Category: emotions1
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We’re All Shirley Valentine Now.
Loneliness and talking to the wall: why none of us think it’s weird anymore. “I love sleeping with my Big Ted.” I blurted out. I have no shame.“You love what, now!?” I laughed at my friend’s expression, her eyebrows contorted into a shape there is no word for yet and…
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The Velvet Truth Series
He watched my stories but didn’t say hello. Here’s what I learned from silence, solitude, and not settling.
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Silent Killer: Struggling with the darkness of Impostor syndrome
“There’s a waiter in a busy bistro café called Joel. Joel is an actor….” “You just said he was a waiter!” “Yeh, he is but he goes for auditions, gets extra work in films and he’s waiting for his big break”. “Ok…. so he’s a waiter not an actor then”.…
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Are you frozen?
In dire times you can lose joy, but you can’t lose hope. Hope is your guide. – Paulo Coelho I haven’t written a blog here for a very long time. In fact, the last time I wrote one was shortly after my sister’s funeral last summer, which was also after…
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Death diaries
Please read my diary, look through my things and figure me out. Kurt Cobain I was sitting in a hospital waiting room. My friend, who I’ve known for over 35 years, had an appointment and she was nervous about going alone. As we people watched and clock watched, we started discussing our…
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Enough is enough
“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” —Rumi, ancient poet Today’s blog is about some conversations I’ve had recently. The words ‘Enough’ and ‘Stop’ seemed to be recurring topics of conversations…. Are you a people pleaser? Does other people’s opinions worry you? Or,…
