Tag: confidence
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Middle Age: Time To Stop Worrying About Our Bodies And Start Focusing On Our Brains
I’ve had a mixed reaction in my circle about my decision to shed a few kilos. There are those friends who have been supportive – in that they understand the need to manage my weight gain through menopause, if possible. Then there is the other “life’s too short to be miserable” camp, who don’t believe…
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Those Bloody Crises of Confidence Part 1
You may have sensed it in my writing of late, but I’m going through a bit of a crisis of confidence at the moment. I’ve tried to buoy myself up by trawling through all the memes on my Inspirational Shit board on Pinterest and drinking more wine than usual, but any writer will tell you…
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Ever Feel You’ve Lost Your Way?
I posted this meme on my Instagram page this week and it obviously resonated with my followers, so I thought I’d share it with you. I have a morbid addiction to allowing those “bad chapters” in my life cloud the good ones, and sometimes the clouds get really dark and fluffy, and no matter how…
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2016 Will Be About Me
I’ve decided that New Year’s resolutions are just so 2015. Ambition Key On Keyboard Meaning Target Aim Or Goal Have you noticed how women often link theirs to self-improvement rather than ambition? How we focus on the stuff we don’t do well? Probably because we are continually reminded that we are not perfect. And I’m…
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Anxiety and Never Being Able To Truly Leave The School Playground
I talked about the joy of anonymity in a post last week. Anonymity is a joyous experience if you seek it, but it’s not much fun when that self-imposed isolation is provoked by anxiety and fear. View image | gettyimages.com Kitty Flanagan, a middle-aged female Australian comedian, recently admitted in an article in the SMH…
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