Tag: personal development
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Can it not be redeemed? Some thoughts on grief & shame.

It is funny, isn’t it, how events, dates or seasons in the calendar can be marked with a certain mood for us. How they become marred by the shadow of a specific experience. Birthdays for me have become a little bit this way. At first I thought, no birthdays with kids just hit different. And…
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How’s that for feedback – on seeking and giving feedback well.

In a strange shift of our Saturday morning habits, I quite like going to the 8am Pilates class. Horror, I know. This is a shake up from sleeping in and everyone laughing at “mum” who is always the last up on a Saturday morning. From time to time, my husband also has to work on…
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New Year, New Me (LOL) – on our intentions, leaning in and what we learn along the way.

(Alt title; the blog post where I overused parenthesis). How is it February already? The new year, once this shiny thing of promise, already feels a little heavy, a little grimy. I never really understood the emphasis of ‘new year, new me.’ I do, however, like goals and I like intentions. If you are finding…