The pain of grief might be an excruciating, indescribable agony. The silence of absence deafening. But grief doesn't always visit like that. Sometimes it looks like carrying on as normal. Going to work. Making dinner. Replying to messages like everything is fine. Sometimes it looks like feeling nothing at all. Numb, Flat, Disconnected. A deep depression that makes nothing worthwhile. Sometimes it shows up as irritability. Exhaustion. Brain fog. Or finding it hard to care abo

I first learned about mindfulness when I was struggling with my own mental health over a decade ago, and read a self help book by Ruby Wax. She's written quite a few now & I honestly can't remember which one it was, though the mindfulness bit is something that really stuck with me. As well as being a famous comedian she gained a masters degree from Oxford in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy back in 2013, and I went to see her give a talk at Wakefield Theatre at some poin