Gareth K Thomas

No. 35 – 14th of May, 2023 Maximum Effort is a film production company and digital marketing agency. It exists, “for the personal amusement of Hollywood Star Ryan Reynolds.” If it's good enough for Ryan, it's good enough for me. One of the upsides to being a

No. 34 – 7th of May, 2023 It's so hard to cook in a cluttered kitchen. Cookery books scattered everywhere, last night's dishes still to be sorted. What most of us like is clean, clear countertops. Maybe a single recipe. And the ingredients we need laid out

No. 33 – 30th of April, 2023 “It won't be like that in the real world!” That's a response I hear often, when I do my best to advocate for better support for children in schools. I talk about reasonable adjustments, and support through a therapeutic lens.

No. 32 – 23rd of April, 2023 I received some wonderful replies to the last issue. ☺️ Sharing your thoughts and beliefs can be tough. Especially online, where you can open yourself up to hurtful comments all too easily. Yet it's all too easy to open yourself up to incredible

No. 31 – 16th of April, 2023 Last summer, I began a process. To take apart my little business, and rebuild it from the ground up. Going from just another digital strategy consultant, to something else. What that something else will be, I'm not quite sure. It began with

No. 30 – 29th of May, 2022 I was 8 years old in 1993. John Major was prime minister. Following a crime that shocked the world, he said: “Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.” In many ways, society took his advice. And we've

No. 29 – 27th of March, 2022 I broke my finger yesterday. I've only just recovered from a back problem. Before that, it was some other problem I'm sure. There's a dangerous way of thinking that encourages to believe everything will be fine once these

No. 28 – 20th of March, 2022 Being an outsider isn't easy. It's something I'm familiar with. Starting a web design company at 14. Building a travel company in my 20s. Becoming a single foster parent to 3 kids in my 30s. These aren'

It's the end of half term for us here. My challenge of keeping the kids away from their screens (which I've mostly failed) is nearly over.