The Damsel's Blog

Here you can find all my blog articles in chronological order, where I write about different aspects of thriving again after big life challenges:

  • Storm types: I highlight different types of life storm, and what they may look like

  • Leading through storms: I reflect on how storms affect us as leaders at work

  • Storm journey: I discuss some of the stages of the journey we may go through as we navigate our storms, using my SING model

  • Storm toolkit: I showcase particular wellbeing tools which can help us, and how we can get the most benefit from them

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Are symptoms in your life pointing to a deeper issue?

Are symptoms in your life pointing to a deeper issue?

One thing which I’ve learned on my journey is that issues I’ve faced which I used to think were separate actually have a common root.

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Telling my story to raise awareness of emotional abuse

Telling my story to raise awareness of emotional abuse

Last year, I began to share my story of suffering and healing from longstanding emotional abuse by my father. In January 2024, i News published a feature detailing further aspects of my story.

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The underestimated power of words

The underestimated power of words

It’s so easy just to say something, isn’t it? Words can often come tumbling out of our mouths with little thought as to what impact they might have. But words have power - let's use that power wisely, including as we heal from life storms.

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Childhood verbal abuse can be as damaging as physical or sexual abuse

Childhood verbal abuse can be as damaging as physical or sexual abuse

A new study has concluded that childhood verbal abuse is more prevalent than physical or sexual abuse and can be as damaging.

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