Category: Mindset
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Dirty dishwater revelations: what your sink is trying to tell you
OK, so head’s up, this is by far the weirdest post I’ve ever made. After I had done the breakfast dishes and a few random items I’d found floating around downstairs (kids!), I went to let the plug out of the kitchen sink. I wasn’t in a good mood or…
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Breakfast for Dinner
When I was growing up, our family aimed to have a proper sit-down dinner 6 nights a week. My father would come home, we’d each sit in our regular spots at the dinner table, and as we ate, my sisters and I would recount what we’d done that day, what…
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Pessimism: is it realistic or wrong?
My daughters listen to a musician named Alec Benjamin. He suited my mood last year as he tends to sing angsty woe-is-me songs. This year, however, I’m trying to ‘lean into’ a more sunshine-and-happiness version of myself in order to heal. There is, nonetheless, one song of his that sometimes…
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Make peace not war with your chronic pain
Some time ago, I wrote about the neurologist who said you should ‘make friends’ with your migraine. When you’re in the depth of chronic migraine, it is very hard to imagine befriending a foe so painful… but – there is truth in this sentiment. At the very beginning of my…
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Tarot cards for pain
When I was at university, in my early twenties, I lived in a big share house. I can’t remember what prompted us, but one of my friends and I began to practice telling fortunes. She got very good at remembering what all the cards in the Tarot deck meant, whilst…
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Hairdressers with migraines
I finally made it to the hairdressers this morning. After many long months of ‘hibernating’ at home with chronic migraine, I sort of gave up a little bit on my personal appearance and stopped worrying too much about how my grey hair was getting a bit long and lanky. Even…
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Are you a Henny Penny panderer or a naked Emperor outerer?
When I was a kid, I always had a love-hate relationship with the story of Henny Penny, the chicken who felt an acorn land on her head and became convinced that the sky was falling. There were plenty of different versions of the story, but the essence was the same;…
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Your migraine needs a mood board!
In architecture, mood-boards are regularly used in the preliminary stages of design. And for good reason. The collection of images helps designers and their clients quickly visualize concepts in a way that is more efficient than words alone. Everyone who looks at the board can see the look and feel…
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One of those days
I’m having one of those days, where nothing seems to be going quite right. I’m not sick now, but last night was rough and I’m feeling a tad overwhelmed. So, today’s post is short and sweet. Do any of you wear glasses? And do any of you ever find, (in…
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