Riding in cars with boys (on youth, and what I miss so much)

Riding in cars with boys (on youth, …

I am thinking now of something that happened last week, when I was leaving a pub after catching up with a friend. It was dusk, the first Spring day when it had felt optimistically warm.  I always feel like the…

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On excess, and having more than you need

On excess, and having more than you …

Whenever I’m away from home; be it at a friend’s house for the weekend or on the other side of the world, I always feel like I get much greater mental clarity and feel inspired to make positive changes at…

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I am not a failure

I am not a failure

When I was a child, I loved to write (and read). I wrote short stories, poems, invented magazines, sent out newsletters I built on AOL when we first got the internet – you name it, I wrote it. As I…

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Is the grass always greener? Embracing ‘okay’

Is the grass always greener? Embracing ‘okay’

One of my New Year’s Resolutions this year was to embrace things being ‘okay’ and stop striving for perfection. I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the last couple of weeks, and something a friend said to me recently…

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Honest to Blog: Dark December days

Honest to Blog: Dark December days

One of the things I struggle to balance in my life is allowing myself the quiet, self-care time, whilst not spending so much time alone that I get trapped in my own head.  Like many people, I struggle with losing…

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