Category: Mindset
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Advice from Julius Caesar
Last night I had a dream in which two teenage siblings used some high-tech-phone-tapping combined with some good old-fashioned ear-to-door snooping to uncover two secrets; their parents were spies for the government, and a gang of meanies was about to kidnap the spy-parents. The crooks soon burst into the house…
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Serious side-eye needed!
Potentially off topic, I know, but I was reading a ten-year-old magazine the other day (I’d like to pretend it was in a doctor’s office, but it was actually (inexplicably) on my bookshelf). Halfway through the magazine I came across the image of a lovely farmhouse in an idyllic, arcadian,…
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The path of chronic pain
One metaphor that I use a lot to describe healing is the notion of a ‘journey’. As such, I was curious to discover a poster infographic for the ‘path’ into (and out of) chronic pain. The ‘map’ designed by a wellness app called “Curable”, starts at childhood, and covers how…
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Bitter isn’t better
A while ago I saw a note on social media that went something like “I hope that every time I am misdiagnosed or medically gaslit, doctors all across the world stub a toe and suffer intense pain”. I confess similar thoughts have crossed my mind from time to time; there’s…
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Keep smiling as you go under
A gazillion years ago, I remember reading a quote from the Dalai Lama that said something like “smile with your face and your heart will follow”. It seemed a small thing, but during my healing journey I have come to realize that it has powerful implications. Your pain-brain is always…
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Migraine-brains are like Nuclear Reactors…
The other day there was an earthquake in Japan. It made me sad. It also made me worried. For the people, for their buildings and infrastructure… for their nuclear reactors. In my typical “domino thinking” manner, that thought led to another: ‘normal’ brains are like coal-based power-plants, whilst migraine-brains are…
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Don’t hit the pole, don’t hit the pole!
The super-famous motivational speaker Tony Robbins (or Anthony Robbins as I knew him from when I was younger) has always left me feeling conflicted. He has so many good ideas, but there is something about his high-octane way of delivering those ideas that makes me feel tired and lazy. I’m…
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Together apart
During the Covid-19 lockdown in Australia, there was a saying that kept doing the rounds in public service announcements: “together apart” – it was a neat way of explaining that we were all in isolation together… not alone in our aloneness… I’m not sure why I made the mental connection,…
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Write a love letter to yourself
The 30th of July is (apparently) International Friendship Day. I’ve already recently written a lot about friends ghosting, coasting and boasting… so instead, today’s post is about making friends with, and celebrating, yourself. Both times I was pregnant, I didn’t find out whether I was having a boy or a…
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