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Empaths and Global Pandemics

9 August 2020 Nicole ConnerFamily, Friends & Foe

“Lately, I’ve been in a constant state of sadness…. I can’t tell if it’s me or the world who is hurting.” – Scarlet Jei Saoirse –   This post is dedicated to the many people who feel that there is something ‘wrong’ with them because they cannot shake the underlying sense of sadness that has…Continue reading Empaths and Global Pandemics

Life is Full of Broken Heart Moments

18 July 2020 Nicole ConnerHealth, Wellbeing, Spirituality

“There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies…Continue reading Life is Full of Broken Heart Moments

Grief Needs No Justification

5 February 2020 Nicole ConnerFamily, Friends & Foe

“Today, in our “shut up, get over it, and move on” mentality, our society misses so much, it’s no wonder we are a generation that longs to tell our stories.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Grief and Grieving –     It was a Sunday morning in 1997. The 31st of August, to be exact. I…Continue reading Grief Needs No Justification

The Unseen Crisis

5 January 20205 January 2020 Nicole ConnerFamily, Friends & Foe

Words seem inadequate to begin to describe the carnage and devastation that the bushfires in Australia have created (and continue to create). So far, 23 people have lost their lives, over 500 million animals have been killed, 1,300 homes are lost, and over 12 million acres of the land has gone up in smoke. We…Continue reading The Unseen Crisis

What is your Christmas Story?

16 December 2019 Nicole ConnerFamily, Friends & Foe

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. – E.B. White – Christmas! It’s here again. I am quite convinced that 365 days a year speed up the older you get, and here we are in another Jingle Bell Season. I wonder what Christmas means to you? Amidst all the festive…Continue reading What is your Christmas Story?

Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: Disenchantment (Part 4)

21 October 2019 Nicole ConnerBooks

Last year I contributed to a book edited by Tim Carson with the title of Neither Here Nor There: The Many Voices of Liminality. The book draws together the expertise, experience, and insights of a coterie of authors, all of whom relate the core concepts of liminality to their unique experiences. Unfortunately, this book is…Continue reading Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: Disenchantment (Part 4)

On Burning Bridges

5 January 20195 January 2019 Nicole ConnerFamily, Friends & Foe

The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn. – David Russell – During the Roman Empire, it was common practice for military commanders who were concerned about their armies retreating during intense battle to burn the bridges they crossed in order to block any form of escape. It…Continue reading On Burning Bridges

And are you ok with that?

28 November 2018 Nicole ConnerHealth, Wellbeing, Spirituality

‘Do not avert your eyes. It is important that you see this. It is important that you feel this.’ – Kamand Kojouri – This year has been filled with many conversations. My life is richer because a collection of friends and strangers were willing to take a study journey with me and share some of…Continue reading And are you ok with that?

Letting Go

28 August 201828 August 2018 Nicole ConnerFamily, Friends & Foe

“Everything I have ever let go of has my claw marks on it.” David Foster Wallace When I first posted this BLOG back in 2015, I was living in Upper Beaconsfield on the outskirts of Melbourne. The serene surrounding did not match my turbulent world at that time. It was a fairly stressful season as I…Continue reading Letting Go

The Great Unknown – Guest Post by Mark Conner

28 February 2018 Nicole ConnerFamily, Friends & Foe

A guest post by my life partner, Mark – The Great Unknown:   Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of me finishing up 32 years of employment in the one place and stepping out into the great unknown. [See my post from February 2017 called “Time to Say Goodbye” and a poem I wrote in December…Continue reading The Great Unknown – Guest Post by Mark Conner

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I wish to acknowledge the Wurundjeri-willam people of the Kulin nation who are the Traditional Owners of the Land on which I live. I want to pay my respect to the Elders of the Kulin Nation, both past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. I acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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