hundreds of sick and injured koalas, most of…