Episode Forty One: The Last of the Letters

Hi friends,

If you’re new here (hi!) on Wednesdays, I release a brand new audio episode plus behind-the-scenes bits from my memoir, Held in Mind, for the Membership. It asks some big questions: in the absence of a ‘well’ mother, is it ever possible to become a 'good enough’ one yourself? Can the cycle of intergenerational maternal trauma be broken?

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• the complete archive;

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One of Helen’s final letters to Tom

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