Devon Maid is a story about my ongoing wellbeing journey and life in a rural playground
In a few days time I will be 41 and I don’t have children yet. I am childless. Or childfree depending on your view. There is, depressingly, a clumsy and at times insensitive approach towards women like me and it is this: ‘How do you feel about having babies?’ ‘Do you even want children?’ I […]
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In a world where ‘positive thinking’ prevails I want to know: what’s wrong with admitting to feeling what you feel?
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It’s 7pm on a boiling hot Wednesday. I’m stood on the uphill start line of a fell race with 100 other people. Dartmoor’s expanse falls away either side, rearing up again to the rocky tors of Little Miss, Great Mis, Great Staple and Roos. We are counted down 3-2-1 and off we go. Immediately I […]
Read MoreWhat if we are not failing? What if we are mid-conquer?
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Don’t let ghosts spook you – exorcise them.
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There’s no such thing as no strings attached. While we remain emotionally-driven creatures there will always be strings. It’ll get you in the end. Life’s not fair but you can be. Compassion and fairness are your major strengths. Hold them close and in the very least be consistent. Kiss chase is for playgrounds. If he’s […]
Read More1. I’m absolutely fine! 2. I’ll eat really healthy from now on. 3. I don’t need to write it down, I’ll remember that. 4. I’ll go for a run later instead. 5. I’ll take a packed lunch tomorrow. 6. I’m going to bed at 10pm and going straight to sleep, I swear. 7. I’m too […]
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Pppffft. Do you ever feel like that? Pppffft. Like a balloon deflating. There’s a billion things to do but instead I do nothing. Feel useless, hopeless. No cause for celebration. There’s a puncture and I’m taking myself down. Bah. Pppffft. I am useless and hopeless. See how these feelings run away, spiral out of control? […]
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Pausing to appreciate what you have in life
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Somehow or other, it has been a year since I cut alcohol out of my life. Can I just say: wah-hoo! In those 12 months, lots of people have asked me what life is like without it. Well, life is much the same as before but better. It’s like the filters have been sharpened and […]
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