Gratitude List Week Twenty-One
Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you for the response to my last post. It was wonderful that so many people read it, and some even passed it around. I have felt a bit of a block in my writing...
View ArticleGratitude List Week Twenty-Two
I am afraid this week I have been a little, well, needy. Just a little whiny and in need of coddling and cuddling and soothing. The thing I am most grateful for this week is the people in my life,...
View ArticleBrain Food Friday
Friday is here again! With two big deadlines at work this week life has been about writing, editing, proofreading, editing again, and more proofreading. So, there hasn’t been a lot of time for taking...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Twenty-Three
The days are getting longer and warmer. Spring has been waiting impatiently around the corner for the whole winter, and this week it took centre stage. No longer happy to wait in the wings September...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Twenty-Four
Tonight I am sitting alone in the house. My parents have gone on holidays, Chris has gone home, the dog isn’t talking to anyone because she’s depressed that Dad has left her behind, and my cat is...
View ArticleR U OK Day?
Do you mind if we have some real talk today? Some ‘what’s going in your head today?’ talk. Today, September 12, is R U OK? Day. The R U OK? Foundation was established to help encourage real...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Twenty-Five
I must apologise for some pre-ambling ambling self-exposing real talk. Sometimes a week is challenging and tiring and forces you to look at yourself and see where you might need to do some...
View ArticleA Nourishing Spring List
The mornings come earlier and brighter. A new clarity has settled over the air and the night winds don’t bite sharply but rather whisper gently through my bedroom window. Spring is here and I am ready...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Twenty-Eight
I have been looking forward to this weekend at the beach since Chris and I first started daydreaming about it a few months ago. Now I am back in my armchair at home with the ceiling fans on high...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Twenty-Nine
This week flew by so quickly, but we certainly packed a good deal of life into it! There are plans for travel, outings to see friends, and plenty of quiet moments to recharge. Time for a Thoroughly...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Thirty
I am struggling with how quickly the weeks seem to be flying past – just the other day (it seems) I was celebrating New Years on Casey and Matt’s verandah surrounded by my family and friends and now...
View ArticleA Simple Bowl of Millet and Spiced Vegetables, and Thoughts
Welcome friends, can I speak a little about something that has been bothering me? Thank you. Lately, I feel like I haven’t been doing justice to this little space I love so much. I haven’t been tending...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Thirty-One
Earlier mornings and longer nights make me want to stretch out in the sun like a cat and just feel the sun on my belly. It isn’t time for holidays yet but already, in that great Australian way, things...
View ArticleNourished Body: The Weight of All Things
Please note: the article below contains my thoughts, and details my own personal journey. This should not substitute for medical or health care professional advice. Also, this is long. Make a cup of...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Thirty-Two
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. ~ F....
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Thirty-Three
Yesterday afternoon after the thunderstorm had gathered and struck and then blown out as quickly as it had blown in I bundled myself into my car and followed a rainbow. At the end I found a little...
View ArticleThoroughly Nourished Finds – November Edition
Did I promise these fortnightly? (Checking blog….) Oh…I did. Well, it’s been a month…over a month you say? I ensure you I am much better at keeping my promises in real life. Except for the one about...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List: Week Thirty-Four
Do you ever have a week where you know it’s going to be busy, but you are looking forward to every moment of it? This week was one of those weeks, and it isn’t until I sit down and reflect that I...
View ArticlePost Two Hundred and Top Ten Posts of All Time
Welcome to my two hundredth post! I can’t believe I have reached this point, and I still feel like Thoroughly Nourished Life has a long way to go. Really, these first two hundred posts have been about...
View ArticleNourished Life Gratitude List Week Thirty-Five
Some weeks I feel like I am two steps behind as soon as I wake up on Monday morning. This week started as one of those weeks. Luckily after taking it slow and taking care of myself I was back in step...
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