It’s been exactly a year and one day since I last posted here. And what a year it’s been! Goodness 2020, you sure decided to throw down the gauntlet, right? There are multiple reasons why I haven’t been posting: the most pertinent is that I’m currently working full-time and completing an MA which is absorbing...

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October 6, 2019

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Weekly Reflections #6

by Suzie

Goodness, but life is busy! Trying to balance all the different elements is quite a trick. Somehow we must: Work a job to earn money and, perhaps, if we’re lucky, to experience some kind of fulfilment. Carry out all the maintenance tasks of life, such as laundry, cooking, shopping, washing up, gardening and so forth....

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August 18, 2019

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Weekly Reflections #5

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In no particular order: I went for a beautiful long walk along the river yesterday. It was grey, wet, cold and raining when I left. As we went up the road I thought ‘what a stupid idea’. By the time we’d gone twenty minutes up the road, the sun had come up. Thirty minutes up...

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August 11, 2019

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Weekly Reflections #4

by Suzie

Oof, it’s been a while. But that’s life. It always gets in the way of my best intentions somehow. But the important thing is to pick back up where you left off and keep going. In no particular order: I went on holiday. I got to see manatees and thunderstorms and dolphins. The world is...

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June 24, 2019

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Weekly Reflections #3

by Suzie

In no particular order: Less than one week until I am in the USA! How exciting. I’m going to get to see mangrove forests and alligators and ALL SORTS. I am currently making this black bean and chicken soup with leftover roast chicken. It’s so easy. And I always feel properly domesticated when I use...

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Weekly Reflections #2

by Suzie

In no particular order: I freaking love Final Fantasy 7 and I am so stoked for the remake. But do I buy a PS4? Or do I hope the PS5 comes out before the game? Because it seems pretty clear that future parts will be for the PS5, right? Yeesh, gaming is so confusing. I...

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How to respond to the climate crisis (without getting overwhelmed)

by Suzie

If you’re anything like me, all the bad news about how terrible things are for the environment has you panicked and overwhelmed with despair. Unfortunately, despair is not a sensible response to the news. Rather, we need to respond to the climate crisis by taking focused and high-impact actions. Otherwise the world will end. Okay,...

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June 2, 2019

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Weekly Reflections #1

by Suzie

In no particular order: No matter how much I think I will enjoy doing nothing, as soon as I finish whatever time-sucking project I have going on, I start something else. I enjoy being busy and creative. Walking 18 miles is no harder on the body than walking 14 miles, but psychologically it feels harder....

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Eat better, feel better: the best diet for depression

by Suzie

Let me start with the bad news. You can’t cure your depression by eating a stalk of broccoli. Sorry. And, as I talked about in my post about how clean eating fed my depression, trying to achieve a ‘perfect’ diet can make depression and anxiety worse, not better. Now for the good news! There is...

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Self-Care Checklist for When You Are Sick

April 21, 2019

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Self-Care Checklist for when You Are Sick

by Suzie

I thought I would add a self-care checklist for when you’re sick to my library of self-care checklists! I’ve written a couple before: there’s my self-care checklist for depression and my quick self-care checklist which is more general. However, the past couple of weeks I’ve had both a rotten cold that has gone to my...

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