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Why Did I Buy That? Most of us externalize the power we have over our own style and give judgement rights to someone else. I’m not sure how this happens. When I introduce myself to a new group of friends as a stylist, often the follow up comment is how I must be judging everyone […]
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“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women are merely players; They have their exits and entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts…” ~Shakespeare, As You Like It Performing is a word used in many contexts. Job performance, sexual performance, athletic performance, delivering a presentation, first date behavior, […]
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Picture this; you’re breezing through your shopping center of choice, enjoying the pleasant greetings of the shop assistants, have a clear idea of what you are after and are confident in being able to find pieces that will compliment your body. You have a few items already purchased from your list and are feeling empowered […]
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Our wardrobes are the storybook of our lives. Think about it; all of our wardrobe choices are perfect reflections of where we were at the time of purchasing. The start of a relationship, a job interview, an event, starting over. Yet many of us aren’t proud of the wardrobe choices we make. Many of […]
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“My friends are my estate” – Emily Dickinson I stumbled across this quote years ago and when I read it, it hit me right between the eyes. ‘My friends are my estate’…BOOM! What a beautiful way to attach meaning to those we are attached to. Friends have always been of deep significance to me. My […]
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Stuff. It just happens. Things accumulate. Storage spaces fill up and before you know it our belongings own us instead of us owning them. You have a crazed moment (for me it was when I was at swimming training) where you go, “I HAVE TOO MUCH SHIT!”. And the rabid desire for decluttering ensues. […]
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Sooo…I’ve been banned from Hinge. Taken off. Un-Hinged, if you like. It seems a cruel indictment against me, someone who puts a lot of effort into their dating profile. The photos are a mixture of me at my best and at my every day. I tell an accurate description of me in my bio, am […]
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Most of us have the kind of relationship with money that could easily be categorized as “it’s complicated”. Most of us have a relationship with money that it indicative of the relationship we have with ourselves. Concepts like worthiness and being deserving hit high on the scale when it comes to correlating how we feel […]
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So, about 10 years ago (when I was 31) I weighed about 65 kilos, about 15 less than I do now. For most of my adult life, I had never found it hard to maintain a slim figure and be able to fit into pretty much anything I wanted. I ate well, was always participating […]
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People often ask me if I have a large wardrobe. I never know how to answer that. After all, what is large? It occurs to me that people are unsure how ‘big’ their wardrobe should be and/or if having a ‘big’ wardrobe is a good or bad thing. In truth, there is no direct answer to […]
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