Laughter really is one of life’s simplest pleasures… and one of the most powerful. It’s easy to forget that sometimes, especially when life feels heavy or we’re caught up in our own thoughts. But that moment when something catches you off guard and you properly laugh — not just a…
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Kindness is one of those things that sounds simple… but isn’t always easy. I think most of us would say we’re kind people. We try to be thoughtful, considerate, patient. But then real life happens. Someone cuts you up on the road, doesn’t say thank you when you’ve clearly given…
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When I think about joy now, it looks very different to what I once thought it would be. When I was younger, I think I imagined joy as something big. Something exciting. Something you chased or achieved. But these days, it’s much quieter than that. Softer. And, if I’m honest,…
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After everything I’ve written about so far — the shifts, the changes, the emotions, the hormones — this feels like a natural place to land. Because through all of it, there’s one thing I find myself coming back to again and again… and that’s intuition. That quiet inner voice. The…
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I feel like I talk about hormones a lot these days… but honestly, they deserve it. Because once you reach this stage of life, you start to realise just how much they affect absolutely everything. Your mood. Your energy. Your sleep. Your body. Your patience (or lack of it!). And…
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Today, I’m feeling grumpy. There’s no real reason for it (apart from hormones, obviously!), nothing dramatic has happened, and yet… here we are. Slightly irritable, a bit fed up, low on energy, and just generally not in the mood for much at all. And I think this is something that…
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