Category: Strategies
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“That’s ableism!” … or is it?
This post is potentially a little bit controversial, but… I think it warrants my time and yours to put it out there and get people thinking… and talking. Months ago, I read a blog post written by someone with a disability. They wrote that despite the day-to-day difficulties they were…
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Manifesting with blue ink on white paper
I usually do the ironing on a Sunday afternoon to get the family ready for the week ahead. It’s not one of my favorite chores, so I often listen to podcasts while I do it (it’s my way of remixing my life like a DJ!). In one of the podcasts,…
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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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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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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…
The Mindful Migraine 