SHIT, I LOST MY SELF ESTEEM
Psychologists have renamed self-esteem self-compassion {because doesn’t everyone need a makeover at some point?}. But more-so because to have self-esteem apparently meant that you had to be better than someone else. And who really has the time? Victoria Nicolitsi says hurrah to the ‘new girl’ self compassion.
DO YOU HAVE A BUSY MIND?
Amy Cassell has tried meditation. She sits still and all her thoughts excitedly gather to overtake the peaceful silence. Then it’s like kids with red cordial. They. Go. Nuts. And, for her at least, neither will power nor believing in the process of meditation do diddly squat in the face of that.
WHY MULTI TASKING IS A FARCE
Sandi Sieger’s realised after several years of thinking that doing too much all at the same time was a good idea, that multi-tasking is a complete farce. Alas, do not fear – the washing, cooking and cleaning trifecta is here to stay.
TAKING CONTROL OF ANXIETY
Nicole used to think of herself as your average 20 year old. She would go out with friends, hang out at their houses and travel at every opportunity. Until one Saturday night she went into cardiac arrest. She tried her hardest to live her life as she did before the cardiac arrest, but instead, she began to suffer from major anxiety attacks.
HOW TO THRIVE IN EVERYDAY LIFE
I learn something new every day. Within any given moment, I can be incredibly inspired by people, and then in the next, absolutely disheartened by them. I’m the most positive person you don’t know, but I’m probably also the most likely to tell you how it really is. I’m passionate and complex and mad about life; about romancing the everyday (something you should know as an avid Modern Woman’s Survival [...]
GUEST POST: DEPRESSION AND MY BROTHER
Depression. A seemingly dirty word that is rarely bought into the open and only exists behind closed doors or in hushed tones. Depression is not just a bad day – it’s a series of bad days, a black hole the sunshine can’t pull you out of. Everyone knows someone who suffers from depression. Trust me. Even if you think you don’t, I assure you, you do.
GUEST POST: DEALING WITH ANXIETY
Imagine feeling sick whenever you get invited to a friend’s house. Or being unable to breathe at the thought of going shopping. Or almost throwing up before you go to a party. From the age of 17 up until nearly a year ago, this was my reality… Back in 2009 I was in year 12, working, in a relationship, attending a dance academy, and partying every weekend. Fast forward one [...]
AN OPEN LETTER TO MYKI: REASONS WHY I HATE YOU.
Dear Myki, After my recent schamozzle trying to top up my myki card to travel home, I must disagree with the message on your website, that “Buying a Myki card is simple”. My fucking ass. Here’s why: So, when I want to top up my myki balance online, it takes over 24 hours for my credit to reach my card. WTF?! So, if I don’t have cash or a card [...]
GUEST POST: WE ARE CONSUMED BY WHAT WE LACK
Michaela from Five Frogs Blog heard something on television the other day that referred to the effects of addiction being that we are consumed by what we lack, and it a struck a chord in her, somewhere down deep. She’s not an addict, but she does lack something. Calm.
WHEN THE UNIVERSE THROWS YOU MERDE…
The universe has a bitchy sense of humour. She also has some pretty exceptional comic timing. This is a story of the universe’s nasty streak. Advice nugget: Never get cocky. Always be confident. But crossing this line seems to make the bitchy universe act like she’s on universe sized PMS.
OFFICE POLITICS AND OTHER REASONS TO QUIT YOUR JOB
Here are 5 reasons you should quit your job and hit Seek quicker than Kim Kardashian leaving a marriage … including when you’re bored beyond belief and the people around you make you want to call OOO to perform emergency CPR on your soul.
REWIND: IS YOUR INBOX STRANGLING THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF YOU?
Gaynor Alder is desperately seeking serenity over her inbox. It’s been strangling her with its incessant requests and suffocating her with its relentless demands. She’s driven by a crazy compulsion to answer every single message as it constantly cries out for attention. “Na, na, na, na, na”, it taunts her, “you’re never going to get to the end of all these messages. An empty inbox? Yeah, right. Good luck with that.”
TOP 5 TIPS TO BALANCE YOUR HORMONES
Health Expert, Bridget Jane discusses how those marvelous little things called hormones affect, influence and determine our mood, appetite, confidence, energy levels, body composition, motivation and metabolism; and reveals how to beat them at their own game.
MOVING HOUSE. F*%K.
With all those bags to push, why does this bitch look so happy? Oh, why, yes of course, due to her devastatingly good looks, the concierge is about to rush over and alleviate her plight {sound familiar Samantha Brick?} and someone has stretched her legs to kingdom come in Photoshop.
POPULAR POSTS: AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS
Mothers everywhere, please let it be known – I’m in awe of you. Do tell me, how do you do it? I’ve been working full time this week and my niece is over from Perth with my parents – and I wonder to myself, how the feck does any woman do this motherhood malarkey?
