I promised an update to the Fertile Food Thoughts post on what to eat when you are pregnant, and this is kind of a part two. Except it has started off as more of an interest in vitamins, and vitamins for pregnancy. (By the way SIF has just written a post about getting cheaper vitamins from … [Read more...]
New Beginnings
Continuing with my "out with the old, in with the new" theme, a few things have happened this week to reflect a shift in what is to come. My broken ring...Firstly I lost a petal in my ring. Now this may seem minor to those less materially minded (as I should be) but since I am very aware that … [Read more...]
Book review: Sing You Home
I grabbed this book (Sing You Home) when I saw it at my favourite bookshop. The reason was: 1-I really enjoyed Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper (the story of a girl who sued her parents for the right over her own body: she was being used as extra parts for her dying … [Read more...]
From Muddle to Meaning
Hello bleeps! How are you all doing? I went to a very interesting workshop yesterday on Techniques at the Counselling House at church (where I do the play therapy, uh, correction, not doing it at the moment due to work overload). We had to do various activities which would reveal … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Fertile Kitchen Cookbook
It was about six months ago, in the depths of depression after a failed IUI, that I received the news that I had won Cindy Bailey’s "The Fertile Kitchen Cookbook". It became a ray of hope in an otherwise dark situation. I had something to plan for. I’m embarrassed to say that the CD sat there on … [Read more...]
Book Review: Loving What Is by Byron Katie
"Loving What Is" is very interesting. It reminded me of that cognitive behavioural, rational emotive therapy stuff - where you check if the thought or the underlying assumption is actually true. That is, it isn’t true that people have to love and accept you all the time. Life is? well.. we … [Read more...]