Ghosts and other memories
Something happens when you have in one place for a long time. It seeps into your bones a little, and it sometimes you become part of it...
The Allure of the Narcissist
The allure of the Narcissist in romantic relationships I have had so many women ask me to write about the allure narcissists, and the...
Your flaws are your Super powers
Oh, humans are interesting, aren’t we? I am always so fascinated as to why we do what we do, and the way we try so hard to hide behind...
Edie Sedgwick: Youth Quaker
In the heady times of 1960s, America was looking for a new it-girl, a poster child for the era, and Edie Sedgwick slipped in to the role,...
Halloween : What it's really about.
Image :Photo by Paige Cody on Unsplash Like so many holidays, the meaning of Halloween has somehow got lost in amongst the tacky plastic...
Does Love Imitate Art?
We have all heard the expression coined by Oscar Wilde in his essay the ‘Decay of Living’ that “Life imitates Art”, which loosely means...
Who is your darkest teacher?
Who is your Darkest Teacher? Cheryl Strayed, author of ‘Wild”, asked on a podcast I listened to recently “Who is Your Darkest Teacher?”,...
An Ode to Christchurch of the 1990s
A love letter to Christchurch of the 90s Christchurch in the mid to late nineties had a heartbeat. It was a living, breathing creature,...
The Truth About Love
I was born a romantic. I blame a wandering childhood and too many Disney movies. But life has its way of polishing off the soft edges and...
The Happiness trap
Happiness: it’s such a subjective and intangible goal, and yet one we pursue as a society almost relentlessly. A quick search on Amazons...
Invisible Women
Dame Judi Dench and Dame Helen Mirren by Annie Liebovitz The world I navigate at in my forties is an entirely different one to the one my...
The Sisterhood of Motherhood
Photo by Becca Tapert on Unsplash Oh, Motherhood. If this is a journey you are lucky enough to go on, it will be the most rewarding...
