"I went from being a busy working mum, with many commitments, to being told that the seizures I was experiencing were likely fatal and, in the process, I would lose my ability to function, I would lose myself". We all know that to be human is to suffer, no life is pain free, so when someone speaks hope into us when the world looks dark and we are not seeing it, we can think that there is something wrong with us. This is a big problem. A problem for those not practising empat