One of life’s most challenging situations is being needed when someone you love loses someone they love. The truth is many of us don’t know how to help someone grieving. We don’t realise it, but that extreme discomfort we feel when another human falls apart due to grief right in front of us, is not… Continue Reading
Letting Go
(OR ‘what exactly are you Letting Go of my love and would you prefer to Hang On?’) Letting Go. It’s a phrase we use often. Usually in reference to an idea or a plan we had that we’re struggling to ‘move on’ from when it doesn’t happen. Oh! There’s another one: ‘Moving On’. But why… Continue Reading
VIDEO: Why is separation so painful?
We ALL know separation is one of the most painful experiences you can go through in this life and this stuff of ‘being human’. But sometimes we don’t understand how badly it hurts until we’re IN it. Breakups are physical, emotional, mental, spiritual. Divorce is a relentless battle with someone else, yourself AND the state… Continue Reading
How our favourite fairy tales expose the secret tactics of abusive behaviour
*Guest post* Tangled happens to be both my favourite Disney princess movie, and my favourite interpretation of the fairy tale of Rapunzel. In this story, Mother Gothel raises Rapunzel in a tower, elevated and far away from the rest of the world. Mother Gothel tells Rapunzel that she is keeping her in the tower in order… Continue Reading
A eulogy for our dog Luna
This is Luna. She was my partner’s dog. We’ve been together for two years. She’s been with him for 12, right from when she was a tiny puppy. A few weeks ago we took both of our dogs out for a walk. We drove, which we often do even though it’s just up the road…. Continue Reading
