It’s a platform to share the content I produce and celebrate the side hustle “passion” projects I can’t help but get involved in.

My area of focus is quite simple; the often not so pretty life experiences and situations that have affected me personally; ranging from the death of my mum when I was four in 1980 to the suicide of my 82-year-old dad in 2013, plus everything else in between and thereafter. Like, being a parent and navigating personal relationships.

I firmly believe in the power of honest conversations about difficult subjects for the greater good and breaking down unnecessary and unhelpful barriers. An injection of humour to proceedings, then even better.

I blog (subject-specific and diary-style), vlog, write for media and get invited to guest on podcasts and panel discussions. Oh, and when the mood takes me, I’m an enthusiastic social media commentator. I’ve always been a pretty open and “tell it like it is” kind of person, which is getting worse / better as I’ve got older (depending who’s judging).

I’m an alumni member of the charity Sounddelivery Media Spokesperson Network Programme, where I concentrated on amplifying my lived experience of suicide bereavement, providing (what I hope to be) an important voice for our growing community.

I’ve been proudly involved in various roles and projects in suicide alongside public and private sector partners since 2017 and peer supported hundreds of people similarly bereaved by suicide. I’ve amassed quite the collection, see below…..

For the record, practically no photos exist of me without my (prescription) sunglasses on.

Ellie x