Journalism
I've been a journalist for 26 years and I love my job - I love chatting to people and hearing about their lives and I love writing.
I freelance for national newspapers such as the Daily Express, the Sunday Express and the Daily Telegraph, covering health, parenting, dieting and relationships. I also write human interest features for magazines.
My work has appeared in Woman, Woman's Own, SHE, Best, Bella, The Mirror, The People, That's Life, Pick Me Up, Yours and Love It. I was acting Parenting Editor for the Sunday Express in 2007 and a columnist for Running Free over the last year.
No two days are the same in my job and I love that. I can be at a workshop learning how to stop myself eating chocolate one day, then doing the most harrowing heartbreaking interview the next. One of these was with Joy Cleightonhills whose son Kevin was left brain damaged after an accident at work.
I also get to do some travel writing which means reviewing hotels and sampling holidays - a dream job for any Sagittarian. I've become a contributor to worldreviewer.com, a great travel website which seems to have something on everywhere in the world. Sadly not all from me, but not for want of trying!
Online
- "I've finally beaten the body bullies", Daily Express, 10/11/2011
- "Gallop to success with the horse whisperer", Gulf News, 04/11/2011
- "The son I used to know is gone forever", Daily Express, 14/07/2011
- "Get fit for your body shape", Daily Mirror, 21/03/2011
- "Teenage suicide: a web of despair", Daily Telegraph, 15/05/2010
- "Wave goodbye to bad clutter habits forever", Daily Express, 19/10/2009
- "Inspiring man who ran off 15st", Sunday Express, 27/09/2009
- "How I made it as a credit crunch cook", Daily Express, 27/08/2009
- "How a brain trainer can change your life", Daily Express, 20/04/2009
- "Moving? Child's play", Daily Telegraph Weekend section, 13/09/2008
- "Island holidays", The Northern Echo, 02/02/2008
- "Life coaches: A guide in the field of dreams", Daily Telegraph, 29/12/2007
- "Our husbands had never seen us slim", Daily Express, 19/11/2007
- "Monkey business", The Northern Echo, 27/01/2007
Offline
- "Break that clutter cycle", Daily Express, 09/02/2009
- "When it comes to giving gifts to children, less is more", Sunday Express, 18/03/2007
- "Could text-speak really spell the end for good grammar?", Sunday Express, 11/03/2007
- "Licensed to thrill", Sunday Express, 02/01/2005