The Not Good Enough Feeling keeps women staying in shit jobs, toxic relationships, prevents us moving on from a messy separation, and makes us second-guess ourselves constantly. How frustrating and painful are the Not-Good-Enoughs? Here’s a major tip for paying attention to the feeling so as not to get pulled down into the ‘I suck’… Continue Reading
I’m Lonely
I’m lonely. Two words many of us are frightened of saying. I’m lonely. We aren’t saying it, and yet we are feeling it. We’re demonstrating it in our behaviour. Loneliness has become a deeply worrying phenomenon. In varying surveys and articles towards the end of 2017, around 1/4 of Aussies said that they often feel… Continue Reading
Your Vagina Can’t Cure Cancer
You can’t fix an abuser. Over the years that I have travelled alongside and helped women who have been subjected to some form of abuse in relationships, I have heard the same thing from almost all of them: “I thought if I loved him enough he would heal and then he would change”. It’s beautiful;… Continue Reading
[VIDEO] The Seduction of Sad Town: Why am I sad and how can I feel better?
Do you find yourself Googling ‘Why am I sad?’ more than you’d like to? Why do you wallow in melancholy? Do you genuinely believe that you are better off living in sad town than trying to find more happiness? Would you like to be happier but have got stuck in the pity party? Are you… Continue Reading
[Guest Post] Keep on Driving
Keep on Driving was originally written and posted on October 9, 2015 by Miranda Tetlow (mirandatea) on her blog Postcards from the North: ‘True stories with poetic licence. Some are funny, some are not’. Miranda is a phenomenally talented writer dedicated to the art of authenticity in a distinctly Australian voice (nothing saccharine here!). Recently she has forayed into fiction… Continue Reading
[VIDEO] Making Changes that Stick
Making Changes that Stick Whenever we want to change something significant in our lives and yet remain ‘still’ there are usually difficult times. It’s important to know that those feelings of frustration, and the times when we’re watching ourselves from the outside are VITAL to the process of change-making. Similar to when you are carving… Continue Reading
