This mindfulness business is not for the faint of heart, especially when it comes to being mindful of your feelings. I used to be awesome at this, but somewhere along the way, I discovered that it was easier to avoid them and have began using a whole range of avoidance and distraction strategies just so […]
Willing to face the anger
What the fuck is wrong with me? I ask, as yet again, I veer away from the hand-wash-only dishes piled in and around the kitchen sink and sneak into my bedroom, slide under the doona and start the endless scrolling on Facebook, or playing the 2 or 3 games on the hand-me-down iPad that lives […]
Do your insides match your outsides?
Have you seen “Nanette”, by Hannah Gadsby? If you haven’t, you should. Hannah is a comedian, but her show is not just a comedy stand up act. It’s a powerful one woman show that will make you laugh, it will make you cry and it will make you gasp in shock. I am not going […]
What is god?
I don’t believe in god with a capital G. I don’t support organised religion. In fact, I am very much against it. I think history shows that it has brought us nothing but greed, strife, war and persecution. I was brought up a devout Roman Catholic. The only religion, as far as I was concerned […]
Why am I still broken?
Those of you who know me in real life and those who have been here from the beginning may wonder why my story hasn’t reached a wonderful “phoenix rising from ashes” kind of resolution. Why am I still broken, sore and wounded nearly 10 years on. In fact, I’ve now been divorced longer than I […]
