Why My Open Relationship Didn’t Work
I’ve lost count of the amount of clients I have seen that have told me their open relationship didn’t work. We just couldn’t agree on boundaries… She wanted it more...
I got flowers today
By Danielle Davis
Finding Your Authentic Self After Abuse
It seems like every time I take a break from this blog, I am eventually pulled back. I open my phone, and on social media I hear the words ‘be...
Non-Monogamy… Is It Worth It?
Francis and Matt are a married couple in their early 40’s, they’ve been together for 17 years, have a 15 year old son, and a 9 year old daughter. Francis...
Knock Knock. Who’s There? Consent. Consent, Who?
Giles 34 and Rebecca 25, are a newly engaged couple. Giles runs his own successful business, and Rebecca is a secretary for a small firm. Their relationship has always been...
Hands Up - Who Needs Sex…?
Priya and Andrew are a couple that attended the club most weekends. Probably one of the nicest couples I had the pleasure of meeting there. They are in their late...
My Advice? Boundaries, Every Time
The term ‘bunny in headlights’ could never be more apt when describing ’newbies’ as we used to call them, when they first visited the club. Wide eyed and visibly nervous,...
Open Or Closed?
Well most of us are fascinated by it, so why the mystery, why the secrecy, why the ‘oh my god… you never guess what I heard about Jenny…’ Jenny is...
Let’s Talk About Sex
I’ve wanted to start this blog for so long now, I don’t know how long it’s been. I’ve been putting it off because I haven’t really known where to begin. I...
Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones, But Words Will Never Harm Me. Ummm Okay…
It’s funny, I’ve been stewing on this now for over a week. This weird uneasy feeling nestled into my stomach. It’s a feeling I’ve not experienced for a while, but...
A Decade Of Freedom: Surviving The Aftermath Of Domestic Abuse
This week will be one that will forever be etched into my memory. The date is Monday 19th July 2010 and I am talking to my mum and dad on...
Oh To Be Young, And In Love
Did you know, the most recent crime survey for England and Wales found that 12.6% of girls aged 16-19 experienced domestic abuse in the past year, and 6.6% of boys....
Domestic Abuse & The Family Courts: A Survivors Side Of The Story
I’ll never forget the way I felt every time I sat on the train making my way into London for a court hearing. A cold dread creeping into my guts,...
Running From Domestic Abuse: Finding Refuge
As I walked in to the office for my first day at my new job as a refuge worker last Monday, a job I have thought about applying for many times...
Are you OK?
As I hit publish and sent my first book out into the world two months ago, never did I think a couple of weeks later we would all be in...
New Endings
It’s been almost two years since I first started my blog, and today with this, my twentieth post, I will finish it. Two years ago my head and heart felt...
A TRUE STORY OF LOVE AND FEAR
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