The Listening Project

The experience of teaching, past and present.

Conversations about the choices involved in choosing our career paths

Honest conversations about relationships, pets, football and gardening

Death cannot be avoided and should be talked about.

Being adopted, adopting, and having a younger sibling who's adopted

Putting others first, seeing them clearly and listening to their opinions

Exploding toilets, retirement homes for PE teachers, and pranks played by art teachers

Regretting the loss of speech and of sex, and wanting to re-pay a debt to your country

Lists to live by and lists to tick off

Honest conversations about experiencing the death of your child

Overcoming a covert stammer, profound deafness, and prejudice against women bricklayers

Acknowledging your sexuality, your eating disorder and your relationship problems

Not being defined by first impressions or early experiences

Different outlooks and beliefs can bring people close or drive them apart

Autism, Islam and friendship are all open to misperceptions

Creative writing, poetry and film-making

How to comfort, how to remember, and how to face loss

A divorced couple reflect on marriage, autism and friendship

Father Christmas, Toy Story and 6 year old twins all feature in this festive edition

Dealing with bereavement, kidney disease and ageing - as a couple