Lights Are On But No-one's Home
I was lying in bed on Sunday morning staring out of the window, when a word picture landed on my heart, like a divinely beautiful butterfly. Read more »
Eating, Competing & Males
"I don't compete with women, it doesn't interest me" I heard myself say last night at an inner city restaurant in Bris Vegas. Mr. Delicious (my husband) and I were dining with some friends and a few new business associates. I surprised myself when I admitted this out aloud.
"I am only interested in competing with myself, and upping the bar as time passes." I went onto explain to the others seated at our table. Read more »
Emotional Sharks and Dolphins
I created the terms 'emotional shark' and 'emotional dolphin' in 2000 whilst doing some charity work with abused children in my hometown of Brisbane. It was at one of their Christmas parties that this visual description came to me. These brave little children around age three to five years who were in what I call 'abuse rehab' had grown up in unsafe environments emotionally, physically and sexually around predatory emotional sharks. Many of them had little faith in human beings, and I understood that. I too as a child had their history and did not like or trust adults. Read more »
Rose Coloured Glasses
What triggers feelings of love and what triggers feelings of fear? The answer to this question is different for us all.
It could be a smell, a song, driving through an old neighbourhood, a person's hands, voice inflection, a single word, a favourite food, or a certain time of the year. We can find that one moment we are feeling fine and all is well, and then all of a sudden the next moment, our heart is full of thunder, we want to cry or just run away. Read more »
