Helen Victoria
Rewrite Your Story, Change Your Future.
As I write this post, I am sitting under the layers of several jumpers that I have hurriedly unpacked from the moving boxes we brought...
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Helen Victoria
- Feb 5, 2021
- 4 min
Safe in Love? The Dating Red Flags I Wish I Knew.
Hello, world. Thank-you for joining me here. It has been a few months since I last wrote a blog entry and what a few months it has been...
Helen Victoria
- Aug 26, 2020
- 4 min
Q&A : Spotting The Signs of Toxic Relationships.
How can I tell if what I am experiencing 'counts' as abuse? What are the key signs to look for? Those answers and more.
Helen Victoria
- Jul 24, 2020
- 4 min
You Are Not Your Anxiety - From An Anxious Dancer.
They see an ex-circus aerialist and dancer who still loves to perform.They don’t see the girl who talks to her reflection before meetings.
Helen Victoria
- Apr 22, 2020
- 3 min
Consider This Article Your Permission To Stop Chasing Lockdown Goals.
Consider this post your written permission to stop chasing the summer body that social media keeps taunting you about.
Helen Victoria
- Mar 19, 2020
- 3 min
Keeping Love Healthy While In 'Covid Quarantine' - easy ways to survive working from home.
Sharing space with a loved one during the corona outbreak takes some configuring - but it can be positive. It just needs a little handling!
Helen Victoria
- Mar 5, 2020
- 3 min
Realising a Dream - The News Is Out! #ChurchillFellows2020
I applied to the WCMT to travel abroad to research using education as a tool in abuse prevention 9 months ago - and the news is finally out!
Helen Victoria
- Feb 24, 2020
- 3 min
GUEST POST : Lena Stawicka explains 'I Miss You'.
I believe that friendship and true love can survive any test of distance; take it from a girl who manages it all the way from Antarctica!
Helen Victoria
- Feb 7, 2020
- 3 min
1 Year, 1 Date a Week - 5 Red Flags I Learned To Look For.
For one year I went on regular first dates with new people. Occasionally, I saw someone more than the once. But often one date was enough!
Helen Victoria
- Jan 15, 2020
- 4 min
Endometriosis, Winston Churchill & a healing ballet dancer.
The NHS could not offer me the operation I needed to remove the cyst and the endometriosis tissues that gripped my organs. What could I do?
Helen Victoria
- Dec 29, 2019
- 3 min
Don't seem the type? None of us are. And here's why.
“You just don’t seem the type. You seem so…”
That sentence usually trails off, unfinished. I always wonder what it might be.
Helen Victoria
- Nov 21, 2019
- 3 min
7 Signs of a Healthy Relationship.
In an age of technology based disconnect, can we really afford not to take care of our relationships?
Helen Victoria
- Oct 14, 2019
- 3 min
What BDSM couples have to teach us - and why we should be listening.
I had barely stepped into the world of BDSM in my research, before I discovered how far incorrect I had been in my assumptions.
Helen Victoria
- Aug 26, 2019
- 3 min
'Sorting Tea Leaves' - how to spot the signs of a healthy relationship.
One of the key elements that keeps abuse victims trapped is a gaslit fuelled sense of confusion, leaving victims with powerful self doubt.
Helen Victoria
- Aug 9, 2019
- 4 min
Cheating, Confusion and Heartache - how 'Love Island' could be the key to our best relationships.
My stubborn ‘I don’t watch it because I value young people’ rhetoric had unseen implications that meant I was missing a blatant opportunity.
Helen Victoria
- Aug 2, 2019
- 3 min
When is it OK to harm your wife? Annually, according to Russian law. #янехотелаумирать
In February 2017, Russia decriminalised many forms of domestic abuse. Yes, that’s right; Russia said abuse was to be lawfully acceptable.
Helen Victoria
- Jun 18, 2019
- 3 min
Lost your path? How going a little wild might help you find your way.
Welcome back, readers! This month has been filled with writing endless new chapters for the LL book, which has taken up most of my...
Helen Victoria
- May 12, 2019
- 3 min
'50 First Dates' - How to date safely online in 2019.
Underneath it all, under the surface of holes in the road - is love enough, to solve our concerns and needs? Can love fill our bellies,...
Helen Victoria
- May 12, 2019
- 3 min
"She got off the train"...and so can you.
There's no reason why changing the tracks is impossible. In fact, it might be the best decision you can make for yourself. Here's how.
Helen Victoria
- May 12, 2019
- 7 min
#YouToo? 5 Questions to ask yourself.
A little while ago, I wrote an article about the ‘Me Too’ campaign. It explored what the term meant at that moment in time, as well as my...