Category: JOURNAL

Working through anxiety

I’ve spoken lots in the past about my anxiety, how crippling it was and how hard I worked to overcome it. Looking back, it was there for pretty much all...

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Keeping my cool when things go wrong

I’ve had small, ongoing blog issues for the last month or so. These rapidly escalated last week from annoying to my blog being entirely broken. Thankfully my hosting support were...

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I’m still standing

I seem to have some kind of mental block when it comes to writing or sharing how I’m feeling/what’s going on right now. The last couple of weeks I’ve felt...

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Showing up for me

Life has a way of running away with us, so much happens on autopilot, our days can become groundhog day like. We get up, eat, work, eat, sleep, repeat. My...

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Trusting my intuition

How much of our lives do we live for ourselves? Really for ourselves? Growing up there is so much pressure on us to make others happy – by getting good...

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Going within

The house is quiet, the sun streaming through the windows. I can hear the low hum of traffic outside, a few birds singing in my lilac tree, there is a...

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Looking for a pause

Are you looking for a pause? I’m sat drinking a cup of tea, I’ve just done half an hour of yoga and am taking five minutes to decompress after a...

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Seeking connection

It’s a quiet Friday morning, I’m not home alone but silence surrounds me. With the boys out of the house so I can work, the house is so much quieter...

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Three Good Things

I’m sitting writing this in my kitchen. Music playing, the sun shining in through the window. A rare five minutes of peace in the middle of the day. I had...

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Learning to set Boundaries

I’ll preface this post with saying that I’ve never been good at setting boundaries. Lack of self-confidence meant that I’ve let others walk all over me for most of my...

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Delving into ME

I’ve just started working with a life coach. After too many years bumbling about, not really having any direction…. I figured it was time. Until I was a teen, my...

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Weekend Reflections

Sitting on the sofa, the house peaceful, the smell of inscense filling the air, the sun streaming through the window nad a cup of hot tea in my hand, I’m...

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Embracing being alone

For years and years, I avoided being alone. I hated evenings when the kids had gone to bed and my then husband was at work. I’d work all evening long...

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