Category: Strategies
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What is White Magic?
As Christmas draws near, the phrase ‘white magic’ keeps popping up in reference to a wintery wonderland shared with family and friends. In Australia, however, it’s Summer, so there’s not a snowball to be seen. As such, the kind of White Magic that has been on my mind of late,…
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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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A paradigm shift in paradise
Every now and then something happens that causes you to see the world anew. Sometimes the paradigm shift is so profound it sticks, and you’re never the same again… other times, you have a moment where your brain goes “wow – how interesting – who knew!?” and then it flips…
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How do you name your pain?
In Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”, the heroine whisper-wails into the night-air off her balcony; “O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?” After he doesn’t reply, she reassures him that she couldn’t care less what his last name is, or that his family is her family’s sworn enemy. Soon after…
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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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The military sleep method
I recently wrote a post (here) about how I help myself fall asleep by saying the alphabet backwards as I practice deep breathing. Well, my computer must have overheard my typing, because it started to feed me news links to other sleep methods. The method I was most intrigued by…
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What is “quiet cracking”?
It feels like only yesterday I learnt the term “quiet quitting”, which refers to employees all but giving up on their job. They turn up to the office each day, but they put in the bare minimum of effort, without enthusiasm, and without anything close to an “above and beyond”…
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Ice-curling and chronic pain
A short time ago I reviewed a piece of writing about migraines, plants and pain, written by Tan Tuck Ming. There was a phrase that he used that stood out to me at the time of reading, and has stayed with me since – he mentioned his pursuit of a…
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Trapped in migraine postdrome
Today’s post outlines what the 4 phases of a migraine are, including the fourth stage – ‘postdrome’ – and it explains why chronic migraine can feel like you’re permanently stuck in a state of postdrome. But it’s not all bad news; it also provides some ideas about how to change…
The Mindful Migraine 