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Fertility matters
Some of you will have had enough of reading about the Get Britain Fertile campaign, fronted by broadcaster and mum of two Kate Garraway and fertility expert Zita West and sponsored by First Response, makers of the pregnancy test kit … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Fertility, Pregnancy, Recovery, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, Dr Gillian Lockwood, egg freezing, Fertility, First Response, Get Britain Fertile, Infertility, IVF, Kate Garraway, Midland Fertility Services, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Women, Zita West
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Is it OK to be me?
I got home late last night and glanced at what I’d written on yesterday’s blog. I do this now and again, after posting – I check back to see if my writing flowed and whether I said anything of interest … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Self-Acceptance, Women, Eating disorders, Trust, Faith, Work
Tagged Faith, Trust, anxiety, CBT, publishing, The Baby Gap, overeating
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Faith and uncertainty
I asked a friend of mine the other night who’s been married for some 13 or so years and who still looked totally in love with his wife how on earth that was possible. What was their secret? How had … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Fun, Relationships, Spirituality, Trust, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, Faith, Guernsey, Jon Kabat-Zinn, meditation, Mindfulness, Shamash Aldina
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The extra mile – one mile too many?
I went down to watch the London marathon last Sunday. Not the elite race (I caught a bit of that on TV in the morning) but the masses that followed on behind – the hundreds tens of thousands of fun … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Leisure, Love, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women, Work
Tagged Childfree, Childless, Dating, London Marathon 2013, marathon running, Online Dating, running, singleness, Virgin London Marathon
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The naked truth
I’m just emerging from hibernation after a virus confined me to my bedroom for a number of days. It was a pretty horrible experience, particularly for someone who’s not used to getting sick and who prefers to be out doing … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Eating disorders, Leisure, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Art, Drawing, Life Drawing, Nude Modelling, Southbank Centre, Spirited Bodies, Women of the World, WOW
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What’s your role?
Before I plunge into today’s blog topic – What’s your role? – a quick plug for the Women of the World (WOW) festival that’s on at London’s Southbank Centre tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. I was at WOW 2012 and loved … Continue reading
It all started here
‘Maybe No Baby’ is the headline of a feature I wrote for The Sunday Times today on infertility and childlessness, particularly among women of my generation, late 30s, early 40s, and the difficulties of meeting eligible partners. It’s on page … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Relationships, Women, Pregnancy, Fertility
Tagged Fertility, Childless, singleness, Infertility, Childlessness, IVF, Childless Women, BBC Newsnight, The Sunday Times, Newsnight
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Magic moments
I started this blog on the shady terrace mentioned below, the Pacific Ocean just a short walk away. I continued it in the comfort of my London home, to the gentle hum of the washing machine. And I finished it … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Leisure, Love, Travel, Trust, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged holiday romance, Luis Enrique, Mexico, Puerto Escondido, salsa, Travel
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Postcard from Mexico City
I’m writing this from a café in the afternoon sunshine – one of the advantages of taking a trip to Mexico in December. It’s winter here too, supposedly, and many chilangos (as Mexico City dwellers are affectionately known) like to … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Relationships, Travel, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged adventure, Childfree, Childless, Claudia Cervantes, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Loneliness, Mexico City, singleness
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Alone but not lonely
If I’d written this blog a day or two ago, as I stood with my feet in the Pacific Ocean surf and watched the sky turn pink above me, it would have read differently. Back then, as my toes sank … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, codependency, Creativity, Fun, Happiness, Leisure, Recovery, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Acapulco, aloneness, Gateway Women, Loneliness, Martha Beck, Melanie Notkin, Mexico, Pie de la Cuesta, Savvy Auntie
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