Tag: travel
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Conversation with Ashley (Subject: Why Travel is Good for Mental Health)
When we think of someone who struggles with mental health, we picture someone who perhaps isn’t at work because of their mental health, someone who finds it hard to maintain relationships, who struggles in social situations, who doesn’t leave the house. This picture represents some people with mental health issues, but not everyone. Ashley is…
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Conversations with… Lynne (Subject: Mental Health and Founding a Travel Business)
I love that social media has helped to make mental health something that is better understood. There’s still a long way to go until mental health conversations are fully normalised, but we are making progress. We wouldn’t be as far along as we are now if it weren’t for people like Lynne. Lynne is a…
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England – It’s Time To Love Yourself Again
Everywhere I look on social media at the moment, I see posts for Autumn (or fall, depending on where you’re from). The orange leaves, the steaming mugs of hot chocolate and the grey, hazy skies fill me with nostalgia. Australia’s seasons are on reverse, so it feels like everyone else in the world is cosying…
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Conversations with: Sylvia Longmire from Spin The Globe (Subject: MS and Travel)
Growing up, I always saw my Grandma Ann as just my Grandma. She had MS and was in a wheelchair, but to me that didn’t define her. She was the woman who wrote stories for me and who used to have a hoist that I would attach my Barbies too and send them around the…
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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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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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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…