Prefer to listen instead of read? Listen now, or download for later. Our bodies are incredibly good at communicating to us, if we’d only listen! Many years ago, I was standing in for a colleague in a rheumatology clinic. A young woman, whom I’d never met before, came in to see me. She’d been diagnosed with an inflammatory joint problem. I found out a bit about her and then took a look at her, but something wasn’t sitting right with me. It wasn’t making sense: a young woman with joint pain?...

Prefer to listen instead of read? Listen now, or download for later. I found myself being drawn to writing these distressing thoughts down on paper. I had subconsciously left an A4 notepad on the dining table. When these thoughts started to bubble up, I’d sit at the table and scribble them all down. In a funny sort of way, I found it cathartic. And when I read it back, I saw those thoughts I’d written down from a different perspective. They often felt banal and less intense. Looking back all...

Prefer to listen instead of read? Listen now, or download for later. Are there aspects about “you” that you just can’t fathom out? Maybe there are situations or behaviours in yourself you don’t quite understand, and you can’t put your finger on why. They should feel normal, because everyone else seems to be ok, yet you feel a subtle discomfort. Or maybe you are driven to behave in a certain way because that feels normal, but reflecting later, it may have ruffled others. And then there are...