Personal Essays

musings on motherhood, mental health, and life’s many chapters

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Cooling my jets
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Cooling my jets
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One of the fine lines I walk for my mental health is the line between caring too little and caring too much. You, too?

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I stopped swimming
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I stopped swimming
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Early parenthood is made up of hundreds of these tiny sacrifices, these surrenderings of small joys.

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Modern parenthood: Loneliness, perfectionism, and anxiety?
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Modern parenthood: Loneliness, perfectionism, and anxiety?
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Or a call to something more?

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Scared of writing? Yeah, me too – here's how I overcome creative fear
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Scared of writing? Yeah, me too – here's how I overcome creative fear
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Writing will probably always feel scary, because – like all deeply creative work – it’s an intimate and soulful act.

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Listen: My word for 2019
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Listen: My word for 2019
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My word for 2019 is Listen. It gives me goosebumps to write that down because I know this word will be transformational for me.

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Notes from a self-employed mum: Craving connection
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Notes from a self-employed mum: Craving connection
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Dear self-employed mums: consider this an open call for connection. I’d love to exchange notes.

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