My sister and I buy our card wallets and other pouches from That’s Ferntastic, a one-person small business that closed a few years ago. I could rave about Fern, her products, and her amazing customer service for hours, but that’s actually not what I came here to talk about. For the last couple of years,… View more
I know everyone gets sick of me talking about how much I love my doctor, but I love my doctor. He always asks how my current book is going. Which it’s not. Not really. At first that wasn’t my fault. I was just getting into the swing of the new school year when we started… View more
Earlier this year I wrote about how I have an ongoing problem with my kids being entitled. How nothing is ever good enough. One of them in particular has a negative, anxious-leaning mindset and I fear she will miss out on a lot in life chasing the perfect moment, not realising that perfection is already… View more
(or who you should follow if you want to get a wife) In the absence of actually listening to women, I bring you Men Helping Men. I’ve been learning about masculinity, figuring out what that looks like for me as a trans masculine person, and through that have listened to many videos from these creators…. View more
The evolution of language. Language is a funny thing. Most of the time we aim to get the message across in as few words as possible, the goal being to communicate effectively. Language also evolves. Every word was made up at some point, and new words are being made all the time, particularly as new… View more
1) Draw compassion from your own childhood It’s not just that we look back at our parent(s)’ choices and think “I’m never doing that!” but connecting with how we felt as a child guides our parenting styles. A lot of my friends post memes to the tune of I wish I could be a kid… View more
The other day I was walking to pick-up with another local parent and he was asking about my work and I mentioned how my anxiety has been unbearable throughout Elton’s Song’s launch period. Then he shares a story about his mate, (who he’d just been to lunch with and also has mental health challenges,) and… View more
I lived with a person once and they were very … Messy is the wrong word. Messy implies that stuff has been left around, on an area that was previously clean. That was not the case. Things would be tidied on a fairly regular basis, but nothing was cleaned. So the dishes would get done,… View more
I have a confession: I am a dirty person. Not the fun, kinky bedroom type of dirty. The I’m not having visitors today kind. The messy kind. I hate it, and by extension, sometimes I hate myself. Growing up, my mum suffered severe depression. My sister took on as much of running the home as… View more
This isn’t a recent thing by any means, but something I’ve had happen a lot this past week and annoyingly, something I’ve had to hold myself back from doing, too, so here it is: Don’t argue with people about their identities. They know themselves far better than you ever will. Here are some examples: The… View more
