Chatting with a friend about last week’s blog post I was reminded of the biggest lie in our society about beauty. It would be bad enough for our self-esteem if we were aiming to look like, and judging ourselves against, the most beautiful people in the world. But what we’re usually comparing ourselves to when we look at models and celebrities – especially in print – is a complete unreality. Even 25…
Unsurprisingly a new year is a great time to set goals for the year ahead and to wish people health, happiness and success in 2017. Success = the accomplishment of an aim or purpose (dictionary definition) But what does success mean for you personally? When my shoulder tendonitis was at its worst and I’d spent 3 days in my pyjamas sat on the sofa because the pain and painkillers were wiping…
Apologies for not having posted last week, although with the busyness of this time of year you probably didn’t notice. I sustained a nasty shoulder injury a couple of weeks ago and spent most of last week in a fog of excruciating pain. One of those days was even more unpleasantly enhanced by an opiate painkiller daze. Coleridge might have written Kubla Khan on opium, but I ditched it after just…
In my re-launch post a few weeks ago I said: Despite the rise of social media, traditional media still exerts its control and influence over us. It chooses what we focus on, what we overlook or ignore, and whose opinion we listen to. We’re still pushed, pulled and coerced by it in any number of ways that we’re totally unaware of. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently. …
Hi, I'm Mel (you figured that out already though, right?!) and this is where I chat about things that relate to and inspire my writing, as well as share some of it.