Anniversary Blues

Anniversaries are often cause for celebration, for remembering, reflecting and gathering with family and friends. Last month was my birthday; in a week it’s my parents wedding anniversary. These are anniversaries of exciting things, of birth and committments. But there are difficult anniversaries too – those days that we could play over and over in…

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Self care: Relearning the basics

I am pretty bad at self care. Just to be clear, when I say self care I don’t mean taking a spa day, having some ‘me time’ and buying myself some treats. I mean the kind of self care that is taken for granted. I mean making a bed so that I’m not sleeping an…

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