I’m going to set the scene for you. It’s a generic family gathering of sufficient scale for all the gang to be gathered together around the table, already stuffed with food and spoiling for a bit of gossip.

A quick PSA to those of you out there suffering awkwardly through Fathers’ day with the conspicuous absence of … well, a father.

There are so many self care or self-help books out there that operate under the guise of improving us.

I mean it! You might think my headline was joking. But our pal Colin has played a lot of parts in his life, there’s plenty to go around.

When society looks at women they shape up for a war on imperfections

Right, don’t worry lads, that’s the last exclusionary sports references of the article. It’s all plain sailing from here.

This may feel like it’s coming from somewhere out of the left field to those of you who know me.

I’m not going to lie, this is a heavy one. And it’s all too relatable for too many of us out there.

Brene Brown is one of the most amazing women on the planet, a New York Times bestselling author and a research professor at the University of Houston.

What to do when you turn eighteen. That’s a big question. It also is a very subjective question.

Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, we’re going to spill some tea on relationships.

I know that the arts students get a lot of stick about their lack of employment opportunities, and the science and engineering students fight it out amongst themselves about who is the most martyred.

I hope you never rush to do something now what should have been your later, just because you are following the crowd.

I hope no one clicked on this article without every intention of being validated to within an inch of their life.

Millennials are in a constant battle with themselves, their emotions, ambitions expectations and decisions.

That’s not how it works. We aren’t pretty one day and suddenly have value, simply because we finally grew into our dorky looks.

This should come as no surprise to any of us. In each of our minds is a long list of unfulfilled wishes. At any given time, there is a bunch of things you wish you could accomplish to become a more awesome version of yourself.

When you were a child you always dreamed of being a nurse. You would bandage all your bears and pretend to give them shots.

There is something I have discovered. No matter who lets me down, God always lifts me up. Actually, to be honest, He does more than that. He more than makes up for the disappointments life throws my way.

I know how life gets. Seriously, I do. I know the ups and the downs and the hills and the valleys better than most. It’s one of the pitfalls of being a chronic overthinker and general ‘spiraller’. We don’t love that for me, frankly.