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  • The Congress of Freaks from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey's Circus in 1922
    Blog,  Expat Life

    Ties That Bind – What makes us ‘belong’?

    November 6, 2013

    A large part of Identity is tied up with ‘belonging’. I often hear people talk about feeling comfortable where they ‘fit in’, they mention places where they ‘belong’ or ‘feel at home’. So how do you know where you belong?

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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – The Breath

    July 18, 2012
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    A quiet moment

    January 17, 2012
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    Black Friday’s alternate meaning

    November 25, 2011
  • A fluid identity
    Borderline Personality Disorder,  Bridging Cultures,  Expat Life,  Interracial marriage,  Islam,  Mental Health

    Identity – More Than The Sum Of My Parts

    October 26, 2013

    You might think identity is something that comes from within, but copying and assumption have a huge influence in how we see ourselves.

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    When Aspergers Is Good News

    March 13, 2014
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    BPD LIKE A BOSS! Don’t let your diagnosis define you

    June 13, 2013
    Different Tree

    How BPD made me a better expat

    January 29, 2013
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Mental Health

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

    May 22, 2013

    Describing an encounter with depression during her family’s expatriation to Houston, USA, Laura J Stephens' memoir will strike a chord with displaced souls everywhere.

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    How eco-friendly is Canada?

    April 22, 2012

    Black Flowers Blossom – Surfing the BPD breakers

    November 18, 2013
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    For Whom The Bell Tolls (or A Funny Thing Happened In Paris)

    September 30, 2013
  • I always wanted to be a cowboy
    Autobiographical Posts,  Blog,  Uncategorized

    In My Other Life I’m A Cowboy

    April 30, 2013

    Ever since my imagination was captured by a children’s western running on Irish TV in the early eighties, I wanted to be a cowboy...

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    Freedom & Fear – two sides of the same coin

    August 30, 2013
    Horizontal view of a threat to a woman at night

    Growing Up Girl: Sexual Assault As Standard

    June 16, 2016
    Dog escaping

    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 1)

    February 27, 2012
  • Looking out across Lake Ontario
    Blog,  Expat Life

    Expat Limbo

    April 15, 2013

    Approaching the three-year mark of our Canadian posting this expat's reached an impasse...

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    Pucks and Punch-Ups

    January 22, 2013
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    How I managed to stop self-injuring and get on with my life

    March 1, 2012
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    Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’

    October 10, 2013
  • E.E.Cummings quote
    Bridging Cultures,  Expat Life,  Interracial marriage

    How to stay unique in a world that demands conformity

    March 29, 2013

    It’s a big confusing world out there and belonging means someone’s got your back. But what happens when you try to join a group that’s not your own?

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    4 Tips For Raising Biracial Children

    July 25, 2013
    Barbie & Iggle Piggle get together, multi-racial relationships

    Cross cultural relationships

    March 14, 2012
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    Traitor to my Culture

    June 10, 2013
  • Pulled apart by horses
    Blog,  Expat Life

    Torn

    May 6, 2012

    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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    Crime in Canada

    November 28, 2011
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    15 Clues you’re in Canada

    May 2, 2012
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    The Unity Button

    October 3, 2012

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