A love letter to myself
This fortnight, one of the prompts on our Write Bravely group was to write a love letter to ourselves. “Easy Peasy,” I thought. After all how hard could it be,…
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Writing Bravely: A Gentle Beginning to the Year
My daughter, Natasha, says that her new year starts in the second week of February because that is when she finally gets down to actually working on her goals. This…
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What Is Still With Me from 2025
The year that began with promise This year started as usual with great promise. My goals were in place, my vision board ready, my word of the year chosen. I…
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The Quiet Power of a Daily Routine
I am the queen of chaos. I start doing one thing at the beginning of the day and by the end of it, I have a million incomplete tasks. Which…
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Beginning gently!
I am not entering this yearwith clenched fistsor a list that must be conquered. I am arrivingwith open hands,with breath before action,with a willingness to listen. This year, I begin…
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My word of the year – 2026.
A very Happy New Year to all of you! May all your dreams and wishes come true. And speaking of dreams and wishes, brings me to my WOTY – Word…
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2025 – A long long year!
I am saying goodbye to 2025 with mixed feelings. It has been a very long year. As I go through my morning pages to decide what to include in this…
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Those were the days
Children’s day made me feel a bit nostalgic. Here are my memories of a wonderful childhood, despite the scoldings and whacks. (They were so normal at that time) We ran…
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Am I Mad?
The 10th of October was World Mental Health Day — a day to open up conversations about what it truly means to care for our minds and emotions. Though this…
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There’s so much happening around us these days — endless noise, rushing, and headlines that make our hearts heavy. Somewhere between the chaos of the world and the busyness of…
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Where has the wonder gone?
Image by Vilius Kukanauskas from Pixabay A Childhood Full of Magic From a very young age, I had a vivid imagination. I would dream up fairies and dragons—who were always…
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Three deaths in one month. Enough to shake anyone. But when two are sudden and unexpected, it doesn’t just shake—you shatter. It’s not as if I haven’t known loss. I’ve…
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