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It's been a while, and it's been a weekkkk.

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Hello! It’s been a little while - my recent trip to Australia to spend time with my family turned into a much needed hiatus from work and writing here. I had planned to pop up a new post this week but my goodnessssss has it been a week.

Grief has reared its head again. Post holiday blues/homesickness as I arrived back in the UK; my first father’s day without my beloved dad; the reality of working in mental health hitting hard with the loss of another life due to suicide AND then…the Queen died (as most of you will well know) which for me was just the icing on the cake (a really shite flavoured cake!) of my first week back to work.

Whilst I would not call myself a royalist or a monarchist, the Queen’s death is rather symbolic of the fact that while we often take for granted consistency and continuity in our lives, it is indeed fleeting. Change is hard…and even though for most of us the Queen was merely a known public figure (and not a first or second degree relative), it can still be a bit mind boggling thinking about having to get used to saying ‘The King’ and not Queen…or seeing a man on a 10 pound/dollar note and not a woman…and for my UK pals (acknowledging the change in lyrics to the song that everyone has likely had to sing at one point or another during school assembly ‘God Save the Queen’).

All of this to say that this week has drained and ‘weirded out’ my brain and it’s a reminder that grief presents itself when it wants too and often in very strange and unexpected forms.

So, look after yourself and do drop me a message below if you want to share how you are feeling right now and/or your own experiences with changes, loss and grief.

I will be back more regularly from now on and also look forward to bringing you interviews with some lovely people soon,and hopefully also more audio content too!

Camilla x