Category Archives: love

My go-to romantic video clips to make me feel warm and fuzzy inside (✿◠‿◠)

Posted on August 18, 2018 by

I am a big sucker for romantic stories. And when it comes to romance, there is nothing like a period drama. When I need a romantic pick-me-up, I watch clips from various screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels, movies like … Continue reading →

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How to love yourself more – 7-day self-love programme #happiness

Posted on June 9, 2018 by

Last year I focused on self-love. I realised my love addiction stemmed from the lack of it and I wanted to embark on a self-love programme but discovered there was no ready made package. So I read about it and … Continue reading →

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To speak or to die? Call Me By Your Name #CMBYN #happiness

Posted on April 7, 2018 by

Warning. This review contains spoilers. Also I have not read a book, I plan to.  It is one of those movies – it blows your mind. You watch and rewatch it trying to grasp, understand how you got hooked, why … Continue reading →

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How has shamanic experience changed my life? Let me see… #happiness #amwriting

Posted on March 31, 2018 by

Source: Tatler magazine, Jo Bowlby with a shaman in Peru.  It’s almost been a year since I went through a shamanic ritual (I wrote about it here). I still have a one pager where I hungrily have scribbled down key … Continue reading →

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Mission self love – does the shoe fit? #happiness

Posted on February 24, 2018 by

I can’t believe that I have been wearing size 5 shoes for so long while being size 4,5. Once we moved to a place where I had to walk a considerable distance across the country side, I have become aware … Continue reading →

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Advice I would give my 20 year old self #happiness

Posted on February 10, 2018 by

On Quora there are plenty of Q&A along the lines of ‘looking back, what would you advise your 20 year old?’  I think I finally have the answer and it’s not ‘eat less sugar and floss daily’ (though this advice … Continue reading →

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For those who loved and lost… ‘Anything worth doing is worth doing badly’

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

Susan Cain is a bestselling author and co-founder of Quiet Revolution. I mentioned her before on the blog as a person who is making introversion ‘normal’. In one of her recent posts she shared Jack Gilbert’s poem below ‘for those … Continue reading →

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