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  • Blog,  Mental Health,  Mindfulness

    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – Autopilot & Raisins

    May 30, 2012 /
    camh logo

    The first session introduced the concept of Mindfulness, and it's arch-enemy, Auto-pilot. It also ensured I'd never underestimate a raisin again...

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    Window on our world

    View from the gazebo

    April 11, 2012

    Losing our cares at the beach

    March 8, 2012
    Dairymilk chocolate bar partially unwrapped

    Dear Dairymilk

    November 18, 2011
  • Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage

    Daily Bread – our relationship with roti

    May 23, 2012 /
    roti and dhaal

    When I married into a Pakistani family a wealth of new experiences opened up to me, but by far the most integral and enduring were those concerned with food...

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    Loweswarehouse

    Lowe’s sinks to new low

    December 13, 2011
    Sunset on Lake Ontario

    Ghosts Of Ramadans Past

    August 6, 2013
    What About Your Saucepans? Lindsay De Feliz

    Review of “What About Your Saucepans” – genre: expat

    November 15, 2013
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Blog,  Mental Health,  Writing

    Why I Write

    May 18, 2012 /

    I’ve emerged from the ashes of what I once was, reborn and ready to walk the path I started out on all those years ago, before I was mugged and left for dead by that heartless assassin Circumstance.

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    Dog escaping

    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 1)

    February 27, 2012
    I always wanted to be a cowboy

    In My Other Life I’m A Cowboy

    April 30, 2013
    Calm, Lake Ontario

    Freedom & Fear – two sides of the same coin

    August 30, 2013
  • Blog,  Mental Health,  Mindfulness

    Research into the prevention of depression relapse

    May 17, 2012 /
    camh logo

    Some of you will remember a trip I made to CAMH a while back, to explore the possibility of helping with some research into the prevention of depression relapse. Aptly enough, it being Mental Health Month, I've begun my participation in the Mindful Mood Balance Study...

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    He what? Typo makes sexy novel even racier – thestar.com

    September 13, 2011
    Old book open on wooden table

    A Book, a Bereavement, and a Betrayal

    February 3, 2016
    telegraph logo

    Top expats on Twitter: Aisha Ashraf – Telegraph

    July 6, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    ExpatBlog – A Helping Hand For Canadian Expats

    May 15, 2012 /
    expatblog logo

    Expat resource websites are a lifeline for those new to the expatriate game and a "tried and tested" aid to those who've been global nomads for longer than they can remember.

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    Home Sweet Home sign hanging on door

    “I have a house…”

    May 9, 2012
    Toronto Time-Lapse

    Toronto Time-Lapse

    October 10, 2012

    Losing our cares at the beach

    March 8, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    “I have a house…”

    May 9, 2012 /
    Home Sweet Home sign hanging on door

    Far from here, a world away in time and distance, a house patiently waits for me, forever in freeze-frame, like the old grandfather clock in the nursery rhyme that "stopped short, never to go again, when the old man died."

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    Dead Leaf

    Story Of A Miscarriage (Part 1)

    October 16, 2013
    Yonge Street, downtown Toronto

    The Coldest February Since Eighteen-Something

    February 25, 2015
    flash freeze in Ontario, Canada

    Point & Shoot: Flash Freeze

    January 6, 2014
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    Car Insurance In Canada – 5 Tips For Expats

    May 7, 2012 /
    expat-focus-website

    In this month's column over at Expat Focus I'm covering the tears, tantrums, f-bombs and frustrations involved in finding affordable car insurance in Canada...

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    Insulation by Cadburys

    “Life is like a box of chocolates…”

    January 17, 2013
    Openable Indian gold kara's

    Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’

    October 10, 2013

    Review of ‘An Inconvenient Posting – an expat wife’s memoir of lost identity’

    May 22, 2013
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    Torn

    May 6, 2012 /
    Pulled apart by horses

    When you move to a new country the heady exhilaration of discovery is addictive. Your senses are sharper, you're fully alive - you're a nomadic ninja, travelling the world, living on your wits!

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    dead-butterflies

    Where do butterflies go to die?

    November 9, 2011
    kids-moving-house

    Smooth Moves for Expat Kids – tips to ease the transition

    February 8, 2012
    BLBC12

    AND THE WINNER IS…

    April 16, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    Canadian Paparazzi have a lot to learn

    May 3, 2012 /
    Canadian paparazzi

    Today's story of Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale getting sprung taking pics of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's property highlights the skills gap between the British paparazzi and their Canadian counterparts...

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    Decorative purple carnival mask

    How People With Autism Fake It

    September 30, 2015
    The A-Team

    The A-Team

    February 21, 2013

    The Great Outdoors

    February 22, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada

    15 Clues you’re in Canada

    May 2, 2012 /
    Maple Leaf on wooden boards

    You know you're in Canada when... - Your snowblower has more miles on the clock than your car

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    Triceratops-eye view

    In my head, I’m normal

    February 7, 2013
    Ketchup flavour crisps

    25 Reasons Why Canada Rocks (PHOTOS)

    June 14, 2012
    Decorative purple carnival mask

    How People With Autism Fake It

    September 30, 2015

TOPICS

  • BRIDGING CULTURES
    • Expat Life
      • Living in Canada
    • Interracial Marriage
    • Islam
  • MENTAL HEALTH
    • Aspergers
    • Bipolar
    • Mindfulness
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
  • WRITING

Top Posts & Pages

  • How People With Autism Fake It
    How People With Autism Fake It
  • Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
    Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
  • Once Upon a Time in the Hijaz
    Once Upon a Time in the Hijaz
  • Britain vs. Canada
    Britain vs. Canada
  • Surviving a Canadian Winter
    Surviving a Canadian Winter
  • Muslim Day at Canada's Wonderland
    Muslim Day at Canada's Wonderland
  • How BPD made me a better expat
    How BPD made me a better expat
  • “D’ya like dags?”
    “D’ya like dags?”

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