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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It’s that time again for the Tell Us About monthly blogging challenge — and this month, Marsha chose the topic of dreams. If you read my last post about festivals (and why I love the idea of them far more than the reality), you’ll already know that this fun challenge…
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After writing about disillusionment and energy, this one feels like a natural place to land… because the truth is, we’ve always been aware of our flaws. From a young age, most of us can list them quite easily. The things we don’t like about ourselves, the parts we wish were…
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