Enrichment Lesson Nothing inspires more than learning that you have inspired others. Went into Lorna Jane at Coolie and was served by the gorgeous Lindy. We were chatting away when she said, 'Oh my God you're that girl! I heard you on the radio this morning. I couldn't...
Enrichment Lesson The most attractive quality of all is being comfortable with who I am. After my bi-lateral mastectomy, I thought I was no longer a woman. My sexuality disappeared in the operating theatre along with my breasts. I decided that it was a “good” thing that I...
Enrichment Lesson Love is an action not a feeling. What is romantic love? Infatuation? Passion? Chemistry? A meeting of the heart, mind and soul. A combination of all those elements that instinctively draws us to one person over another. I rather like Dr G’s definition of love “a commitment to nurturing...
Enrichment Lesson Patience is the essence of a healthy relationship. Patience is a virtue. Alas it is one (of the few), that I am sadly lacking in. I wasn’t sure whether I to be relieved or dismayed when the good Dr G recently put it to me...
Enrichment Lesson If you've already decided the destination the outcome is inevitable. Dating does my head in. I just want to skip this bit and go straight to the end. Sort of like in Monopoly Board when you draw the “Proceed Straight to Go” card. Trouble is...
Enrichment Lesson If I want to author my own life, I can’t rely on someone else to make me feel good. A relationship that I thought showed real promise, recently ended abruptly. Admittedly this was my own stupid fault. My fear of intimacy reared its ugly head...
Enrichment Lesson "The most I can do for my friend is to simply be his friend." Henry David Thoreau Prior to cancer my mantra was “dry your eyes princess and toughen up.” Shit happens in life, sometimes for no apparent reason. I thought you just had to suck...
Enrichment Lesson Sometimes it's not all about me. There is nothing like the excitement of getting caught up in the thrill of possibilities. It’s like being a child waking up on Christmas morning. Take relationships, I love that I can still get excited about a first date...