Category: Creativity
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Dream big and (maybe) make magic
Funny story. My teenage daughter decided to make a cake-in-a-mug. We don’t own the ready-to-go mixes, she just decided that she would start from scratch, presumably with a recipe she found online. The first I knew of her culinary adventures was when she stuck her head around the corner of…
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Are you feeling paingry?
There’s a phrase in Australia (and presumably everywhere that English is spoken) which is a play on words; hungry + angry = hangry. It defines the feeling of being grumpy and irritable because it has been a long time since you’ve eaten. I for one, am guilty of experiencing mood…
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Three wishes
The other day I watched the movie “Three Thousand Years of Longing” (2022) because the title caught my attention. Without giving too much away, it spins around the ancient story of a djinn (or genie) who offers up three wishes. Visually impressive, filled with wonder and weirdness, there was something…
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The Bluesky Dictionary
Not long after a famous billionaire bought Twitter and renamed it X, there was a sudden exodus of many members who fled to a chat-app called Bluesky. I ended up with a foot in both camps, but rarely use either. The first app mentioned is filled with negativity these days,…
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Our woven selves
On my healing journey I have often turned to metaphors in an attempt to articulate what I think and feel about my situation. I’ve spoken of the “tidal” (rather than linear) nature of healing, and the “rising tide of advocacy“, both of which affirm the fluid nature of the wellness-illness…
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Cards from a doctor
Some time ago I met a doctor online who mentioned that she handed out cards to her patients… only they weren’t business cards… they were the same size, but on them were affirmations of healing, with messages such as “you deserve to heal”. What a lovely thought! Imagine leaving the…
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Schrödinger’s Cat chilling on Mt Everest
OK, so today’s post includes a little adventure into four anecdotes from philosophy before applying the ideas to concepts of health and wellbeing. It’s a bit of a mind-stretch, so I won’t be sad if your pain-brain choses to give it a miss and you come visit me another day……
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What “Era” are you in?
Taylor Swift, love her or not, is pretty cool. When I was growing up, Madonna might have been an equivalent performer; an incredibly famous singer-songwriter and image-chameleon. Each time you think you have them “pegged” to a particular song-style, or appearance, they change. They bring out one album that becomes…
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Life in the ecotone
I say this a lot, but I’ll say it again: I spend as much time (or more) in blog-land reading compared to writing. There is SO MUCH to learn about life, and I especially enjoy the material that falls outside typical migraine-me subjects. BUT I ALSO like it when I…
The Mindful Migraine 