Mother. Writer. Aging Rebel. Eternal Optimist
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I love travel. But more than that, I love backpacking. I never feel more alive than when my possessions are bundled into a 20kg pack, I have money in the bank, my passport in my pocket and no idea where tomorrow will take me.
One of the things I really love about backpacking, [...]
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This weekend’s joke is courtesy of my aunt, and taps into my fear about the coming summer and the fact that I need a new swimsuit. I am especially terrified because I have spent most of winter NOT running, NOT boxing, and indulging in TOO MUCH chocolate cake and TOO MUCH red wine.
Despite the following [...]
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When you ask people this question, you expect to hear cities like Paris, New York, London, even Sydney. What you probably don’t expect to hear is one of my top 3 cities - Mexico City.
I’d like to say Mexico City has a bad rap for its pollution and crime, but that wouldn’t be [...]
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As you may have guessed from my recent Are You A People Pleaser? post, I am currently going through some changes and frustrations in my personal life.
My relationships, my creative ambitions, future direction and sense of self have all been affected, with the result that I have spent much of the past few months wallowing [...]
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Do you ever watch the evening news and feel helpless at the poverty and tragedy of the humanitarian crises taking place in the world? Your heart feels heavy at such suffering, but you wonder what you could possibly do about it.
Over the past five years, 200,000 civilians have died due to violence, malnutrition, and disease [...]
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I have been a passionate reader ever since I was a child. Opening a book for me is like stepping into another world, slipping on someone else’s wardrobe and checking in their cupboards for naughty secrets.
And if I’m going keep reading there better be lots of secrets! I may not want tension, conflict and despair [...]
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Today, I’m in the mood for a list. My last one was 25 Fast Facts About Women Around the World, and it was spurred on by my reading disturbing facts about the extent to which female inequality and abuse still exists.
In contrast, this list came about from me reading some silly trivia tidbits that a [...]
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“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”
- Bill Cosby, Actor and Comedian
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The people I admire most in the world are unapologetic individuals, secure in their own creative gifts and happy to walk a path that may or may not prove popular with the masses.
People like [...]
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Freelance writers and SEO experts are a dime a dozen on the internet, but how many of them were also a world class chef for over 20 years, and cooked for Presidents and the British royal family? I think you’ll find that’s a list of one. The fabulous Monika Mundell.
These days Monika has traded [...]
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