Hello Mellow
/As we age, the rough edges of our youth soften. Smoothed by life experiences, knowledge gathered, life and loss. Writing about wisdom and growing up. Being at peace with getting older.
Read MoreReclaim the leftovers
/A shout out to all those mums out there. The mums doing their thing. Sacrificing a little or a lot of themselves in more ways than one. Unapologetically selfless. You know who you are. I’ve got a message for you.
Read MoreHappy Birthday my dear friends
/Today, the 10th day of October is a birthday festival. Three of my closest friends are celebrating their birthdays today. So I thought it might be kind of cute to write them a birthday blog. I bet they’ve never gotten one of those before. Featuring one of the worst limericks ever written.
Read MoreI lost my wife to blahtober
/Nine days into Blogtober, I thought it might be funny to get inside my husband’s head and share what I think I would hear! A little tongue in cheek piece.
Read MoreThe sweet smell of oranges
/Ever since I was a young teenager I have been fascinated by Aromatherapy. I love the potion-like characteristics of the essential oils: the tiny dark-glassed bottles they come in, their potency and their delicate nature. Exploring the power of our sense of smell.
Read MoreMiss you Dad
/A tribute to the person who gave me my love of stories and storytelling. Of moral tales, talking animals and fairytales. Of memories, personal triumphs and of love.
Read MoreThe lost hour
/Writing about the ridiculousness of feeling like daylight savings has robbed me of an hour of my life. My irrationality driven by Blogtober -I need all the hours of the day!
Read MoreThe art of forgiveness
/We all have something to forgive, or someone. And often the person to forgive is ourselves. The journey to forgiveness can be a long winding road with obstacles born from our unwillingness to release the person from the offending act. Learning the art of forgiveness takes practice.
Read MoreThe wonder of joy
/Exploring what happens to us in life as we grow. Thinking deeply about why our joy diminishes, dilutes, becomes elusive or unnoticeable. Sharing how to rediscover the joy in the layers of your life.
Read MoreAt the heart of the matter
/I have been thinking a lot about the heart lately. What it does. What it symbolises. What moves mine. With an unusual flutter now and then, mine tends to draw attention when I get too wrapped up in the world. Intrigued by what makes our heart swell with emotion, alongside our tears, is the inspiration for this piece.
Read MoreSitting with uncertainty
/We live well planned lives. It is pretty much mapped out way in advance. There isn’t room for uncertainty. There isn’t tolerance for uncertainty. Certainty is king. Maybe it is time to make room for uncertainty and sit with it for a while.
Read MoreBlog your heart out
/The first of October marks day one of Rocktober, a month of celebrating rock music. It also marks day one of Blogtober. Both of these things I hadn’t heard of before. And to be honest, I still don’t know much about either of them. Other than the fact that Blogtober is about taking on the challenge to write a blog post every day for 31 days, and I am doing it. Crazy, I hear you say? I know.
Read MorePerception of time
/Our son had his wisdom teeth out. Taking him to the hospital and caring for him afterwards made me realise how inextricably linked we are to time; and how the passing of time is dependant on your perception of time and your relationship with it. Taking time to write about time.
Read MoreMeditation, my friend
/When asked what inspired me to meditate, what gets me to the cushion, I realised on reflection that meditation has always been with me. It is, perhaps, my oldest and dearest friend. A short memoir about meditation.
Read MorePermission to feel
/Our emotions are important. They guide us, keep us sage and motivate us. They help us navigate between right and wrong. Without them we would be at best robots, at worst psychopaths. And yet, throughout life we are taught to suppress our emotions. Somehow our feelings have become the bad guy. The villain. Writing about the importance of emotions. Please read and feel.
Read MoreHello, goodbye
/I have always been intrigued by the fact when a friend walks out of your life, through the door they leave open, another one walks in. How when placing the earth over a loved one with tears of sorrow, they turn to tears of joy with the announcement or birth of a new baby. It is the cycle of life. Hello. Goodbye.
Read MoreLife of a fraud: on deceiving myself
/I have written this blog post in the hope that it will encourage people to listen to the stories of others in order to find their own truth. For people to have the same experience I had - to be slapped with the reality of the importance to ‘unapologetically embrace ourselves.’
Read MoreMaking the trek
/Dostoevsky wrote: ‘The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.’ I realise there is no point in arguing with the great philosophers and psychologists of our time, research studies, medical experts and survivors. To have purpose is to have life.
Read MoreThe power of kindness
/Nothing in this post should be a surprise, but nonetheless, it is an important reminder of how kindness and joy make the world go round. Enjoy and don’t forget to light those eyes up!
Read MoreDiscovering the freedom of writing
/Writing more freely is about detaching from your writing. That does not mean being cold and distant from it, but truly loving it. Write in a way that embraces the four Buddhists noble truths of love. Maitri, Karuna, Mudita and Upeksha: loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity.
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