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?
We’ve all worked with people who get an erection whilst wielding their over inflated sense of self importance over others, just because they have a title. Otherwise referred to as a wanker …
Fear. That insidious monster that ever so effectively controls our lives. Prevents us from reaching for all that we deserve, bullying us into submission and quashing all of our dreams. Limiting us. Holding us back. Shutting us down. In our minds we tell ourselves that can apply for that new job, open our hearts to [...]
People say I’m strong, but let it be known that I do fall in a heap sometimes (because I’m honest like that). Just when everything seems peachy keen and life is going swimmingly well, I’ll take on too much. Keep things too close to my chest. Drink too much. Smoke far too many cigarettes than [...]
I was lucky enough to share an uncharacteristic sunny Melbourne day in the depths of winter, with my beautiful friends on their back deck. Whilst soaking up every ray of sunshine and delightfully sipping on a chilled glass of sauvignon blanc, I found myself lamenting on their intrinsic ability to be completely in the moment. [...]
I’m like a 4 year old with a dummy – even though I know I don’t need it any more, it may take a little while for it be to cajoled away from me. But once I realise, really realise that I am free of these fears, I’ll be able to spit it out in disgust, because I’m all grown up now.
Sleep has become my number one fantasy and I lust for it like a porn addict does double d cleavage. I snatch sleep in my relentless schedule whenever I can, collapsing into bed, and caressing my sheets and pillow like I’m being reunited with a long lost lover. Oh Tontine, I do love thee so. Please let me stay here in your arms a little longer.
Oh, serenity, my long lost friend, you’ve turned up at last. Not only have you knocked on my door, begging to come in from the rain, take your coat off and put your feet up on the couch with a cup of tea and a nice warm jumper, you’ve come with wisdom and insights. Well, yes, do come right in. I’ll even get you a pair of nice warm socks, and, oh, how do you take your tea? White with one?
Why being a corporate whore, excessive commitments and draining friendships need to go, in order to simplify your life, and, oh, make way for Chanel handbags to miraculously enter your life.
If it’s annoying me or preventing me from approaching my days with ease, then it’s being scrutinised like a princess about to walk down the aisle and thrown out like a guest wearing white at a royal wedding.
As a writer, it isn’t often that I’m lost for words. But today there are no words to convey the anger I feel for how the medical system has failed Theda Myint and her struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome.
During a recent review of my b-b-b-b-udget, I was horrified to realise how much I spend on liquor and cigarettes a year. It was very sobering indeed. More shocking than that was how much I actually drink on a weekly, or, ahem, daily basis.
You have a very short time to decide who you’ll be sharing your living space with, who’ll inevitably see you coming out of the shower with nothing on but a towel. So, just how do you choose the right person to live with?
A reader recently wrote to The Modern Woman’s Survival Guide about her experiences attempting to come off anti depressant medication. Here’s what she had to say: When I wanted to come off my anti depressant medication, I looked on every corner of the earth for support. Those pharmaceutical companies make me a bit cross sometimes. [...]
Sandi Sieger, the Editor-in-Chief at Onya Magazine has something to say, and I’m behind her all the way. First Published in Onya Magazine on March 3rd, 2011. I’ve come to the conclusion that the world is, in no uncertain terms, screwed. I cannot remember the last time I received a bill, ordered a meal or [...]
