Thinking Day

February 22, 2023 mish

I don’t think I’ve been less involved with Girl Guiding in my life and yet Lady Baden-Powell popped into my head today. Guides came up the other week in some sort of conversation and I was irritated by that person’s association of them with cadets and army type activities, the Girl guides have always been … Read More

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In Perfect Love In Perfect Trust

February 21, 2023 mish

It’s a Wiccan thing, perfect love and perfect trust, it’s about how you meet other witches. It’s about how you treat the universe. It’s about believing that other people know who they are and who you are, so you’ve got to take a step back and understand that everything is unfolding as it should and … Read More

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Cyclical Emotions

February 20, 2023 mish

M-i-L suggested that all the awful at the end of last year was to balance out all the good stuff over the summer. Well, it’s still happening and I’m not a fan. The thing about the heights of feeling last year, the sheer ecstasy is that this year I have the lows. The physically painful … Read More

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Instinct vs Instinct

February 19, 2023 mish

(Content Warning – more of me musing on my mental health which is pretty poor right now) I’ve mentioned before my struggling with the way Laura Richards signs off from Real Crime Profile, her sign off is ‘Always trust your instincts’ and I’ve written before about how I was taught not to trust my instincts, … Read More

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A Park in the Rain

February 18, 2023 mish

Breathing to now, it’s a technique from therapy, you keep your eyes on a specific place and you breathe, box breathing. I did it in a park in the rain today. The reason you’re supposed do the exercise is to synch you up with what’s actually happening, the premise was you’re supposed to be able … Read More

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