Loneliness and isolation are two very different things. You can be isolated but never feel lonely and likewise you can be in a room full of people and still feel lonely.   Loneliness tends to be an individual feeling and is more about how someone feels about...

On the Make Me A Plan blog, we like to be chipper and upbeat. But there are subjects we have to look at that might not have such a positive feel to them.  So plantasitic people, in this blog we will be looking at the subject of bad reviews.    Now, this can...

This month, our website turns 3 and this Philosopher-In-Residence is eager to mark the occasion in true Make Me A Plan fashion. Duly, this fortnight’s blog is based around one of my favourite philosopher’s musings from each of those three years we have been...

Intimacy, for some of us it comes easily and for others it is a really difficult concept to grasp. After all, to be intimate is to be vulnerable and is the security that comes from allowing ourselves to be vulnerable. To allow others close to us and to truly see and accept...

Finally, after five years – the greatest show on earth is underway! Of course I am talking about the Olympics in Japan. Tokyo 2020 has had a lot to contend with to actually get off the ground and create a stage for the greatest athletes on the planet to...