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How do we have a healthy self-esteem without going over the top and having a massive hubris hangover of self-importance?! What I have learnt is that when my view of myself is not healthy it is because I am not viewing myself correctly. Comparison is often at the root. Comparison […]

Comparison is the Root

21 Jan, 2022 in January 2022: Holding Hands / Radio Scripts tagged comparison / reflect / socialmedia by Penny

Eugene Peterson, the author of the message bible said this… “We live in a narrative. We live in a story. Existence has a story shape to it. We have a beginning and an end. We have a plot, we have characters.” One of the greatest losses I have seen in […]

Showing up for your own story

28 Jun, 2021 in June 2021: Turning Up / Radio Scripts tagged #beyourself / comparison / identity / socialmedia by Amanda

I don’t know whether you are like me, but I am a doer-girl. A girl who has always loved being busy and engaged with others. It’s not that I fear being alone or on holidays. Yet even then, I love a good fun schedule of activities organised, and if I […]

Turning up for rest

21 Jun, 2021 in June 2021: Turning Up / Radio Scripts tagged be present / rest / socialmedia / stillness by Penny

It’s a jungle out there… The world is getting fierce and a little ugly. Fighting, shouting and demanding attention. Some days I wish I could just camouflage myself. Taking moments to just be in the background, rather than stand out. We search out connection through online platforms and success. It […]

It’s time to stop hiding

10 May, 2021 in May 2021: Camouflage / Radio Scripts tagged connection / look up / socialmedia by Amanda

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Roald Dahl We live in a world where the line between the public place and the private place has been shifted. It wasn’t that long ago, […]

Never Made for Fame

18 Nov, 2019 in November 2019: Fame and Fortune tagged just be / sacred space / socialmedia by Em Hazeldean

Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life Galatians 6:5 (MSG) Anyone who has been around the writing world for a while has heard the word platform. When you pitch your book idea to an agent or publisher you need to […]

Platform vs ministry

4 Nov, 2019 in November 2019: Fame and Fortune tagged #writing / creativity / socialmedia by Jodie McCarthy