I remember watching the film Pretty Woman as a young, impressionable teenager. I was thirteen at the time and taking tentative steps from a child into womanhood. The boys that were once playmates were suddenly attractive creatures that generated strange feelings and emotions within me. Yes, I was growing up. I looked to society to […]
Why Saying Goodbye To The Kardashians Will Give You Back Your Life.
The Kardashians announced this week that they are bringing an end to their reality television show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians. They rose to global stardom off the back of a sex tape featuring Kim Kardashian and singer Ray J that surfaced on the net in 2007. Over the last 13 years, they have captivated […]
This Is What Happened When I Kicked Off My Heels For Good.
“If a woman never takes off her high-heeled shoes, how will she ever know how far she could walk or how fast she could run.” – Germaine Greer As a young girl of nine, I remember sitting at the back of my class, and watching my teacher strut up and down the aisle between our […]
You Should Never Feel Ashamed, Buttercup. You Did Nothing Wrong.
In 2011, I hit rock bottom and faced ruin after experiencing severe burnout during my legal career. I left behind my homeland of the UK to begin again in Andalucia, Spain. In my first year in Spain, I found myself sitting outside a café, one day when a woman asked if she could join me. […]
6 Signs That You’ve Been Tamed.
It’s the dream, isn’t it? To live a wild and free life. Most of us feel a yearning in our heart that is the call to the wild. To create a life of freedom. Who, deep down inside, doesn’t want to be free? By freedom, I mean free from anything that isn’t in alignment with […]
What Our Gardens Should Look Like.
If the coronavirus crisis taught us anything, it’s the need to become more self-sufficient. One of the areas where we can do this is to use our gardens to grow our own food. For me, this isn’t a novel idea. While I grew up in a town, I spent my holidays with my grandma on […]
Are You Living On A Prayer? Don’t Wait With Good Intentions This New Year.
As we celebrate the end of one more year around the sun and prepare to begin anew, this is the time of the year when we all tend to set our intentions or resolutions. The promises we make to ourselves to implement the changes we need to make to get life right this time. For […]