"You make your own luck" Ernest Hemingway

I have always considered myself to be extremely lucky.

Don't get me wrong, I've never won a competition in my life, I've never had a single lottery number come up, I miss trains within a whisper on a daily basis, I get caught in...

So it's a lock down. The majority of the UK along with the world are confined to their homes, apart from their one walk or grocery shop. It is an uncertain time for everyone. Financially everyone will be impacted by COVID-19. Emotionally everyone is affected by the hug...

Okay this is the BIG one - it is both big in size (sorry!) and subject matter. (It's so big I couldn't even think of a witty title). It is the blog I have been meaning to write since I was diagnosed, as 'Anxiety' is such a big part of my journey. However it's taken me...

As part of our PGD journey I discovered that I had a cyst on my ovary. This is very common for a lot of women but perhaps what isn't so common was the speed in which it was acted upon. In fact so often it is not acted upon at all but I assumed because of the journey I...

They say you should never look too far in to the future.  I don't know whether they say this to prevent disappointment, as it will never look like you thought it would? Perhaps more so, it is to remind you to remain present, live in the moment and enjoy what you've got...

It's been a while since I've recorded any vlogs and my blogs have been few and far between. I could make excuses about how busy I have been, which is true, but the real truth of the matter is that when I began TBGO I was at the very beginning of my journey, just a few...

 Lynsey Hope wrote a fabulous article on behalf of British Heart Foundation for The Sun Newspaper aimed at raising awareness of women living with heart conditions, including myself, read the article here.

We are made up of over 20,000 genes.  They are our very own, very unique blueprint. Every now and then a gene can contain a change, like a spelling mistake, that alters the gene message and thus a faulty gene is born.

On 21st May 2018 (Just over a ye...

Last week was a great week for us as BBC London did a feature on my story to try and raise awareness on undiagnosed heart conditions in young people in London.  The story featured online, on TV and radio.  If you missed it you can check it out here.

I then went BBC...

Almost 19 months on from my diagnosis and life is seemingly the most back to normal it has been. I have just returned from performing at Edinburgh festival, like I have done almost every year since 2007.

But, this year was different as my life is now different and...