Approximate reading time: 23 minutes It’s been a good week. I finished my first master’s assignment, so feeling relatively proud of myself:-) Although can I just say how grateful I am that I’m not a full-time academic. I am currently working on my next assignment which is about comparing the symptoms of Developmental Trauma with …
Category: Self-love
The problem with pink elephants…
Approximate reading time: 8 minutes I’ve been quiet, I know…. 😉 Unfortunately, this week (and next) are my ‘Much-deaded-teaching-in-school days’ where I actually need to do some real work. I’d love to say that it has been a pleasure to be back this week…. but alas I cannot lie. (I am not sure if I …
Flipsides of a coin
(Approximate reading time: 8 min) Dam, this back-blogging is difficult;-) I kind of see why people so often ‘sanitize’ their stories and leave out the yucky, dark parts of it, because when you are feeling happy and sunny….. it’s sometimes the LAST thing you want to go back to. At the moment, I feel a …
My Relationship with Shame
Written 8th of February 2021 Another camp, I’m being sent to stay. For delinquent adults who’ve lost their way. Dad’s there again, waiting in the car. I’m hunting for clothes, near and far. I’m scared, I’m worried, not sure where to begin? What clothes should I take? Will I fit in? Dad is hooting as …
Master of rhyme
Written 7th February 2021 Now that I feel like the master of rhyme I decided to check out great poets of all time Byron, Shelly, and Maya Angelo but are a few greats that I got to know So I could investigate the competition (so to speak) Solicite some tips Find ways to tweak… My …
The Hump
Written 2nd of February 2021 We live in a world, as far as I can see, where we constantly judge others and won’t let them be. We take our own truth, what we believe, Painting it all over other people we see. We assume we are right, that our way is the best we send …
My right to fight
Approximate reading time: 13 min I kind of feel like this poem needs to come with a warning! From someone who spent years following other people’s spiritual teachings, sucking it all in, trying to mould myself to somehow fit into other people’s paths the last thing I would EVER want to do is to imply …
Young Girl
(Approximate reading time: 6 min) It’s been interesting to look back through the years at how many flatmates and friends I attracted into my life who had difficult, painful relationships with their mothers. Some of the stories I have heard have been absolutely heartbreaking but the underlying feelings and emotions are always the same. I …
R.A.G.E
Approximate reading time: 15 min It’s been a while, I know, I know ..a whole 6 days….I’m clearly slipping.:-) I will admit Neurotic Angel woke me up in a blind panic a couple of nights ago. Something along the lines of: “If you post a blog post EVERY SINGLE DAY then your subscribers are going …
‘Oh to be blessed….’
Approximate reading time: 8 min I will admit for most of my life I have always hated that word ‘Blessed’. It’s a little bit of a trigger word for me. (Just a wee, little bit:-) As a young child, I remember sitting at our dinner table listening to grace being said, something about being ‘thankful …