Welcome to my profile — July 2022 — About me I have not updated this in a while so thought as we march towards Aug 2022 it was time. My photo is all new as I have been playing about with my photos recently. I have recently discovered I have over 500 followers which was a shock. Every…

How a conversation sparked a beautiful memory — Throughout therapy, the focus was on reframing my experiences. I started to believe there were never any happy times when I was young. My youngest came back from my mum’s house and asked me about my favorite boots. The beautiful memories flooded forward with an overwhelming feeling of love. How…

Flint & Steel Full Circle Writing Challenge — “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou’s Autobiography, #1)) Reading for me was as easy as breathing. As soon as I could read, I had my nose firmly in a book. I would…

And making time to acknowledge it. — I have just read a lovely article from Courtney Capone called Finding Joy In Small Things. In it she speaks about the little joys in her life and also something which resonated with me. “I write a lot about my trauma and very little about my joy.” I also focus…

Writing Prompt Journey — I have learned many things this year; all have been like the next step on the ladder of finding myself. However, none were more hard fought for than the step to loving myself. I remember the day my therapist tasked me with writing 3 things I liked about myself. It…

And why using it doesn’t make sense — I have seen many posts lately on Instagram and Tik Tok about this new quiet quitting phenomenon. Quiet quitting is a response to the burdensome demands of employment. It is often linked to employee burnout and involves deliberate disengagement from work. …

Learning to work together has been a bumpy road — My inner child and I had a disagreement this past week. To give it context, she is still salty that she doesn’t get out to play as often as she used to. …

Day 17 — What is my favorite quote and why does it inspire me? — “The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.” ― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith People suggested meditation when I was going through therapy and looking to do more around my self-care. So I looked some up online, played it, lay down, closed my eyes then, BAM…

Or can we retrain our brain — I read this brilliant article Your Brain Is Wired To Avoid Success by Claudia Caraulan and it made me think. This part in particular: Until the age of 8, we can only receive the direct information our parents or caregivers give us, incapable of doing anything else than believing it…