Written by Telaine Feeney Becoming a single mum created strong emotions, including anger, resentment, hurt and grief.Living with these feelings destroys you and your children if you do not find a way to process them and accept them. We need to take the past, learn from it, and move on. It is not easy, nor…
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Written by Telaine Feeney Just because you can’t sing, have a tough time articulating the written word, or drawing an amazing picture – that doesn’t mean you’re not creative. self-doubt limits a sense of confidence. Everyone is creative in their own special way. Creating is what we do. It is who we are. It is…
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Written by Telaine Feeney Home in my adolescence was the rustle of turned pages. Words in books fed my envy of the unknown. Those stories told me home looked like freshly baked, choc chip cookies after school. Family gatherings every Sunday. It looked like a Mum and Dad, a spare room, tv room, dinner tables…
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Written by Telaine Feeney Heroes are understated. Few would call themselves heroes as they are doing something, they have no choice about doing. They struggle to accept that title as they feel discouraged, tired, and overwhelmed. They are those around us who make sacrifices for others. They are not the sportsman on TV sprouting their…
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Written by Telaine Feeney Health is Life. The sentiment behind the oftentreacherous, but well-meaning word, ‘health’ always portrayed a hugesalad, daily exercise and limiting of indulgences for me as a child. A picture of a woman politely declining the salad dressing as she was ‘watching her weight’. Now I envision laughter, good food and community…
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Written by Telaine Feeney We are raised believing love looks a certain way. It involves someone else seeing the value in us. It is what we are ‘aiming’ for. Finding someone else to share it all with. It involves an ‘intimate’ partner, romance with another, being desired. But in this new era of questioning the…
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