I canāt believe Iām here, that Iāve made it this far. It’s been seven years! Seeing āThe Endā at the bottom of that page, three weeks ago, […]
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I’m having a bit too much fun playing with Artificial intelligence (AI) today. I wanted to see what it comes up with as suggestions for […]
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Meet the Author In her 2003 book, āI Thought We’d Never Speak Againā @laurasaridavis Laura writes about how it went, when she interviewed her mother, […]
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Iām living in a turbulent time right now. Arenāt we all you might say and if you do, then you are right and I hope […]
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Iām trying, Iām really trying to get on with revision, transcribing voice notes and rewriting, while the drilling continues upstairs. our Athens building block is […]
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Iām eating chocolate and feel lazy and fat, her message said, I hope you feel better than me. Nop, I’m not doing any better than […]
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Itās re-write time and from the muddy pool of shitty drafts, a small jewel appears ā at least I think itās a jewel. I rinse […]
Continue readingLetting go of Knowing
Since last week’s blog Iāve pondered the question of wether I can truly let go of knowing, of control, of my need to be right, […]
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I adapted this from Dr Shefali, who says ‘Connect before you Correct’ as a parent. I love that woman and I’m so grateful for how […]
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Not ok is ok Donāt be okwhen itās not okLean into the pain in your heartwhen it breaksfor the smallest things;a mum who says āwaitā […]
Continue readingCharity – The Gift of Giving
In 1910 Wallace D. Wattles wrote; āThe poor do not need charity; they need inspiration. Charity only sends them a loaf of bread to keep […]
Continue readingThe True North of Memoir
I didnāt realise revising my memoir would be this hard or take this long, but now I see what Iām here to learn. As I […]
Continue readingIllness the New Normal
In 2013 a study by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) found that over 95% of the worldās population has health problems. Lower back pain […]
Continue readingMormor and The Queen Mother
On this day (April 9) seventeen years ago, the most nurturing and positively influential woman, to me, took her last breath and left this life.
Continue readingWhy Don’t you like me?
I always thought there where two kinds of people – those with and those (like me) without confidence. Those WITH confidence seemed more genuine. I […]
Continue readingThe art and science of achieving goals
Apparently, most new year resolutions have fallen by the wayside by February, so what can March offer us? Is it better to sit back and […]
Continue readingGetting in sync with the teenage brain
How brain research helped me be a better parent to my teenage daughter. This week I had the great fortune to attend a keynote talk […]
Continue readingA Good Enough New Year Resolution
Whenever I struggle to keep up with my plans I ask myself; – have I broken down the steps into small enough chunks?ā I’ve been […]
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There is nothing quite so luscious as getting lost in the FLOW, where you forget that you havenāt washed your hair in 3 days and […]
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Light a Candle
I light a candle, defusing healing incense into the space around me, and settle with my writing. It feels like Iāve been gone forever. Iāve […]
Continue readingEgypt āµļø Nile Cruise Aswan – Luxor
Itās been 12 years since the last time we went on holidays, just the two of us, without the Awesome Kid. We tingle with excitement […]
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Dear Ones, You’re all invited to my next Coffee Break inĀ Maadi š I know some of you would be here in a heartbeat was it […]
Continue readingThe Captain’s Island
Dear Ones, As you may know, my Dad died in July and I went to Norway for his . . . . . . . […]
Continue readingKarl Ove’s Struggle
Iām reading āSome Rain Must Fallā by my fellow countryman and memoiristĀ Karl Ove Knugsgaard at the moment. It starts with his student year at […]
Continue readingA week before The Funeral
Dear Ones, This is one of those strange times in my life, when all I can do is lean into love and be ok with […]
Continue readingFear
Today feels like starting all over agin. The surge of fear swells up from my gut like burning indigestion. Halting my breath as if Iām […]
Continue readingJudging Without Why
Last weekend, having lunch, I saw a good mum feeding her 10 year old daughter. It wasnāt a very healthy lunch and the daughter could […]
Continue readingA day of imperfection
My god, what am I like? So yesterday I wrote about showing up on time for our Write-InāsĀ and today I turn up late for Rubyās […]
Continue readingReliving The Hardest Parts of Our Past
One of the hardest chapters for me to write was about what happened in a blue Volvo when I was about 5. Itās one of […]
Continue readingThe Shitty First Draft
Donnaās Book on Fire module on the Shitty First Draft really pissed me off. I know that every time I have a strong emotion around […]
Continue readingOn Writing Memoir
I donāt want to write a memoir. Itās too raw and scary. Too ālaying it all on the line,ā too vulnerable. Iām afraid I wonāt […]
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