Category: Mindset
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Progress over perfection
I used to be a bit of a perfectionist. I set high goals for myself. I liked to achieve those goals. Heck, I preferred to overachieve in life wherever possible. “Under promise and over deliver” used to be my humble-brag mantra. Gold stars, pats on the back, A+’s, thumbs up…
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(Re)prioritizing self-care
When my two daughters were babies, my husband and I decided to do a small renovation to the side part of our house. One day, the builder climbed out of the roof space, pale and a bit shaky. “I don’t understand,” he muttered, “the ceiling over the baby beds shouldn’t…
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Creating a gentler language for healing
Not long ago I wrote about the idea of a ‘migraine warrior’. I noted that whilst I understood the motivational intent of the language, I also said that it didn’t always resonate with me, because it is exhausting to always be at war with your pain. Today I want to…
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Broken pottery and your chronic pain
First up – a quick shoutout to the people who joined the zoom gatherings over the weekend; I appreciate you so much for your generous support of my baby-blog and I loved getting the opportunity to have a real conversation with you all: you’re the best! (If you missed out,…
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How to initiate “mindful-mode”
“You can’t lead a horse to water” is an old saying, which I’ve never fully understood. Why would a horse be so reluctant to be led towards water? I’m guessing it would be very difficult to convince a horse to stand in a patch of stinging-nettles and thorns, no matter…
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Headlights For Brain-Fog
Where I live in Australia, we don’t get fog very often. Occasionally you’ll see images of the Sydney Opera House on early morning television, with mist rising off the harbor and a notification that the ferries will be cancelled for a couple of hours, but that’s about it. There is,…
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The healing tide
For a recent post about Mt Everest, I was looking for an image of mountain climbers from WordPress-Pexels (where I get my blog images from unless they’re my own AI ones). It occurred to me that several of them had a ‘long way to go’ feeling, or else a sense…
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Chronic pain and the Inner Child
I decided on the first day that I started this blog that I would not write about anything that requires a ‘trigger warning’. I don’t think this post crosses that line, but it does talk about psychological issues, and as such, you might prefer not to keep reading. (Disclaimer…
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It’s time to take out the trash (talk)
Most of my internet-time is spent in blog-land; writing my blogposts and visiting as many other people’s blogs as I can to keep myself and other writers motivated. I also spend a little bit of time on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter-X and LinkedIn to post links back to my blog. Sometimes…
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