I used to sit on the sidelines - Top Sante

Kirsty is one inspirational powerhouse - just look at her transformation! Now, she's challenging herself to conquer the pull-up and she runs a Friday night running club, building a community of like-minded running fans. If you've set yourself a resolution to get into shape in 2020, read Kirsty's story! Out now in Top Sante.

Woman Are Doing Wonderful Things - My Weekly

This is the inspirational story of photographer Jo-Anne, who travels the world to find women rescuing animals. What a beautiful project she has undertaken, shining a light on some of the most altruistic, hard-working women working on the front line of animal rescue. I love her! It was an honour to write about Jo - you can see more of her work by following Unbound.

Superheroes - Take a Break

Happy New Year! Here's a glorious story to start the year off with a smile. These beautiful children all have Down's syndrome and their parents shared their stories in Take a Break to remind the world Down's syndrome is not a curse or a condition that needs eradicating. It's a super power! Out now in the Take a Break January special.

My Advent Calendar - Notebook

I absolutely loved working with Kristina on this feature. She had an idea to create an advent calendar with a charity twist - behind every door is a 50p contribution to a charity. The premise supports 24 incredible charities, all carefully selected by Kristina and covering good causes in various areas, from children in need to animals in need and everything in between.

Toddler's Tantrums - Bella

If only there were just tantrums... poor Grace was dismissed by GPs as going through a 'tantrum phase'. Sadly, what her change of behaviour actually revealed was the utterly devastating Batten's disease. Mum Izabela shares her story in Bella magazine this week. It's heartbreaking, but if her drug trial starts soon they hope to ward off and delay the onset of the debilitating symptoms.

My partner stabbed me 24 times - Closer

What happened to Natalie is unfathomable. You may have read about her in the papers back on that fateful day and in the weeks and months that followed. We were a nation unable to believe her own partner, the father of her unborn child, could have done what he did. But, he did. And that's something Natalie had to come to terms with and move on from.