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RESOLUTIONS

Just kidding folks. I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. I have learned better. But I do want to wish you all a Happy New Year and I hope 2025 brings much peace and joy and laughter to all of you. Including me.

WOBBLES & SPIRALS

Eating disorder recovery is not a perfect art, but I am a long way into the process now. I have four years of what feels like solid progress to me. I still wobble from time to time, but I do not spiral. So let me tell you what that means.

GRIEF AWARENESS WEEK

In honour of International Grief Awareness Week, I want to share my experience of all the many different ways I have experienced grief. All grief is valid.

MY OPEN DOOR LIFE

For nigh on fifty years I was like most people – very quiet and private about my personal life. I barely shared my inner world with myself, let alone anyone else. But now I live my life like the door to my house is wide open and everyone can see inside. And there are reasons for that profound change. Let me see if my humble words can explain a little bit.

FOUR YEARS AT A TIME

I have a cycle. And it’s not menstrual (that ended 20 years ago). It turns out that every four years, something major happens in my life that changes me. Forever.

IN SEARCH OF LOVE

Childhood is a tricky time. As is parenting. And while the vast majority of parents do the very best they know how, sometimes it just isn’t enough. Sometimes the scars last a lifetime.

ON SHAKY GROUND

At 11:03 AM on Tuesday 03 September 2024 I developed a tremor. It hasn’t left yet. I think it highly unlikely it ever will now. It was triggered by shock.

MY INSOMNIA STORY

Sleep and I have not been friends for a very long time

HEARTBREAK

Broken hearts have been around since mankind first walked out of the primordial slump. But for all the long and painful history of heartbreaks, there is still no tried and tested formula for navigating something that is so deeply personal and individual for every person.

WHAT DOES RECOVERY EVEN MEAN?

Depending on which of the nine different eating disorders is the primary issue, we may have to eat more or less food, more or less frequently, or different food altogether. But as food is an essential survival tool, at the end of the day, we have to eat.

I AM SAFE

This story is sad and breaks all the polite protocols of avoiding the difficult subject of suicide. But for some of us, this topic is all about real life and perhaps my sharing can spread some light. And perhaps a little hope.

LOSING LOVE – TWICE

Today my friend, I want to talk about grief. This is a hard story to write but let me start at the beginning.

AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY

January 28 will forever be a memorable day in my life. It is the day my mother was born. And it is the day my father died.

BYPASSED

So folks . . . I did a thing. On Tuesday 30 May 2023, I had a gastric bypass done. A mini […]

WHERE’S MY MOTIVATION?

For much of my life, I was driven and busy and energetic and doing shit all the time. I didn’t sleep. I ate a lot. All my spare time filled up with mothering or wifeing or friending or working or volunteering. It was a fairly typical life for someone in their thirties and forties. Then I imploded and everything changed.

January 26, 2017

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JOY

Ahh… Joy! Today, for the first time in a very long time, I feel the first fleeting stirrings of joy. It feels […]

January 25, 2017

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25 January

Personal Prompt: For those living with health issues, if you could cure yourself, would you? Why or why not? I don’t have health […]

January 24, 2017

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24 January

Personal Prompt: Describe a time when someone treated you kindly. What made this interaction so special? Leading up to my hospitalisation last May, […]

January 23, 2017

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23 January

Personal Prompt: Plan your perfect day. What are you doing, where are you going, who is with you? My perfect day. Sleep in […]

January 22, 2017

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22 January

Personal Prompt: Make a list of the negative thoughts you’ve had today, then come up with some positive thoughts to counter them. […]

January 21, 2017

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21 January

Personal Prompt: What is one thing you wish others knew about you? Confidence is a facade. There appears to be a perception […]

January 20, 2017

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20 January

Personal Prompt: Write an argument between you and someone else, and include how it can end on a constructive, if not positive, note. […]

January 19, 2017

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19 January

Personal Prompt: What is the kindest thing you can do for yourself? Make a list of ways you can accomplish this. Nourish my […]

January 18, 2017

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18 January

Personal Prompt: Write down 10 things you need to hear today. 01. Here’s a magic cure for your headache 02. Please buy […]

January 17, 2017

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17 January

Personal Prompt: Draw your day. Don’t worry about how it looks, you don’t have to be artist to excel at this challenge. I’m […]

January 16, 2017

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16 January

Personal Prompt: Set a timer for 10 minutes. What was the most challenging part of your day? If this is a challenge you […]

January 15, 2017

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15 January

Personal Prompt: You have the opportunity to start a new career, what will you do and why? This is the stage I’m in […]

January 14, 2017

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14 January

Personal Prompt: Write a thank you letter to yourself. Discuss a time when you treated yourself with care. Dear Me, Thank you for […]

January 13, 2017

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13 January

Personal Prompt: Freaky Friday! In some weird twist of events, you get the opportunity to trade places with someone for a day. Who […]

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12 January

Personal Prompt: What is one thing you’ve always dreamed of doing but are too afraid to try? Make a pros and cons list […]