Category: Family
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Being a Mother
Well, it’s been a moment between blogs. I’ve been pondering on writing a blog about mothering for some time and it’s apt with Mother’s Day this weekend to pen some things I’ve been feeling to write about. Since my last blog writing I have become a mother twice over. Becoming a mother can be a…
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Gillick Competence
Earlier this year I was invited to speak on a panel at a forum on the topic of Gillick Competence. For those unaware, Gillick competence is a legal framework used to decide if a young person (usually under the age of 16) has the capacity to consent to medical treatment or not. Interestingly, this…
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Competition – How is it affecting Our Health?
There is a phrase common to us in society that talks about ‘healthy competition’. What is this competition though, and how is it truly affecting our health? Competition works towards an outcome where we are deemed better or worse than another, and in observation of society, it is everywhere. When we are born we…