Always start with loving yourself first that way you can share your love with others easier, that’s the theory anyway but it’s hard giving your love to others after a life time with one person. I think it’s time for me to learn the craft.

I’ve been sharing my home as an Airbnb Superhost for the last 18 months, now I’m planning to take things forward to offer a space for people who’ve lost someone special either through grief or separation. My Solo Adventurer Experiences will be exclusive and available on Eventbrite.

Everything we experience in life involves some kind of loss. When you have friends over for dinner and they leave or when my candle started to sputter and I realised I'd have to move on, get a new one. Change and loss is inevitable, how you handle it, is your choice

I signed up for an Eventbrite Pub Crawl on Saturday night but when I got there dressed in purple, I didn't see anyone else wearing that colour. A marketing ploy by the Drinks Industry to get people to visit their local pubs? Maybe.

I love New Years Eve but this year I decided to go to the pub on my own. Disaster? Well plenty of learning for sure

When St Elizabeth’s Hospice asked me to help Phil Wix promote his pop-up shop to sell his wife’s designer clothes, I jumped at the chance. I also know how important it is to raise money for the hospice as they only receive a small fraction of money from the government, the rest comes from donations.

A whole month alcohol free plus 31 days of activity part of Suffolk Mind’s #redjanuary. Watch out February, here I come

Thanks to Andy Cope and Gavin Oates for this idea "See the things that happen to you as interesting plot twists, weave them into the story of your life rather than talk about the disaster, the dramas that turn you into one of life’s victims"

I love going to festivals, Steve and I went to WOMAD every year. This year I decided to go to Folk East on my own. This is what happened.

The first year is by far the hardest but in the second year, the cloud around you thins and you begin to make sense of this different life you’re leading

Going out on your own after a bereavement is no walk in the park. Check out #MeetpMondays as a great way to meet new friends over a cup of coffee

A useful strategy if you hate spiders

I loved the island of Sicily, the food, the people and the climate. I can’t wait to return

It’s hard to cook for one but making smoothies and cooking enough food to last a few meals helped me