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almost home
if i look back, i am lost
YOU ARE THE REASON
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
Love Begins
PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
we're not kids anymore.
One Nice Bug Per Day
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
KIROKAZE
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And So It Goes
In every heart there is a room A sanctuary safe and strong
The opening lyrics from a song called And So It Goes. I have brief recolations of the Billy Joel version, but I have come to know it through a beautiful choral version from the King’s Singers.
To heal the wounds from lovers past Until a new one comes along
We are always stronger than we believe we are. We are equipped with these…
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The Journey
She had been able to see it on the horizon now for a while, rising out of the darkness like an ancient monolithic structure. At first it had seemed so far away, too far to imagine ever reaching. Back then it was tiny, and if she didn’t keep her eyes focused upon it, she would lose sight of it. Kind of like pointing out a bird against the backdrop of clouds or an insect going about its business on…
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Rocks
She left the Elm trees swaying in the early spring breeze, picking up rocks as she walked. Feeling the smooth, calm, coolness of them as she slipped them into her pockets, one by one.
She was leaving the only home still standing, the only one ravaged by pain, rather than the Germans. How could she hope to recover this time, when once again, everything was beginning to tear at the seams?
Ano…
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Suicide
It’s a horrible word, isn’t it?
Merriam Webster defines it as ‘the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally’ and It makes it sound so… benign. Like the choice is so easy, that it doesn’t come from a place of torment, pain and questioning.
Suicide is the only option left when every other conceivable idea becomes unbearable. Break that down – every. other. option.
E…
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Two Easy Chinese 'Fakeaways'
Two Easy Chinese ‘Fakeaways’
Sweet Chilli Beef/Chicken.
1 x packet of beef strips/2 chicken breasts
3 tbsp cornflour
Chinese five spice/seaweed flakes/sesame seeds
1 carrot, finely sliced into batons
1 onion, finely chopped into strips
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp ketchup
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce (dependent on brand/how hot you like it)
2 tspn (not tablespoon) rice vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
Spri…
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35 Things I Have Learnt at 35
35 Things I Have Learnt at 35
As we draw to the end of this decade, I have recently turned 35. I don’t know why 35 feels like such a huge leap from 34, but it wasn’t a milestone that I was thrilled to get to. Its the turning of time, another year gone – and it has been quite a year! I don’t feel particularly old, perhaps just a little like I have a lot left to do, more that I want to achieve. But, the start of a new decade…
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The Problem With Looking for a Saviour
Click to read my latest writing - The Problem With Looking for a Saviour
I saw this the other day – and inside, I winced.
It sounds romantic doesn’t it? ‘May you fall in love with someone who never gets tired of saving you from your own chaos’* – it perhaps brings to mind unfaltering love, someone who will stay with you through thick and thin, who will recognise your flaws but want to be with you in spite of – or even perhaps because of them.
The other…
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Codependent
Image credit: Dominik Vanyi @ Unsplash
Codependency was a word that I never fully grasped; it was something I never fully understood and something that – even now – I struggle to spell!
And yet, I was it, I was it to the letter. If anyone wanted an example of what a co-dependant person looked like, they could just bring me forward, with my phone firmly planted within my hand and my…
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The Perils of Writing What You Know (& The Perks)
This already feels like a bit of a weird post, so bear with…
I have been blogging now for just over a month but I have been writing for years, I’m 34 and I think I wrote my first (questionable) piece of fiction before I entered my teens. I have always enjoyed writing, putting words down onto paper; creating new worlds and characters to inhabit them. Even when I am not writing, I am…
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The Anger Vortex
This post feels really personal, perhaps the most personal yet - but my therapy session yesterday was really tough and sometimes recovery is really, really hard. Only posting the 'highlight reel' does no-one any favours - so, lets opt for honesty today :)
I have a lot of thoughts buzzing around my head today after yesterdays therapy session and subsequent conversations with friends.
The therapy session was a really hard one – we talked a lot about anger, and my reactions to experiencing and observing it. It’s an emotion I struggle with, especially towards certain people and when I do feel anger it doesn’t really go anywhere, I kind of numb…
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Guest Post - Breathing Techniques
Today we have a guest post from Ashley @ weidergabe.com. She has written a very informative post all about Breathing Techniques that can be used daily and also at times when we need to re-centre and ground
Today we welcome Ashley from Weidergabe.com who has written a post all about breathing techniques that she has learnt and found useful in moments not only of discomfort, but also in her day-to-day life, resulting in better sleep and generating a more positive start to the day. Ashley’s blog is a hive of positivity, honesty and motivation – definitely worth checking out and following ❤ She will…
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Turn Around
Turn Around - face what you have been running from and you may just find that what you are faced with is not as scary as you imagined.
Image by Yogendra Singh @ Pexels
You tried to outrun it, didn’t you?
You tried to speed ever onwards, not looking back. Through relationships, and jobs and sweet amber liquid that tasted like how you imagine silence might sound.
The bridges that you built in haste with shaking, trembling hands stood firm, they didn’t crumble, they didn’t fall. They held your heavy, fast footsteps as…
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Treasure
Please click to read my latest writing: Treasure - A very short story of kindness, of empathy and of a life spent serving others.
Photo by Eric Nopanen on Unsplash
They all called her Treasure, the reliable and friendly ear at the end of the day as they sat and drowned their sorrows before going home to their wives.
She had been working the strip bar for most of her life, seen many come and go. There was a time when she worked the floor and the poles, but not now…
Now she was a mother. Not in the literal sense,…
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March
The first of my monthly recaps :) Click to see what I have been reading, watching, eating and listening to throughout March...
Image made using Canva
Traditionally heralded as the start of spring, this March certainly feels like it has been a time of new beginnings and growth for me. The biggest thing during this month has of course been starting this blog – it came about after a therapy session where, after reading something that I had jotted down during the week, my therapist looked up at me and told me to just go…
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Click to read my latest writing: The Frequency of Sadness. I am blaming Mercury's current shenanigans for how difficult this post was to write.... ;)
Yesterday, my therapist asked me to describe to him what my depression felt like.
I write, and I write a lot. I love language, I love words, I love reading and I love coming up with analogies and how to describe things in a way that help other people understand the (sometimes) incomprehensible. Last week I wrote about how I imagine my depression acting like a thick, gloopy tar within my…
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A “good day” doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone, or the same thing all the time. Sometimes a good day might be being productive and getting a bunch of stuff that you needed to do done, sometimes it will be spending time with the people who love you, sometimes it will be taking basic care of yourself even though it’s hard. Sometimes a good day will just be not relapsing or not using unhealthy coping mechanisms. Don’t hold yourself to the standards of “I could do this before, so the fact I can’t now is bad.” Every day is different, and recovery isn’t linear. Sometimes you don’t have the energy to be super productive or spend time with people, and that’s okay. Listen to your emotions and don’t expect the world of yourself on the days when sometimes just doing the bare minimum is an achievement.
Homemade Sausage Rolls
This is my first recipe on my blog - I made these yesterday and they are delicious! They are super easy too :) Homemade Sausage Rolls... yum!
So… this isn’t my normal type of post 🙂 I’ve always had it in my mind that alongside the writings about mental health and self care, recovery and all of that, I would pop in the odd recipe or two.
I suppose, in a way, it is related to mental health. I love cooking and baking – there is something quite wonderful about putting on your favourite music and just getting stuck into creating…
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