How a magical moment of bliss and a kind friend helped to disempower the manipulation of my ex-partner — I have always felt as if I am a bit of a water creature. I feel most at peace when swimming, and my idea of perfection is being immersed in a calm and cold-but-not-too-cold sea with the hot sun beating down. In the past, I have given myself the label…

Turning insults derived by patriarchy into empowered change — Something was triggered in me recently. Not in a good way. I was listening to a podcast about a modern day (and absolutely awful-sounding) cult. At one point, the leader turned horribly nasty on a woman who began questioning the cult’s practices. He called her “a nasty little witch.” There…

What’s stopping you from being vulnerable in your writing? — Recently, I’ve been battling with writer’s block more than usual. I’ve tried facing it head on and just writing. But when I do that, I find myself cringing, feeling as if I am just putting out any old crap, just to try to get over this feeling of being stuck. …

What some may know, others may wish to know, and yet others don’t give two hoots. — Hey! Great to have you stop by ;) Pull up a virtual seat and I will put on the virtual kettle for a cuppa. I may or may not have yet read about you, but I guess this is where you get to find out all about me, so here…

The depth in the void — Once, I would gaze into those eyes of yours. A flash of bright, summer sky Sometimes a washed-out mid-morning cyan, Other times a glaring, hot-afternoon cobalt, But in the evening, a blue so dark, it was as deep and as mysterious as the ocean. I lost myself in those eyes…

Demanding justice for the October 7th crimes against Israeli women is better late than never — The events of October 7th in Israel, and everything that happened since have been a whirlwind of death and destruction. I get it — when murder happens in such massive numbers, it’s hard to keep up, and trying to defend the as-yet alive innocent from becoming the next victim is…

Medium, don’t spoil this for yourself! — It’s around a week since the new Friend of Medium thingie was announced and I joined up enthusiastically. After all, this is about supporting other writers. And because we’re a flipping fantastic community of supportive writers, many others have also acquired that cute heart badge on their profiles, and we…

I’m not sure he’s so happy about the ‘so much more’ — Money was probably the first thing my ex and I ever argued about and it will, undoubtedly, be the last. I questioned myself repeatedly, wondering if I was just a tight-arse (or a money-grabbing Jew as the antisemitic tosspot liked to say), or if my expectations that he pulled his…

Even publications deserve to put their feet up! — Dear writers and readers at Age of Empathy, As some of you may have seen, The Memoirist, our sister pub, has announced a holiday break for all editors. This applies to all three of the associated publications, including Age of Empathy. Therefore, we will be on a vacation from editing…