Michelle

Finding Me: 14 Unparalleled Lessons I Learned from Being Alone

It was a hot January day, the kind of balmy summer days we wake up to in Australia. It started out like another ordinary day. Get up. Get ready. Go to work. But it wasn’t to be just an ordinary day, as this hot January day was the first day in 35 years that I wasContinue reading “Finding Me: 14 Unparalleled Lessons I Learned from Being Alone”

ADHD Awareness Month

October seems to be the month of awareness, with mental health and ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or Attention Deficit Disorder, once seen as a condition depicted by the stereotypical cheeky little boy, who cannot concentrate or sit still. The little boy who can be disruptive and struggle in school. The little boy who canContinue reading “ADHD Awareness Month”

October- Mental Health Awareness Month

With the recent R U Ok day behind us, we now enter into Mental Health Awareness month. It’s a great reminder to not only self reflect on our own mental health and well-being, but to also be conscious of the well-being and mental health of those around us. It’s great to see society making stridesContinue reading “October- Mental Health Awareness Month”

I’m 54 Fabulous, Fearless & Fragile

I’ve written a few articles about age not being our physicality, but rather our energy.

This is the Messy Me

My dad lost his dog last week. His 12 year old Labrador Winnie, which was my mums therapy dog. Truth be known Winnie was more my dads dog. He loved her immensely and she was a very important part of the family. When mum took ill many years ago and dad became her carer, WinnieContinue reading “This is the Messy Me”

A Guide to Support those Suffering Grief and Loss

“The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss. You will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same. NorContinue reading “A Guide to Support those Suffering Grief and Loss”

A Letter to My Little Love

It’s only been a week, yet it feels like you’ve been in our lives far longer. A gift sent to us to cherish. To love. To teach. To teach us. A beautiful blessing to enter our hearts, and forever change us. My babies baby. My daughters daughter. My precious little love. Seeing you enter theContinue reading “A Letter to My Little Love”

Motherhood- What does it Mean?

“Motherhood is the choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own. To teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is… and to forgive yourself over and over again, for doing everything wrong”- Donna Ball Having recentlyContinue reading “Motherhood- What does it Mean?”

Mixed Blessings

Today is a day of excitement and a healthy dose of nerves as I sit with my daughter and her partner in readiness to bring my first grandchild into the world. Excitement as it’s a privilege to experience my child’s life, as she prepares to birth her very own child. Nerves because my daughter isContinue reading “Mixed Blessings”

Navigating a New Life- When Grief Comes Knocking

“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it”– J.K Rowling There’s the briefest of moments when you start to awaken in the morning, where life feels uncomplicated, where you haven’t yet remembered. Where your life is like it was before, before the loss. And thenContinue reading “Navigating a New Life- When Grief Comes Knocking”