A feminist pushback against global f*ckery.

Helping you navigate the news. Sense over sensation.

Stories from the lives of women (including my own) told through creative non-fiction. Plus, book and podcast recommendations.

Social commentary and essays from career to mental wellbeing, capturing the general WTF of life and topical news, by award-winning author, former HuffPost Exec editor and lifter of heavy weights, Poorna Bell.

Explorations of heartbreak and how to heal it - the trite, the absurd, and the profound (maybe).

Writing the in-betweens of life. Words from the experiences of miscarriage, IVF, pregnancy after loss, eventual motherhood & the joy of creative self-expression. Poetry, essays, memoir & anything worth sharing :)

My weekly post - Receipt from the Bookshop - is written in real time from my award-winning independent bookshop in St. Annes-on-Sea, UK. Paid subscribers also get an additional weekly essay/book review and access to my book club.

Reflections on discovering peace and joy following loss, from both chairs in the therapy room.

Reading in the margins of motherhood. Succinct book reviews for busy parents.

Pregnancy Loss

The bi-monthly book recommendation newsletter.

Notes and updates from Miranda Ward.

Life. Love. Self-help.