... within every form of oppression lies the seeds of liberation.

We accept there's an emotional aspect to life. But we're not very developed in our ways of understanding it.

No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.

Beauty has been democratised. No longer the preserve of movie stars and models but available to all. But while the invitation to beauty is welcomed, it has become not so much an option as an imperative.

I thought of the analyst Winnicott's observation: 'It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found'.

From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting.

The parents' job is to be there for their kids, not the other way round. Troubles between parents need to be talked through with friends and not visited on the children.