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Arethere anywords youjustcan’t spell? It ’s rather embarrassing to admit,asthe editor ofanationalmagazine, but zine but thereare still somewordsIalways have to double check, even now. Wordslike desperate, andseparate(is it an ‘a’oran‘e’ in themiddle?)–and howmany ‘c’s and‘m’sare thereinaccommodate? They’re notdifficult words, andnot uncommon, buttheycan still trip me up.Asaresult,Iconsider them my linguistic blindspots,soIaways makesureIcheck them,justasIalways look overmyshoulderwhenI’m driving. Andthismonth, ouroutgoing acting editor HollyTreacyhas writtenabrilliantdossier examiningwhat other‘blindspots’wemight have,and howtheycould be holdingusbackfromliving theway we want to (page39).Holly presentsarefreshingly honestviewofhow we mightbemissing theblindingly obvious–and what we candoabout it.Lookingat everything from howtobanishself-doubtand howtobecomemorecuriousabout life,Ilove that she’sprepared to open upand be vulnerableabout howshe sees her ownstrengths andweaknesses, generously andbravely laying bareher insecuritiestoprovideinspirationand insightfor us all. I’malsokeentosing Holly’spraisesasshe hasdonesuchanamazing joblooking af ter Psychologies forthe past fewmonths,whileIhavebeenonmaternityleave.Ithas beenapleasure to read thesepages each monthfromthe comfortofmysofawhile enjoying cuddles

withmynew baby daughte r, Sophie.IknowHolly haslovedher time on the magazine, andyou have allbeenkindtoher,but I’msureyou’ll agreeshe’s doneabrilliantjob,andIcan’t thankher enough. I’mnow excitedto be back, andlooking forwardtoour next chapte r. It wouldbeamazing if youcould complete ouronlinereader survey to letusknowwhatyou love andwhatyou’renot so keen on in Psychologies,sowe canmakethisthe very best magazinewecan. Plus,you could wina£100JohnLewis giftvoucher! Turn to page 94 to find outmore. Happy reading, andhaveagreat month!

Sallyxx Sally Saunders, Editor-in-Chief

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