Self Talk Winter has definitely arrived now. It has even snowed, can you believe it? And it certainly has an effect on our joints. Some of us appear to predict it before it arrives, or maybe it is a housewife’s tale. Personally, I don’t think I do. I have never felt it as bad asContinue reading “Menopausal Monday #9”
Category Archives: A Mumma’s Menopausal Journey
Screw blue January
Loving the new background imagery on our laptops. So colourfully warming 🥰 We tend to underestimate the suggestive motivation to work. Weekends, holidays and retirement, that’s what we work for, what we look forward to (unless you have a highly paid fun creative job, of course… 😝). For those billions of us that don’t, weContinue reading “Screw blue January”
Menopausal Monday #8
Self Talk The Christmas tree is now down, meaning this festive season is officially over. But it’s going to take more than the absence of twinkling bright lights to drag me into a blue state. There’s a restlessness left in me that’s pushing me to be optimistic, in spite of all the ongoing bad newsContinue reading “Menopausal Monday #8”
Days 2, 3 and 4
I just asked the start of my year to be gentle. So I tried to be gentle with myself, eating healthy and remembering my water intake (I’m so bad at that!…) To Dry January 🚰 Got a friend’s birthday dinner this week and I am still trying to work out how gently can I disappointContinue reading “Days 2, 3 and 4”
Day 1
Annual clean up Ok, I started the year with a healthy breakfast, my supplements (and paracetamol). Got the drinking out of my system and didn’t even overdo it. What matters is that today and for the remaining 30 days there will be none making its way to my blood stream. The traditional social network cleanContinue reading “Day 1”
Committed
As I promised myself, rekindling my love for reading…
Menopausal Monday #7
Self Talk Thinking about this coming year’s resolutions. Following on from last year’s “raisins”, I am keeping right about the same premise: me first. I probably need to explain the “raisins” reference. Every NYE, those of us who follow some Portuguese traditions (even abroad) set 12 raisins aside to be eaten by midnight on theContinue reading “Menopausal Monday #7”
Menopausal Monday #6
Self Talk I want only ONE easy-to-prepare, ready-to-enjoy festive package. One that includes Christmas family fun activities, small-sized traditional Christmas (Portuguese and Brit) that covers the lot: snacks, meals, drinks and desserts. No fuss, no mess, no arguments. And everybody’s happy. My patience is normally wearing thin by this time of the year. All IContinue reading “Menopausal Monday #6”
Menopausal Monday #5
Self Talk I used to enjoy reading. I used to enjoy writing. Always loved to socialise and meeting new people. Even though I was a bit of a geek and loved playing around with MS Access and the primary scripts of web designing (yes, I found fun and sometimes mindblowing 😂). Our active life getsContinue reading “Menopausal Monday #5”
Big little gestures
Giving way, holding a door, using “please”, “thank you” and “sorry”, supporting someone for a greater good without advertising. The proactive kindness has seen better days. The psychology around it is interesting though… I’d like to believe most of mankind resonates with that. These small gestures nowadays are, in fact, an acknowledgement of our ownContinue reading “Big little gestures”