Blog
Where I write and ramble. I can't not.
an update, of sorts
The last twelve months have been pretty big MEGA in my world, personally and professionally, Actually, the space between my 'home' and 'work' life has diminished. Not because they have merged and I am living unbalanced or without boundaries. In contrast they have...
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Mental Health Stigma & How We Address It [infographic]
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our voice mag is launched
our voice, the digital mag for raising the volume on the lived experience of mental health issues by South Australians for South Australians, is here! I invite you to read it, download it and share it. The more people that read our voice the better conversations we...
The Truth of Food, Weight, Body Issues & Recovery
In Australia it is Body Image & Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Whilst there are campaigns calling on us to love ourselves and others that highlight statistics of how many people are affected I want to share some harsh, and not so harsh, truths about the effect of...
Stepping Up & Living Your Way
What do you think about the frenzy for change that happens at the start of the year? Maybe you dabble in it yourself and then return to 'life as normal', whatever that means!, pretty quick. I notice how people become much more internally focused, thinking about...
Getting Through Night Time Anxiety: Intentional & Honouring Steps that Work
Earlier this week we had some very windy weather here that howled and rattled things for a couple of nights. With this came some major anxiety for me, particularly during the first night. [Tweet "I was extremely unsettled and had to take active steps to help myself....
When Being a Woman is Painful: Living Well Despite Pelvic Pain
I am not going to lie, being a woman is wonderful. I am also not going to lie and say that being a woman is all hunky dory and without its challenges. We live in a gendered society with skewed statistics related to violence and inequities against women and have it...
Have a Day
Life is made up of all kinds of days ... Some good and some not so good. Others bad or downright shit and there are also the ones that are neither here nor there. All days and all requiring something of us. The most we can do is give each day our best shot, knowing...
A Partner’s Perspective on Recovery – Guest Post by Shaun Hodges
Today we read a partners perspective on eating disorders and recovery. This contribution is from my husband Shaun, chief supporter and cheerleader for nearly 20 years. An eating disorder is a horrible insidious illness that is rarely spoken about, and when it...
5 Keys to My Recovery from Anorexia
Knowing that I have successfully recovered and reclaimed my life from an eating disorder people often ask me how I did it. At times I find myself reflecting on this also. I try to figure out what the key was; so that I can wrap up my experience better for myself and...
How to Get Out of a Funk: 29 Practical Tips to Use Every Time
Do you have times when you or something in your life feels a little off? When it doesn’t matter whether you can put your finger on why or not because you have lost your groove and can’t seem to get it back. [Tweet "This is a funk my friend and I know that...