There isn’t a person I’ve spoken to who hasn’t experienced big things in 2025. It’s certainly been a year of lessons, transformations, reflections, losses, gains, pain, healing, and with luck, blessings. It’s been a year of feeling things we thought we’d resolved. Shedding parts of ourselves to make way for change and growth. It’s beenContinue reading “2025 The Year that Kicked Our Ass”
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The Heaviness of Mothers Day Grief
“One day we will remember how lucky we were to have know their love, with wonder, not grief”– Elizabeth Postle There’s something about the weight of grief, the sometimes unbearable heaviness, that is suffocating. An intensity that can be overbearing. Like you are wearing impenetrable armour that deflects anything but your sorrow. Your sadness. YourContinue reading “The Heaviness of Mothers Day Grief”
What Death has Taught Me
Death is a hard thing to talk about. We know it’s an inevitable part of life, yet we don’t like to face it. We know things like a will are important, yet so many avoid doing one, in fear that being prepared will somehow expedite their death. Our inability to accept death as the nextContinue reading “What Death has Taught Me”
What’s an End of Life Doula?
Doula, pronounced Doo-La is a Greek word meaning “persons of service”. Most people have heard about Birth Doula’s, those serving women throughout their late stages of pregnancy and giving birth. But what are End of Life Doula’s or Death Doula’s? Here in Australia where I am from, they are not as well known or asContinue reading “What’s an End of Life Doula?”
Mother’s Day Without Her
It’s a very different Mother’s Day this year. I’ve had this sort of anxiety the past few days. Nothing big or significant. Nothing I can specifically pinpoint. Just this little simmering underneath the surface. It’s in my physical body. If I could give it a shape and colour, I would say a golfball shape inContinue reading “Mother’s Day Without Her”
2022 I’m Still Standing with Guts, Grace, Gratitude and Love
My first article of 2022 was titled “Walking into 2022 with Guts, Grace and Gratitude“. It was an article of empowerment and hope for the New Year. I had gone through so much pain, change, big emotions and growth in the preceding few years, I had developed a courage and resilience, that had me readyContinue reading “2022 I’m Still Standing with Guts, Grace, Gratitude and Love”
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”
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”
How do I say Goodbye to You Mum
As I sit here in your chair, I’m comforted by all your things around me. Everywhere I look there’s little pieces of you. Little pieces, that are bittersweet because you are gone. How do I reconcile in my head the last few days? How do I accept that you, my biggest fan and most loyalContinue reading “How do I say Goodbye to You Mum”
Grieving the loss of a pet- Goodbye River Boy
I’ve lost a few beautiful and much loved pets in my life and today I lost my beautiful Dalmatian, River. I cannot express the pain and grief I’m feeling right now and the tears will not stop flowing. I had to re-home River a few years ago when my husband and I separated, as IContinue reading “Grieving the loss of a pet- Goodbye River Boy”
Find Your Inner Goddess 