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Why I am afraid to tell the truth
Health & Wellbeing ► 9 Mar 2021

Why I am afraid to tell the truth

My therapy sessions seem to be raising some curious talking points, societal constructions that I have never considered as cornerstones to the difficulties I face in my relationships.  My last session began with an analogy...

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Feeling Fabulous Focus – March 2021
Health & Wellbeing ► 3 Mar 2021

Feeling Fabulous Focus – March 2021

Last month, I wrote Weight Loss Wednesday, this month I’m not going to.  February was a bleak month in terms of looking at my own wellbeing.  By the middle of the month, I had sort...

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3 ways to hold space for yourself
Health & Wellbeing ► 22 Feb 2021

3 ways to hold space for yourself

With the busy-ness of modern life, it’s becoming increasingly easy to forget to look after one’s own wellbeing.  You, like me, may find yourself becoming increasingly agitated by the lack of time, and space, for...

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Weight Loss Wednesday:  February 2021
Health & Wellbeing ► 3 Feb 2021

Weight Loss Wednesday: February 2021

Welcome to February’s Weight Loss Wednesday.  I can categorically state that while January wasn’t an all-out failure, it wasn’t a success either.  I ended January 0.2kg heavier than I started it… Throughout the month, I...

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Unpicking the Untruths
Health & Wellbeing ► 23 Jan 2021

Unpicking the Untruths

Yesterday, I wrote about the struggle to find a space of my own… learning to hold space for myself is tough. I have struggled with it ever since I can remember. I seem to have...

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#WeightLossWednesday – The Reasons
Health & Wellbeing ► 6 Jan 2021

#WeightLossWednesday – The Reasons

Welcome to this January’s #WeightLossWednesday, a monthly discussion about losing weight and staying healthy. As I explained last time, I have always been overweight and struggle to lose weight. Before Christmas, I seemed to have...

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Navigating the Storm
Health & Wellbeing ► 5 Jan 2021

Navigating the Storm

We are all well versed at this now. The cases start to rise, the government watches, and then when it’s almost too late, they react. It’s not that I’m denigrating the government, even though Boris...

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#WeightLossWednesday – A Life Long Journey
Health & Wellbeing ► 23 Dec 2020

#WeightLossWednesday – A Life Long Journey

Overweight.  Obese.  Morbidly obese.  These words spend more time being thrown around than I care to imagine.  I have been overweight my entire life, and it’s something that I have only felt really concerned about...

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Beth is a 30-something living in North Powys with her five children. She wears many hats including Mum, freelancer & student. She enjoys a myriad of hobbies including reading, writing, and genealogy.

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The Generation Gap
Politics ➤ 15 Mar 2021

The Generation Gap

The whole Harry and Meghan saga has been shoved in my face each time I’ve opened social media.  Frankly, I don’t give a damn.  Important points were raised (institutionalised racism, maternal mental health, mental health...

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Why I am afraid to tell the truth
Health & Wellbeing ➤ 9 Mar 2021

Why I am afraid to tell the truth

My therapy sessions seem to be raising some curious talking points, societal constructions that I have never considered as cornerstones to the difficulties I face in my relationships.  My last session began with an analogy...

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The First Sign of Spring
On the Road ➤ 5 Mar 2021

The First Sign of Spring

The weather last weekend was divine wasn’t it?  After a time that feels like forever in lockdown throughout a bleak winter, the glorious sunshine was a ray of hope in the shadows.  Walking has always...

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The Book Club: February 2021
The Book Club ➤ 1 Feb 2021

The Book Club: February 2021

This post contains affiliate buttons for Bookshop.org, an online bookshop that supports independents and authors.  If you buy through one of the links on this post, I will receive a small commission from your purchase....

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Feeling Fabulous Focus – March 2021
Health & Wellbeing ➤ 3 Mar 2021

Feeling Fabulous Focus – March 2021

Last month, I wrote Weight Loss Wednesday, this month I’m not going to.  February was a bleak month in terms of looking at my own wellbeing.  By the middle of the month, I had sort...

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The Embezzler and the Bigamist
History ➤ 23 Feb 2021

The Embezzler and the Bigamist

This is post 1 of 1 in the series “Davidson” The one thing every genealogist will tell you is that no family story is ever complete. If someone tells you they have researched their family...

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