Jodie McCarthy

About Jodie McCarthy

Jodie is a writer, speaker, poet and mother. An unashamed words girl who writes to process the myriad of experiences of life. In her writing and on her blog she investigates the journey of life: the beautiful; the painful; the everyday; and the mundane. She has a heart for encouraging women on their life journey, particularly when that journey traverses the harder places of grief and pain. On the days when she is not writing you will find her in her kitchen, usually licking the beaters from a chocolate cake. You can find her books and follow her journey at jodiemccarthy.com
It is interesting being a mother of two young girls. Already a lot of my parenting is about managing emotions, theirs and mine. So this Christmas season has been one that has quite a different rhythm to those in the past. Pre-kids, I would hit the shops, in a take-no-prisoners […]

guard your heart

 in 2014 dec heart by
October 10th was World Mental Health Day, and while I have not been diagnosed with a mental health condition I do have close friends and family members who have. Often it seems very hard to know how to help our loved ones who are struggling with depression or anxiety. We […]

Person not diagnosis.

 in 2014 October: Mindful by
Mr and I are currently redoing my study. We have moved out the 7 bookshelves that lined the walls and we are in the process of painting over the mustard colour walls we inherited from the previous owners. We have ripped up the carpet and a new one is on […]

accept the mess

 in 2014 Sept: Acceptance by
You’ve got to get yourself together You’ve got stuck in a moment And now you can’t get out of it Don’t say that later will be better Now you’re stuck in a moment And you can’t get out of it A few days ago Amanda posted these words from a […]

stuck

 in 2014 August: Innovation by