Category: bedroom
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Happy New Year
Received this Happiness Calendar for January which I’m going to try and follow. Thought I’d spread happiness by sharing the link to it here too! Let me know how you go with the challenge x Here’s to a happy and healthy new year xx https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/happiness_calendar/ic
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The Art of Grief
Probably a surprising title for a review of #wakanderforever but then again- I’m not really writing a review but an observation. In our Western Society grief, loss and mourning are taboo words (unless of course a member of the monarchy dies). We are told to rush ahead, distract ourselves, buy things, fuck things – whatever…
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Empathy
So I have been completing a course with Berkely Greater Good Science Centre (Might as well make use of insomnia). In one module, I was asked to complete the empathy test below: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/embed/empathy The summary of my results included suggestions on how to be more empathetic. Rather than swimming in neurosis on whether the tips…
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She’s a good sport
With the England women’s football team making headlines for winning the Euros there is much talk of how to nurture and encourage girls to play football. I was reminded of a recent poetry submission I wrote for a BHM television special celebrating black sports personalities. Part of the submission included answering if any sporting heroes…
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Words are Cheap
Or so they say, but I often write poems as gifts. The poem below was written for one of my most cherished friends who is an incredible mixed media artist. I was inspired by her heart nourishing series Sisters Need Sleep. A beautiful collection of pieces that remind woman to take rest and replenishment when…
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Self love
Two thousand or so years ago, youths ran through the streets of Rome clothed as goats and wielding strips of goatskin to celebrate the Lupercalia Fertility Festival – today recognised as Valentine’s Day – the day we celebrate all things love. Rather than offering the traditional Luperci or Capitalist sacrifice, I thought a much more…
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Poem: Girl’s Best Friend
When you try to write a post about the joys and challenges of being a single parent on holiday but your creative juices have other plans…
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Tis the season..
A royalist I am not. In fact, I believe the whole idea of monarchy is an antiquated method of crowd control. However.. Every time I see a picture of Meghan and Harry it just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. I see the ridiculous, barely veiled racism in the typical media outlets. I hear the “concerned”…
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My grand tour… Walthamstow
When my doctor told me that I needed to reduce my stress levels, a day trip to Walthamstow probably wasn’t exactly the remedy she had in mind. But after being lured to the urban suburb with the promise of a mani and invite to the Spa Experience bloggers event- that’s exactly where I headed.. And…
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How to Live in Beyoncé’s Shadow..
Hello Guys, My stats tell me that I haven’t posted for the whole of September… As a teacher, this is no surprise. But it’s not just the new academic year To Do lists that have kept me at bay from my blog. I have also been busy building a brand new website with one of…
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