Sometimes you need to remove life’s simple luxuries to understand how lucky you have it. — You know when you visit the doctor and expect your results to be nothing? Those are times when you’re pretty sure you’re acting like a hypochondriac. This was me, in 2022, with a rash around my mouth. It was bothering me but it was a rash. I wasn’t dying. I…

Finding happiness in your relationships doesn’t always come with the right set of rules. — Most of you are going to hate me for saying this. And I know you’re going to get your reasoning ready to fight me. But I don’t think we should fear unpopular opinions. Life isn’t long enough to completely shy away from what makes us feel uncomfortable. So, here it…

Everyone has unplanned days off. But does everyone survive them? No. — I’m not the girl who buys into cliches about business. Especially because so many of them are lies. Let’s take this doozy; “being your own boss is easier than working for someone else”. As someone who has played boss and employee for the last eight years, I can confirm this…

And everything else we confuse love to be. — I love watching wrestling. And reality television. What can I say? You learn things about the world from unlikely sources. One of my favourite all-time wrestlers is Nikki Bella, one-half of the Bella Twins. She’s a former two-time champion and the former fiance of John Cena. Yeah, that household name. …

And no, it wasn’t because he was right. — Ok, before I begin, let’s remind ourselves we have exes for a reason. We broke up with them for a reason. And we’re always going to think they do shitty things. This is one of those exes. When it came to this particular guy, I have several reasons for breaking…

Permission in relationships? You’ve got things all wrong. — There was a stack of makeup in front of me. I had just been on a shopping spree, spending my hard-earned money at one of my favourite beauty stores. The stack was huge, I give him that. But it wasn’t any fan of beauty or skincare wouldn’t appreciate. My then-boyfriend…

Burnout doesn’t always look the way you think it does. — You know when you feel tired and a good sleep seems to fix it? You know how you get a sore throat and you take the day off work and it turns out fine? You know how you have sore shoulders, and you get some rest and you’re fine? Yeah…

Why you can pre-emptively ruin your marriage before you even walk down the aisle. — This won’t be the first time I say this. And it probably won’t be the last. I shouldn’t be allowed on the internet. Why? Because I keep finding cheap, misguided relationship advice that rubs me the wrong way. And whilst I share relationship advice, and you could call this the…

And no matter what excuse you have, your actions speak louder than words. — I’m going to admit to something most people like to pretend they don’t do. I went cyberstalking an ex-friend. Not a lover, a friend. A female friend. I was at a concert the other day and I thought I saw her there. …