Q: The annoying dating approach I have had someone approach me within a private Facebook group and ask me out. I said no. Then he has a few times sent me a private message via messenger and asked me out and he also saw me on a dating app and then sent me a message. [...]
We live in a society that is geared to achieve and strive and do, without pausing and reflecting and celebrating. In the past, I did the same. When we don’t pause or grieve or celebrate, we devoid life of meaning… In a society that has forgotten how to celebrate rites of passage, it takes a [...]
The Group Sexuality Shame Game Last month I was approached by a lovely young man (lets call him Sparky) to go to an event called ‘The Temple of Consciousness’. It was a group sexual workshop. I can feel your sphincter tighten as I say 'Group Sex' and your shame attempting to make its way [...]
People...there’s an important day coming up. No it’s not my birthday, you’ve already missed that (asshole). The 17th of May is the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Obviously this day is about bringing awareness to an issue that is near and dear to my heart. To help highlight the importance of this day [...]
The word 'motherhood' doesn’t combine the two words mother and neighbourhood the way you might think it does, at first glance. It’s not a gang, but it is a club, and I’m not in it.* Women talk like we’re all in it. We’re not. Some of us don’t want to be, some aren’t by choice, [...]
The Madonna Complex is a psychological concept coined by Freud to refer to the inability of a man to maintain sexual arousal within a committed loving relationship. The complex describes how man can be conflicted between honouring and respecting his partner, the mother or future mother of his children, and needing to freely express his [...]
I lay writing this piece with tears streaming down my face as I reflect on my Self Love journey. The highs and lows, the ebbs and flows... oh what a journey it is. Looking back Self Love honestly wasn’t in my vocabulary, realm, or life until more recently. Growing up I truly never believed [...]
I’m not going to beat around the bush on this one… Over-giving. And why is it more damaging? When we start to look below the surface of this typical behaviour, we start to see it for the symptom of a larger issue that it really is. Before I do that, let me say [...]
THE WELLNESS PROBLEM. As a woman reaches the end of her reproductive years, the ovaries gradually produce less estrogen. As estrogen levels decrease, menstrual cycles can become erratic until they cease completely, generally between the ages of 40 and 60. When a woman has gone 12 months without a menstrual cycle, menopause is said to [...]
Mother Nature gave us the most beautiful gift, to bare children. When we’re not baring children, we are baring the pain of the flow. Menstrual Periods. That once a month, if you’re regular, 7 day flow. Without knowing more than what was advertised in magazines, I was offered a panty liner and tampons from a [...]