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I write with honesty and a belief in the power of healing threaded throughout my books and the posts in this section.
These posts are snippets of the hard and the beautiful bits of my life. I hope you find something here that speaks to you, lifts your spirit, or simply makes you feel less alone.
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Family Fun at Christmas
Dear Reader End of Year Musings It’s been a tough year in many respects – I’ve had several health challenges and some heart wrenching losses. Yet, looking back on the year, I realise it’s been one of the best yet! During it all, we (Neil and me) took time to clarify what we really want…
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What do I really want?
How to move from being triggered by emotional trauma to being activated, a more gentle response
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Finding Peace in today’s world
Dear Reader Where is peace in today’s world? I am loving my reading of Substack posts. I find thoughts to come back to that change my perspective, that give me hope and peace I didn’t know I needed. One of these is from Quiet Wisdom. The author states: There is a quiet shift that happens…
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Lessons from Disappointments
Dear Reader More about life changes How I started my last newsletter: “Life changes …whether it’s in our plans or not. And sometimes we’re happy about it, sometimes we grin and bear it, and sometimes we only find the joy in the change as time passes.” I’m surprised, and pleased, to see that I am…
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Where’s the life I knew? What’s in the future?
Dear Reader Life changes… …whether it’s in our plans or not. And sometimes we’re happy about it, sometimes we grin and bear it, and sometimes we only find the joy in the change as time passes. Where I’m at in that cycle, I don’t really know. Last night loud thunder claps woke me about 3…
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The joy of being in nature
Dear Reader Enjoying the Sculpture Park If you’ve read my newsletters for a while you’ll know how much Neil and I love our volunteering at the Waitakaruru Sculpture Park and Arboretum. The past few months with poor vision have been distressing for me as I haven’t been able to help Neil in the Rock Garden.…
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Mixed emotions of joy and heartbreak
Dear Reader A mixture of emotions What an emotional two weeks – well, thirteen days – our recent trip to Australia was for me. I’m amazed at the capacity of the human heart to feel both joy and heartbreak at the same time. And this is what I felt during the following events of our…
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Being curious to overcome fears
Dear Reader Encouraged to be curious As a child, I soon learned not to ask too many questions. But I never stopped ‘wanting to know’ stuff. When I became a mother at a very young age, I was glad when my little ones started with the endless “Why – but WHY?” questions. I was never…
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How Old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
Dear Reader Thoughts on growing older as my birthday draws near It’s a few days to my birthday. A whole year being 77 has been a treat. I love the way 77 rolls off the tongue. Soon it’s be 78. It’s been a tough year in some respects. My health has given me a few…
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Countdown to my 78th Birthday
Dear Reader I love my 70s. When I was in my 20s and 30s I honestly didn’t think I’d live past 40. The closer I got to 40 the more excited I became. And when I turned 40 and realised I was well, I was vibrantly alive, life became exquisite. Every birthday from 40 became…