Responsibility

Responsibility

  I found myself sitting in a hole recently that was the result of taking up responsibility for something that wasn’t mine. This wasn’t apparent to me initially, all I knew was that I was extremely agitated over a situation. So I sat in that hole. As I sat, I...
Boundaries

Boundaries

Boundaries can be described as something that marks where one area ends and another begins; the point of differentiation, of separation. When referring to personal boundaries, it’s the distinction between self and other. I am here, you are there; two entities....
Courage

Courage

Every first step begins with courage. And the second, and each one after that. Do you consider yourself a courageous person? Courage is easy to recognise in the bigger than life moments that make the news; those human acts of heroism, the feats of endurance, the...
Feeling Stuck

Feeling Stuck

What do YOU do when you get stuck? Confession – I didn’t start off here when I sat down to write. I began with a completely different idea, spent way too long staring blankly at the screen rearranging a few sparse sentences before giving up in disgust and walking away...
Shame

Shame

At a family gathering, a lively two-year-old was having a wonderful time dancing about. Marvelling at the child’s freedom of expression, one adult mused “When do we start to become self-conscious?” It wasn’t until later that the answer came to me – when we learn...
Grief

Grief

It’s a time for grief As bushfires rage out of control over large areas of NSW, communities are left shattered in the midst of the resulting devastation and holding the incredible pain that comes with grief and loss. Many have lost their homes, their possessions,...