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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”

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 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”

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”

Discovering My Heritage

I am currently having one of those bucket list trips, you know the ones, those trips where there are so many beautiful incredible moments, that you know not only has your heart been forever changed, but your life becomes more, bigger some how. Only one week into a 4 week trip, and as I sitContinue reading “Discovering My Heritage”

34 Heartbreak & Feely Songs for when we Need to Unpack our Pain

We all have those times when the words of a quote or the lyrics of a song, engulf us in deep emotion. Indeed, at times, we search out those songs to feel what needs to be felt. We listen intently to the lyrics as if they were written for us, or by us. Perhaps theyContinue reading “34 Heartbreak & Feely Songs for when we Need to Unpack our Pain”

Glowing with Gratitude

It’s been 5 weeks since I was retrenched from the place I had worked, for 35 years. 5 weeks of feeling so grateful that I was gifted with a financial package to leave a workplace, an environment, that had become increasingly toxic. With healing and enormous growth within myself over the past few years, IContinue reading “Glowing with Gratitude”

26 Wise Lessons- From a Woman Who has Learnt them All

It was an overcast but humid morning as I sat on the beach, looking out into the vast, never-ending ocean. It’s my place for thinking and reflection. And today, I was reflecting on my life- the highs the lows. The peaks and troughs. The blessings and the lessons. Here’s my little box of big wisdom.Continue reading “26 Wise Lessons- From a Woman Who has Learnt them All”