Category: Strategies
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Night Nausea
So, for all of you who visit looking for some optimistic insights about living your healthiest, happiest, bestest life – today’s not the day – sorry. I went to the neurologist’s office yesterday for Botox. Things are hectic here at the moment too, so maybe it’s stress, or maybe it…
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Migraine Biochemistry
OK, so today is another deep dive into the science of migraines, from the Migraine World Summit 2024, covering an interview with Dr Peter Goadsby, a professor of neurology at Kings College, London. This is another example of a science-discussion that pushed my art-brain to the max, which makes it…
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Remix your life like a DJ in 1 hour!
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. My Instagram feed seems to be full of advice on how to triple your followers by baiting big hooks and reeling people in. I don’t know what I opened to trigger the avalanche of advice, but using titles that include small numbers and big promises…
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My migraine’s marshmallow snowman
OK, so that’s a heading I wasn’t expecting to write anytime soon… but… I have been giving my squishy-stress-snowman a workout the last few days, and I thought he deserved a post of his own. In Australia, there has been a massive craze of things called “fidget spinners” and “stress…
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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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Healing with colour
I found myself with an hour to spare in the university library recently. On the shelf in the good health section, I came across a book titled “Color Healing Manual” by Pauline Wills (1993). As someone previously trained in design, I quite liked the idea of healing chronic pain with…
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Hydration (Part TWO)
At the risk of grossing you all out, today’s post is about the side-effect of drinking lots of water: weeing lots of water. If it’s not your idea of a fun read, feel free to skip it. * * * Urine. Wee. Pee. Piddle. Tinkle. Watering the lemon tree. Sword…
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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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