Category: Resilience
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A monkey called Punch and his ‘Mommy’
Is it normal to cry when you watch YouTube videos? Perhaps not, but the recent story of Punch the Monkey has got me a bit weepy. Thankfully, things seem to be taking a turn for the better for little Punch-kun (as he’s known in his hometown), which is great news……
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The art of critical ignoring
A short while ago I wrote about how I was choosing to ignore bad news (in a post called “Identity Crisis“). In that post, I referenced a specific strategy that I was trialing: “critical ignoring”. Today’s post explains the idea. In 2022, psychology researchers Stephan Lewandowsky and Ralph Hertwig published a…
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Prepper-Mindfulness
OK, so strange post today. It’s about my New Year’s Revelation. (Sort of.) In Australia, December-to-February is our Summer, and therefore, it’s also our Fire Season. While downloading some data sheets on how best to prepare our property against the threat of a fire, I was pulled up short by…
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Is life becoming Kafkaesque?
I was a teenager when my mother suggested I read Franz Kafka’s novella ‘Metamorphosis’. Spoiler alert – in the opening sequence, a man discovers he has turned into a giant cockroach. The point of the story (I now believe) is that there are occasionally moments of dumb-bad-luck when humans can…
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Choose your own adventure
When I was a youngster, I loved those books where you could choose your own adventure. For example: the main character is trekking along when they arrive at a fork in the road. Which way should they go? If you think left – turn to page 11 / if you…
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“Are you a Migraine Minimalist?”
When I was an architecture student, I loved the style called Minimalism. It was represented by designs which were simple and functional, made with natural materials and an emphasis on light and space. It was building pared-back to its essence. A skeleton of what was required, if you like, or…
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All the ways we’re getting sick
an image of colas listed from McDonalds coke, fountain coke, canned coke, glass, and bottled.
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“Dr Linda”… at last!
Woo Hoo! It’s done! At the wise old age of 54, I have officially graduated from my PhD studies to become a Doctor of Philosophy, Architecture. It’s taken me a little over 5 years, part-time, 3 of which I was living with diagnosed chronic migraine. Now that I’m on the…
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“Be someone’s lighthouse”
Today’s title is shamelessly taken from the last line of John Malone’s (lovely, well worth a read) poem: The Last Lighthouse. I’ve mentioned before that there are moments in blog-land when words jump out at me… and attach themselves like beautiful burs on my fluffy-mental-sock… and then they linger there.…
The Mindful Migraine 