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This week, in Athens, a dream came true. With the gift of two tickets, we got to see a hero in concert. Would he sing […]
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Think of the first paragraph of your memoir as the opening scene of a movie or tv series. Every story, every movie, every bookstarts with […]
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I can’t believe I’m here, that I’ve made it this far. It’s been seven years! Seeing ‘The End’ 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 […]
Continue reading❝The Burning Light of Two Stars.❞
Meet the Author In her 2003 book, ❝I Thought We’d Never Speak Again❞ @laurasaridavis Laura writes about how it went, when she interviewed her mother, […]
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I’m living in a turbulent time right now. Aren’t we all you might say and if you do, then you are right and I hope […]
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I’m trying, I’m really trying to get on with revision, transcribing voice notes and rewriting, while the drilling continues upstairs. our Athens building block is […]
Continue readingFeeling Frazzled
I’m 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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It’s re-write time and from the muddy pool of shitty drafts, a small jewel appears – at least I think it’s a jewel. I rinse […]
Continue readingLetting go of Knowing
Since last week’s blog I’ve pondered the question of wether I can truly let go of knowing, of control, of my need to be right, […]
Continue readingConnect before you React
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 Don’t be okwhen it’s not okLean into the pain in your heartwhen it breaksfor the smallest things;a mum who says ‘wait’ […]
Continue readingCharity – The Gift of Giving
In 1910 Wallace D. Wattles wrote; “The 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 didn’t realise revising my memoir would be this hard or take this long, but now I see what I’m 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 world’s 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?’ I’ve been […]
Continue readingFlow
There is nothing quite so luscious as getting lost in the FLOW, where you forget that you haven’t 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 I’ve been gone forever. I’ve […]
Continue readingEgypt ⛵️ Nile Cruise Aswan – Luxor
It’s been 12 years since the last time we went on holidays, just the two of us, without the Awesome Kid. We tingle with excitement […]
Continue readingCoffee Break & Ignite Video
Dear Ones, You’re all invited to my next Coffee Break in Maadi 🙂 I know some of you would be here in a heartbeat was it […]
Continue readingThe Captain’s Island
Dear Ones, [SEPTEMBER 2018] You may know, my father, The Captain, died in July and I went to Norway for his . . . . […]
Continue readingKarl Ove’s Struggle
I’m reading ‘Some Rain Must Fall’ by my fellow countryman and memoirist 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 I’m […]
Continue readingJudging Without Why
Last weekend, having lunch, I saw a good mum feeding her 10 year old daughter. It wasn’t 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-In’s and today I turn up late for Ruby’s […]
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. It’s one of […]
Continue readingThe Shitty First Draft
Donna’s 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 don’t want to write a memoir. It’s too raw and scary. Too ‘laying it all on the line,’ too vulnerable. I’m afraid I won’t […]
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