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
If you push through that feeling of being scared that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen Melissa Mayer I am afraid of heights. I didn’t use to be, but sometime in my late twenties, it came upon me. I knew what it looked like, as my mother […]

What does risk look like?

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“Stillness is not about focusing on nothingness; it’s about creating an emotional clearing to allow ourselves to feel, think, dream and question” Brené Brown Voices. There are so many voices. The voices of devastation and fear that feed the never-ending news cycle. The voices of comparison and competition from ever-present […]

the overwhelming voices

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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat. Laura Ingalls Wilder I have too many tabs open in my head. Anyone else feel like this? Too many thoughts whirling around, too much to add to the to-do list … too many tabs open on your head? […]

insert a pause

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Let no man pull you low enough to hate him Martin Luther King Jr. I was in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, on a hot and sticky day. We were touring the torture prison of Tuol Sleng and the killing fields. Walking slowly around the serene gardens, I wore headphones […]

Do I believe in forgiveness?

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