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I am saying bon voyage to my daughter as she heads to Japan

Posted in My personal story, creating amazing, life, mother, teenage girls, women, tagged on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When Jodie started talking about how good it would be to go on exchange last year I initially dismissed it as simply teenage wishful thinking. She knew I had been on exchange and I did take the opportunity to tell her of some of my experiences. The subject of exchange became something she started to [...]

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IT finally happened!

Posted in My personal story, emotional well being, life, self awareness, self esteem, tagged , , , on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I did it…thanks to my sis…I got to meet the almighty guru himself Craig Harper. (I will add a link later – for now this is my story!) Ok…so he made me laugh, almost made me cry…but has definitely got me back on track as I put my life on a hoist, poke it, prod [...]

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Confrontation

Posted in Depression, Finding your real self, Getting unstuck, My personal story, anger, coping, creating amazing, emotional well being, learning, letting go of the past, life, mental health, self awareness, self esteem, tagged , , , on February 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »

‘You have a problem with confrontation’ ( a psych nurse)
‘You have not confronted the most important person yet - yourself’ (My counsellor)
Yikes….my body is wracked with fear and anguish. My experience of confrontation is negative….scary…frightening. Confrontation means I will upset someone, rock the boat, stand up for myself (and I always seem to fail at that). The last person I want to upset is me. I have already rocked my boat by giving up on my marriage….so what exactly does [...]

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The People Pleaser

Posted in Depression, Dragonslaying, Finding your real self, My personal story, creating amazing, emotional well being, ex husband, life, men, mental health, relationships, self awareness, self esteem, tagged on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Well I wish i had written this myself but I didn’t. Reading it was like looking in a mirror and seeing the old me….not a pretty site is it?
Check it out here
The words doormat are still there – but fading fast….anyone got some really good stuff I can just clean them up with
 
 

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What do I want to achieve?

Posted in My personal story, can do, coping, creating amazing, emotional well being, life, love, men, mental health, self awareness, self esteem, separation, teaching, tagged on February 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Ok…so I have moved on…am getting better – now what? Like what exactly are my goals? What do I now want to achieve? I have spent the better part of the last 6 months playing and having fun but essentially I am goal driven and not a floater. Floating has been fun but I [...]

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A timely reminder

Posted in Dragonslaying, Finding your real self, Getting unstuck, My personal story, can do, coping, creating amazing, emotional well being, letting go of the past, life, mental health, self awareness, self esteem, women on October 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »

My favourite blogger and mentor has done it again! He has written a timely reminder for me..well of course not just for me but there is something about his timing I am sure – positive in fact!
“Stop wasting your life on crap you can’t change”.
Lets take a little peek at where I may have [...]

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It has been some time

Posted in Getting unstuck, can do, creating amazing, emotional well being, family issues, life, relationships, tagged , , , , , on October 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Well, for anyone reading this I apologise that my writing has stopped…but I won’t apologise that the rants have been done with. Yes I am feeling better!

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The ‘get your shit together challenge’

Posted in My personal story, can do, creating amazing, emotional well being, ex husband, family issues, letting go of the past, life, mental health, mother, self awareness, self esteem, separation, teenage girls, women on August 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Ok..I fess – I am in awe of Craig Harper his style, his manner, his writing, his whole site….and now he has thrown down a challenge I cannot ignore – the Get your shot together challenge’. See…(assuming you took took that link!) no airy fairy nice as pie language from this motivator [...]

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Sitting at Life’s Train Station.

Posted in can do, creating amazing, emotional well being, learning, life, mental health, relationships, self awareness, self esteem on August 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »

This great poem fromCraig Harper really speaks loudly and clearly about the way life can pass some people by. Check it out:
It’s five fifteen in the morning.
You wake up excited with a day of new and amazing possibilities ahead of you.
You bounce out of bed and hit the floor running.
You jump in the shower, throw [...]

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About friending and social networking online

Posted in In the Community, emotional well being, family issues, learning, life, mental health, mother, relationships, self awareness, self esteem, teaching, teenage girls on July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

As a parent I am concerned about the phenomenon of MY SPACE – my kids are into it -as are many others. I am also a teacher of teenagers and have already witnessed the impact that a MY SPACE page can have within a peer group in the real world. I have come across this [...]

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