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Sep 151 min
Parallel life if the "big bang" never happened
I’ve been finding lots of alternatives to use when I wake up with a strong fear or difficult emotion. I recently reexperienced my...
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Sep 62 min
Printing, parallels and metaphors
I’ve been busy doing some printing, we are going away fairly soon and creating my xmas cards is a job that I would rather not have on our...
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Aug 312 min
Reflections after the visit and other things
Well it actually went very well, the family visit. And I have to give myself a big pat on the back for that because the difference was...
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Aug 91 min
Just being an ordinary person,
with quite a lot of the answers worked out, but not all of them, and that’s ok. I have now had over a week of a huge step forward. I’m...
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Aug 22 min
Epiphanies, revelations, emotions
This week has been a roller coaster of emotions. I have made huge leaps forward, experienced happiness and contentment that I thought...
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Jul 252 min
Fear
I’ve been reading a couple of interesting books on fear. Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker Embracing Fear by Thom Rutledge. I was looking...
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Nov 25, 20232 min
A good week
I had an email in my inbox this week from Sarah Woodhouse( https://sarahwoodhouse.com/about-me/) Those of us with relational trauma often...
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May 21, 20232 min
Ok, I'm getting good and messy with the printing
So I had a good day starting to get stuck in. Just getting my hands dirty again. And in a huge life parallel, there is so much internal...
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Apr 16, 20233 min
The body keeps the score
I’ve mentioned the book “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel Van der Kolk before, about how the body displays outward manifestations of...
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Apr 9, 20231 min
Update on Zine 5
Before we get to onto the Zine, I had my first proper cello lesson. My husband was away with the car so I had to make my own way there...
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Mar 9, 20232 min
Rewiring faulty circuits
I recently was sent an email from Sarah Woodhouse https://sarahwoodhouse.com who is a trauma specialist and psychologist. She was...
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Feb 18, 20233 min
Boxing Lessons
I’ve had some uncomfortable but interesting lessons from boxing. I always examine everything (too much in a lot of people’s viewpoint,...
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Feb 11, 20231 min
Having the opposite reaction to good things.
It’s that time of year again, my second worst day after Xmas, birthday time! Sometimes I find just being me is so....tiresome! I’d like...
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Jan 29, 20232 min
Working on Zine 5
I’m back at work at Zine 5 now. It is slow progress, slowly whittling away at the pages, putting things together and then fiddling around...
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Jan 20, 20232 min
Box Fit
The big clear out makes me think about getting rid of stuff in general. I like Marie Kondo’s ideas and in the past read a book on Swedish...
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Nov 3, 20222 min
Still trying to catch up with topics...
Firstly, COVID. Yes I’m still below par, but slowly improving. I had a “boom and bust” last week where I did my usual exercise classes...
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Sep 22, 20222 min
Anxiety when good things happen
So we were successful with our bids for the piano! We visited it and I played it, tried lots of others too. My piano tuner had told me I...
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Sep 3, 20223 min
Weird week of ups and downs
Self awarded rosettes for my hospital visit I think this week I shall give you a rundown of the various bits and pieces. And of course,...
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Aug 25, 20222 min
Visit from someone who triggers me
I have written before about a member of my husband’s family who triggers me regarding abuse as a child. (Here) Well would you believe...
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Aug 21, 20222 min
Big news!
Big news for me at least, I’ve sent Zine 4 to the printers ready to be printed off! I knew there was only a tiny bit of tweaking to do, I...
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