(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland
@heathermsutherland.bsky.social
Lecturer in UKHE (North East).
Interdisciplinary. Qualitative.
Lost my brother to suicide and that matters in all I do.
Research: Mental Health in HigherEd settings; Sibling Suicide Loss. Lived(ing) Experience.
Mum 👧🏻👼🏻 🐶. 🇬🇧 🇲🇽
https://sibsas.blogspot.com/
Interdisciplinary. Qualitative.
Lost my brother to suicide and that matters in all I do.
Research: Mental Health in HigherEd settings; Sibling Suicide Loss. Lived(ing) Experience.
Mum 👧🏻👼🏻 🐶. 🇬🇧 🇲🇽
https://sibsas.blogspot.com/
Love teaching prep for classes most especially when it takes the shape of spending time with and organising for special guests of this calibre. ❤️🐶
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Love teaching prep for classes most especially when it takes the shape of spending time with and organising for special guests of this calibre. ❤️🐶
To quote Steinbeck, “Another Monday. Feeling a little rocky,” especially given the alarm failed to sound and we awoke at the time of departure 😱🤦🏼♀️ Feel I need to be wearing this pin today:
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
To quote Steinbeck, “Another Monday. Feeling a little rocky,” especially given the alarm failed to sound and we awoke at the time of departure 😱🤦🏼♀️ Feel I need to be wearing this pin today:
Out of time to make pan de muerto this year - made up for it with a bit of frothy hot chocolate though ☕️🍫
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Out of time to make pan de muerto this year - made up for it with a bit of frothy hot chocolate though ☕️🍫
It feels such an indulgence to have taken annual leave in the middle of the semester…but it is also so lush that the stars (and timetables) aligned in such a way as to allow us to celebrate fourteen years since our day on the beach at Playa del Carmen together. He is my rock.
October 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
It feels such an indulgence to have taken annual leave in the middle of the semester…but it is also so lush that the stars (and timetables) aligned in such a way as to allow us to celebrate fourteen years since our day on the beach at Playa del Carmen together. He is my rock.
If half term annual leave isn’t a time to spend half a day painting by numbers, then I don’t know when is!
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If half term annual leave isn’t a time to spend half a day painting by numbers, then I don’t know when is!
Entering memory season in our house alongside autumn! Casa lista!
October 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Entering memory season in our house alongside autumn! Casa lista!
October 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Commute’s close! Have a lovely weekend all!
October 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Commute’s close! Have a lovely weekend all!
How my World Mental Health Day started… Fuelling up for the upcoming three hours of teaching undergrads ‘biological transitions in adolescence’, 2 hours of dissertation supervisions, an academic (personal) tutorial and email catch-up before a 2 hour commute home…
October 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
How my World Mental Health Day started… Fuelling up for the upcoming three hours of teaching undergrads ‘biological transitions in adolescence’, 2 hours of dissertation supervisions, an academic (personal) tutorial and email catch-up before a 2 hour commute home…
Bit of a sky out.
October 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Bit of a sky out.
Went to the gym this morning….
October 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Went to the gym this morning….
Going to the other university in York today! Looking forward to participating in the ‘Lived Experience’ session opening the ‘Advances in the Sociology of Mental Health’ Symposium. … Also 5 travels, I am now officially conferenced-out (which is a thing, I think!) for 2025…! #AcademicSky
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Going to the other university in York today! Looking forward to participating in the ‘Lived Experience’ session opening the ‘Advances in the Sociology of Mental Health’ Symposium. … Also 5 travels, I am now officially conferenced-out (which is a thing, I think!) for 2025…! #AcademicSky
…be difficult on this day. The world can feel incredibly, obstructively, noisy and so, while all the social media-ing goes on, I’ll be marking this day quietly, with my memories and the ideas to have stemmed from my experiences, without performance as far as I’m able… 💪🏻🎗️
September 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
…be difficult on this day. The world can feel incredibly, obstructively, noisy and so, while all the social media-ing goes on, I’ll be marking this day quietly, with my memories and the ideas to have stemmed from my experiences, without performance as far as I’m able… 💪🏻🎗️
A mighty fine book! ‘Hold Fast: Motherhood, My Autistic Daughter and Me’ by Catherine Simpson.
August 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A mighty fine book! ‘Hold Fast: Motherhood, My Autistic Daughter and Me’ by Catherine Simpson.
A trip home always seems to bring forth something new of my brother’s that I’ve not previously encountered, even after all this time … I picked up his MA thesis this time, and flippin’ eckerslike did he think and write… I’d like to talk to him right now about ‘Lived Experience’… #AcademicSky
August 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A trip home always seems to bring forth something new of my brother’s that I’ve not previously encountered, even after all this time … I picked up his MA thesis this time, and flippin’ eckerslike did he think and write… I’d like to talk to him right now about ‘Lived Experience’… #AcademicSky
“What? I sunbathin’.” #SundaySummerTimes
August 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“What? I sunbathin’.” #SundaySummerTimes
My brother Martin’s birthday .
“It’s all fine to say, “Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away…”—and things like that when you are not involved, but when you are there is no passage of time, people do not forget and you are in the middle of something that does not change.” (Steinbeck)
“It’s all fine to say, “Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away…”—and things like that when you are not involved, but when you are there is no passage of time, people do not forget and you are in the middle of something that does not change.” (Steinbeck)
August 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
My brother Martin’s birthday .
“It’s all fine to say, “Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away…”—and things like that when you are not involved, but when you are there is no passage of time, people do not forget and you are in the middle of something that does not change.” (Steinbeck)
“It’s all fine to say, “Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away…”—and things like that when you are not involved, but when you are there is no passage of time, people do not forget and you are in the middle of something that does not change.” (Steinbeck)
Back to work after annual leave’s end tomorrow….Brought to a close blissfully. #AcademicSky
August 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Back to work after annual leave’s end tomorrow….Brought to a close blissfully. #AcademicSky
Steinbeck reading; scrumptious breakfast; Seaton Sluice sand and sea and (very, very) Special People. Happy birthday to me! ❤️🎂
August 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Steinbeck reading; scrumptious breakfast; Seaton Sluice sand and sea and (very, very) Special People. Happy birthday to me! ❤️🎂
As the close of my annual leave starts to present on my horizon, today has been a day of skill sharing - I went to my daughter’s School of Gaming and she got taught how to crosstitch an avocado…. Usefulness-questionable; Connection-fully experienced #Generations #MotherDaughter #MeetInTheMiddle
August 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
As the close of my annual leave starts to present on my horizon, today has been a day of skill sharing - I went to my daughter’s School of Gaming and she got taught how to crosstitch an avocado…. Usefulness-questionable; Connection-fully experienced #Generations #MotherDaughter #MeetInTheMiddle
It’s my brother’s birthday in a little over a week so am in the depths of ‘build up to it’ feelings. Was nice to visit the remnant of the Sycamore Gap tree today. Never will feel the same as ash-scatter day and all the visits after but it was nice to touch the bark again. #SuicideLoss #Siblings
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s my brother’s birthday in a little over a week so am in the depths of ‘build up to it’ feelings. Was nice to visit the remnant of the Sycamore Gap tree today. Never will feel the same as ash-scatter day and all the visits after but it was nice to touch the bark again. #SuicideLoss #Siblings
Gift in the garden this morning 🪶
July 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Gift in the garden this morning 🪶
Attempting during leave to undo the damage of one academic year in order to be a bit stronger for the next…!
July 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Attempting during leave to undo the damage of one academic year in order to be a bit stronger for the next…!
Spending this week in Aberystwyth, home of my undergrad uni experience. University wasn’t initially easy for me but by the end I loved it+it was hard to leave the Aber bubble (including my Commodore Cinema usherette job!!) it’s been lovely to return after 23 years…won’t leave it that long again 🏴
July 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Spending this week in Aberystwyth, home of my undergrad uni experience. University wasn’t initially easy for me but by the end I loved it+it was hard to leave the Aber bubble (including my Commodore Cinema usherette job!!) it’s been lovely to return after 23 years…won’t leave it that long again 🏴
Annual leave afternoon of greatness, during which I shall undoubtedly question why I moved away from studying (and doing!) theatre and music….!
July 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Annual leave afternoon of greatness, during which I shall undoubtedly question why I moved away from studying (and doing!) theatre and music….!