Category: Articles
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Conversations with… Kayleigh (Subject: Founding Obscene Self Love)
As a writer, I both love and fear words. I can’t count the number of messages I have had from people telling me that my words have made their day; I also can’t count how many times my words and their intention have been misinterpreted. Kayleigh is someone who knows the power of words and…
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In a world full of padding, be the underwire
I’ve finally figured out the secret to a successful, happy life – to look at people as if they are bras. Before you close this post down, unfollow me and never read a single thing I write ever again, just hear me out. Some people in your life are the every day bras, the kind…
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Don’t leave me alone (I’m lonely)
When I worked on the tills at the local supermarket whilst I was at university, I would get the same customers coming to me every weekend. I worked a ten hour day on a Saturday and the only way to pass that time was to talk to people, so I did. I think I was…
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Keeping the dream alive
I was always writing when I was a child. Even if I wasn’t sat with a pen and paper, I was still inventing characters in my mind or describing tall tales to my friends on the playground. I’d spend my pocket money on new notebooks and fancy pens. I entered writing competitions and was successful.…
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‘Girl Power’ isn’t just a saying
All my life I’ve wondered how to ‘be’ the kind of woman I want to be. Fearless. Friendly. Strong. Independent. Creative. Driven. Kind. Vulnerable. Stylish. Selfless A good friend. A good partner. The kind of woman who can pull off lipstick in the daytime. The kind of woman who can walk into a busy room…
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Saved by the ‘Angel Shot’
I saw something a few days ago in the Gold Coast that made me incredibly thankful to be alive right now. I was at a mini golf and bowling bar – the perfect spot for a date night and for losing to my fiance and his superior mini golfing skills – when I saw this…
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Happiness Is… your favourite band reuniting
For as long as I can remember, Blink 182 have been my all time, absolute, loyal-til-the-day-I-die favourite band. Quote a lyric to me and I can tell you the next line, the name of the song and the album it came from. Mark Hoppus was my first ever celebrity crush and to this day if…
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Spotlighting: The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital
During my travels, I have been lucky enough to see many, many wonderful things but one of the things that has stuck with me with most is the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital. Established in 1973, the Koala Hospital is responsible for saving the lives of and rehabiliting hundreds of sick and injured koalas, most of…
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Happiness Is… writing a review for that lunch you had that way okay
Remember that time you went to that place and the food tasted like they had scooped it out of the bin, the place was as dirty as a bin and the service was like they were talking to you as if you yourself had crawled out from a bin too? That trashy, disgusting awful place…
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