Category: Linda
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Here’s what I don’t know
A big fear I had when I first started this blog was: “I don’t have the expertise to help others when I’m still learning how to help myself!” And that’s as true today as it was over a year ago when I first started tip-tapping away at my keyboard. But…
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The job interview I won… and lost.
Whilst I trained as an architect, for most of my working life I have been employed as a retail project manager. Which means; I helped build retail stores. When I first started out, I rolled-out many, many small retail stores for a particular chain, each store about 100sqm (about 1000…
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Grudges, be gone!
You work hard, you achieve plenty, but sometimes something, or someone gets in your way. Someone ‘photobombs’ your perfect life. And that makes you frustrated and disappointed; nobody likes a party-pooper. [Image source: Bored Panda has plenty of great photobombing photos here] The trick is to feel those negative emotions…
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Migraine Snakes and Ladders
Today was supposed to be a post about what I eat on an average day. The intention was to put out a “my daily intake” styled post so that we can all review it and decide what I could be having more / less of… the problem? I spent the…
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UGH – time for a change
The last couple of weeks have been really tough for me. I don’t know why, or what for, but I’ve been sick and sick and sick. First it was COVID (for the first time that I know of), and then when I recovered (all but my sense of smell which…
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HELP! My name is “dying”
When I was pregnant with my first child, my husband and I started experimenting with names. We’d write them out, say them out loud, and place name-cards on the fridge of ones we liked… moving them up and down the line towards most to least favorite… and then remove them…
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1,000 days of pain
Today’s post is a bit of a downer I’m afraid, so if you’re not up to it, I won’t take offence if you come back tomorrow. I’ve had migraines for decades. My first migraine occurred when I was 11 on a school excursion, and my worst ever migraine happened a…
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Did going gray increase my migraine pain?
The author Dr Howard Schubiner has a book called “Unlearn your pain” which I’ll try to summarize soon. Until then, I want to mention a specific concept that he raises in the book – “predictive coding” – which is when you start to see and feel the things you expect…
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Winning at The Wheel of Fortune
A while ago I mentioned in passing that I had been the carry-over champion of a game show. This is that story… and apologies in advance; it isn’t going to do anything for your chronic pain – other than make you laugh – it’s just a strange little glimpse into…
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