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A Soul Challenge

Oct

2011

I love reading. Always have. I was always the kid with my nose stuck in a book. I believe that’s why I picked up English so early and why I have quite a comprehensive wealth of general knowledge. I’ll read just about anything, but my favorites are crime and political thrillers – not really the genre for life’s great truths. But the other day these words fairly jumped off the page and settled in my mind: “In this life, y’ever … Read More »

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Protected: Being Worthy

Sep

2011

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What I Learned This Year

Sep

2011

Why am I fat? Not just slightly chubby, but morbidly obese? Society wants me to believe that I lack self-control – that if I waged war on my body long enough by depriving it of food (a siege) and subjecting it to rigorous exercise (torture), I could be converted to the ranks of the “normal”. You know, the calories-in/calories-out chestnut. I bought into that for a long time. And in the process I got fatter and fatter, hated myself more … Read More »

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Two Weeks Later…

Sep

2011

When Bennie recommended a 2-week break from all things self-help, including blogging and blog reading, I quite surprised myself by embracing the idea so wholeheartedly. I think the timing was just perfect. What can I say? My coach is very astute and intuitive. I had a wonderful time these two weeks! Even the four days I spent in bed with a bizarre bacterial infection were great. In fact, the sickness probably actually helped wean me. I had been suffering from … Read More »

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43 Things

Sep

2011

I’m 42 today. So, while I have loads to tell you with regards to my blogging sabbatical, I first want to share with you my bucket list for the next year – 43 things I want to do before my 43rd birthday. Here they are, in no particular order: Drop a few clothing sizes. I’m not attached to any numbers in this regard – and I’m so over the word “weight”. I just want to wear much smaller clothes. … Read More »

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Women, Food and Money

Jul

2011

I think I’d better get myself a copy of Geneen Roth’s book Lost and Found – Unexpected Revelations about Food and Money. I have major issues about money and they manifest as raging hunger. Last week I found myself with an empty bank account after my Medical Aid mistakenly took payment from me (I had been transferred to the company’s plan). This was supposed to be my food and petrol money for the month and as it was, I would … Read More »

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Enough

Jun

2011

I was overwhelmed by the show of support and the level of understanding following my previous post. It’s good to know that there are people who get it, even though they are mostly on the other side of the world. To say that closer to home the response has been somewhat less than favorable would actually be an understatement. Let me tell you all about it, since it highlighted so much about myself and what I’ve done to myself, but … Read More »

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I Accept

Jun

2011

I have a confession to make. It’s been a long time coming. The only reason I haven’t shared this before is that at first I felt stuck and then I felt uncertain about my prospects. I don’t know why I was scared to say anything – maybe I didn’t want advice. I think I needed to work this out for myself. Most of the time I knew I would, although I had the odd wobble or two. So, here’s the … Read More »

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The Stories We Tell

Jun

2011

In my previous post, Lifting the Veils, I talked about some of the issues from my childhood that may have contributed to many of the problems I faced later in my life, especially my weight gain and apparent inability to lose the weight and keep it down. It’s interesting to figure out where our problems originate from, but I don’t believe that it’s essential. It’s far more important to understand exactly what those issues are. For example, I know that … Read More »

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Lifting the Veils

Jun

2011

Some people liken their journeys of discovery to peeling an onion. I’m going to be more… Romantic? Poetic? Mysterious? Whatever. There may still be tears though. I’ve decided to imagine the real, true, authentic Hanlie as a beautiful woman, covered in many veils, which are being lifted one by one. In her own time, when she’s ready. What I like about this piece of imagery is that the implication is that the veils were used to cover up beauty, not … Read More »

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