2018 feeling deeply


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“Life’s beauty is inseparable from its fragility.” Susan David Whenever a relationship I’m in comes to end, someone always feels the need to tell me that my issue probably stems from the fact that I wear my heart on my sleeve. Have you ever had this? Seriously. According to the […]

Framework For Feelings


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Today you are you, That is truer than true. There is no one alive that is yourer than you. Dr. Seuss This weekend we went up to Perth with our daughter. She proudly came out of her bedroom. Bright Yellow Pants Captain America Shirt on And her ‘Anna’ Frozen dress, with […]

Pans Of Brownies



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“Give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning…” Isaiah 61:3 When my kids were little and I was struggling with Postnatal Depression, sometimes it felt like every day was just another day to get through. My automatic response was to just suck it up and do whatever I […]

Beauty for Ashes


“Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another.” Alfred Adler Every year I choose a word to help me navigate the new season I am entering. Last year my word was a strength, and I looked towards […]

Everyday Empathy




With dark raven paper and twinkling white ink, I wrote my heart in the night’s sky. Shannon L. Alder I know what it is to shut down. Shut off. Shut up. Shut out. Shut me away. Eighteen months ago, I found myself numbed, tired, and apathetic. I put myself to […]

Feel Every Spectrum of Emotion by Elaine Fraser