At a time of personal crisis, one concept that helped me understand the turmoil I experienced and assisted me back on the road to recovery was Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. For those unfamiliar, Maslow was a psychologist who came up with a pyramidal concept of needs. There were five initial levels that later evolved to… Continue reading Tumbling down Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Category: Writing
My decade that was: from trauma to triumph
The decade that was the 2010s: 2010: Re-establishing business after devastating fire. 2011: Suddenly single after 37 years. Not. My. Choice. 2012: Legally single. 2013: In a deep dark hole of nothingness. THEN ... An epiphany - a light came on. 2014: Changed my name. New beginnings. 2015: Caring for mother. Joy within sadness. 2016:… Continue reading My decade that was: from trauma to triumph
New beginnings: Motherhood
This is my third post on the theme of my new beginnings at times of change in my life. Motherhood I had planned to be a career woman. That idea came completely unstuck in 1980 when my first baby was born. From the moment I first held him, and for the next eighteen years until… Continue reading New beginnings: Motherhood
New beginnings: adulthood
This is my second post on my theme of new beginnings at times of change in my life. Adulthood The second big change in my life was becoming an adult, moving from that secure world of a supportive family base and community, out into the scary world of reality. Rather than one single change, the… Continue reading New beginnings: adulthood
New beginnings: school
As I am facing new beginnings in my world of today on many fronts, I realise that it is not the first time that I have done so. I have faced new beginnings and challenges before. I decided to begin a theme of writing of previous "new beginnings" and what it meant at those times… Continue reading New beginnings: school
The remarkable discovery
When I became unexpectedly single after 37 years of marriage, looking at family photos was painfully sad. For quite some time, I didn't. When I eventually did, I made a startling discovery. I could not find any photos of myself. There were many photos of the children, their achievements and of us as a family.… Continue reading The remarkable discovery
My Awakening
I thought you were my safe haven of stability and security; My thoughts let me down. I dreamed you were my future and the love in my heart: My dreams tore apart. I felt you took from me: the innocence of my youth, the confidence in myself, the purpose of my living, the control… Continue reading My Awakening
Trust
TRUST It matters not I have loved and lost. To have loved has made me soft. To have lost has made me strong. It matters not I felt hurt and betrayed. The hurt has taught me how to heal. The betrayal has taught me how to forgive. It matters not I was left… Continue reading Trust
Motherhood
MEMORIES I hear the sound of their laughter, riding their bikes down the path. I hear their squeals of joy, playing rubber duckies in the bath. I hear them playing 'squeaky games'; in the car, at the park, at the beach. I hear the sound of the piano, to the depths of my soul,… Continue reading Motherhood
A new life as old as I am
I had a cousin who was killed in a car accident on his 21st birthday. He never graduated, never married, never travelled, never had children ... I had an aunt who died from cancer at age 33 years old. She never had children, never owned her own business, never moved interstate, never wrote a book… Continue reading A new life as old as I am
Leonie Elizabeth 