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Friday Prompt: Care
Read this on galpod.com. Today I’m thinking about care. Caring for others and for ourselves, and taking care as a general characteristic:...

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Feb 3, 20231 min read


Art and Time Management
Read this on galpod.com. I know it’s late January, but I haven’t quite finished planning the year. So I wanted to talk a bit about...

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Jan 31, 20234 min read


Friday Prompt: Nature
Read this on galpod.com. It’s cold and rainy and miserable here in London, the perfect time to think about nature. I’m going to give a...

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Jan 27, 20231 min read


On Stories
Read this on galpod.com. Just after we got back from our trip, I met up with two good friends to see Hakawatis. Unfortunately, the run is...

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Jan 24, 20232 min read


Friday Prompt: Stories
Read this on galpod.com. Stories connect us. When someone tells me a story, I consider it a gift. We tell stories all the time, to others...

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Jan 20, 20231 min read


Retrospect Travel Log: Mexico and Galapagos
Read this on galpod.com. Over the winter holidays, we travelled to Mexico and Galapagos Islands. It was an incredible experience, and we...

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Jan 18, 20233 min read


Friday Prompt: Long-Term Goals
Read this on galpod.com. I know, I know. But hear me out. We’re not talking New Year Resolutions here because those are hardly ever...

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Jan 13, 20232 min read


The Great Book Parade of 2022
Read this on galpod.com. Like last year, I’ve read just over 40 books. This year I managed to read, on average, a book every 7.9 days,...

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Jan 10, 20233 min read


2022 Year Review
Read this on galpod.com. Biggest Accomplishment This is a tricky category right off the bat. Of course, my insecurities are quick to...

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Dec 13, 20224 min read


Friday Writing Prompt: Year Review
Read this on galpod.com. I know, I know. But hear me out. When we were in Greece in October, my life partner and I took a kayak out to...

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Dec 9, 20221 min read


Working With Strengths
Read this on galpod.com. On Friday, I invited you to reflect on your strengths. I started on this path a while ago when I caught an...

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Dec 6, 20222 min read


Friday Prompt: Strengths
Read this on galpod.com. I mentioned earlier this week the idea of working with our strengths. I invite you today to reflect on your...

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Dec 2, 20221 min read


Jealousy and Envy as a Map
Read this on galpod.com. On Friday, I invited you to write about jealousy. One of my writer friends corrected me: what I was referring to...

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Nov 29, 20222 min read


Friday Prompt: Jealousy
Read this on galpod.com. Julia Cameron says that jealousy is a map of where we want to go. It reminds us of what we want to achieve, the...

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Nov 25, 20221 min read


Friday Writing Prompt: Anger
Read this on galpod.com. Anger is tricky. On the one hand, women are not supposed to be angry. We are calm, gentle creatures. On the...

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Nov 18, 20221 min read


Thoughts on Home
Read this on galpod.com. On Friday, I asked you (and me) to think about the physical manifestation of “a home”. I threw a bunch of stuff...

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Nov 15, 20223 min read


Friday Prompt: Home
Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been writing a lot about home as a concept. Today I wanted to focus on the home as a physical thing. So the...

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Nov 11, 20221 min read


On Mothers
Read this on galpod.com. Don’t worry. I won’t cover everything there is to say about mothers. I don’t think I can, seeing as it’s such an...

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Nov 8, 20223 min read


Friday Prompt: Mothers
Read this on galpod.com. A lot of what I write is about my motherhood. The first book I wrote (currently titled The Mommy Manual) is...

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Nov 4, 20221 min read
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