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Nice splash of colour on my feed but this post is

Nice splash of colour on my feed but this post is not this bright and breezy.
I wanted to respond to an article by Alexandra Shulman yesterday on what was World Menopause Day but I was exploding with swear words.
So instead I am thanking the experts I have found on this app who helped give me the strength to keep asking for help from the doctors.
I found myself lost in the dark when the menopause took hold with intrusive thoughts relentlessly filling my head, working calmly through how to not be here anymore.
I was 40 when I felt the menopause started after I had a hysterectomy. It took five years visiting the doctor to finally get help. Five years where I slowly lost myself and lost my way.
I had rages so full of hatred I could see the pain they caused to others but I was numb to them, I felt trapped in my own body.
Shulman said in her feature: ”Menopause has simply been something we have experienced, just like periods. We accepted these as part of our existence, as women have throughout history.
Again I am suppressing a whole heap of really fucking good swears here.
The conversation with regards to periods IS thankfully changing and just like with periods, acceptance is not at issue here. No one is questioning the science.
Shulman suggests in the olden days she didn’t speak of menopause because it wasn’t a topic that was entertaining or particularly helpful. 🤦🏼‍♀️
I think what Shulman has failed to understand is that we are all different and although the menopause did not massively affect her and that is the case for many women there is simply no reason whatsoever to write a self indulgent article to belittle those who do suffer.
Thank goodness we are talking about it and sharing and to everyone who is - thank you. It isn’t just the HRT that saved me.
INPOx
#menomob #menopause #menopausesupport #menopausesymptoms #menopauseawareness #inpo #inpolife #innoparticularorder

I know I know I know I should wait until I put thi

I know I know I know I should wait until I put this print on the website or at least have decent photos but I get too #crushagrape excited!
This print will be on the website in the week and is part of a diptych but the prints can be purchased individually.
I have loved playing with oils and experimenting with texture and once we get the studio moved I will be back out there releasing everything flying around in my head. The studio is moving from the side of the garden to the back - it’s not a huge garden and this summer we realised it put us in the shade. So it’s a huge effort to change but it will be worth it. Please tell me it will be worth it! I am at that point where I am so shattered I can’t see the wood for the trees!
Anyway!!! Can’t wait to see what you think of this one. It’s called Over the Hills. The other print is called And Far Away.
INPOx
#artist #artforyourhome #arttomakeyousmile #arttotakeyouaway #overthehillsandfaraway #oilpainting #hillsarealive #inpo #inpolife #innoparticularorder

Your body is a wonderfully beautiful work of art.

Your body is a wonderfully beautiful work of art. Just in case you needed reminding. I know I do.
I still go to bed on a Sunday and believe in the power of Monday. Working through which diet I will follow that week or planning a punishing workout regime to follow.
Monday arrives and no magical powers are bestowed on me and it is usually all forgotten before I leave my bed.
Imagine what I could have achieved if Sunday evening head space was given over to positivity!!?
I still fall into the habit of thinking of food as good or bad. I still eat ALL my emotions. The only difference is I don’t place blame or hatred on what I see in the mirror. Slowly over the last five years I have grown to appreciate what I see.
Saying that I still want to go beyond the half a stone I have been doing the Hokey Cokey with for the last couple of decades so not completely ticking the body positivity box quite yet.
I am and always will be a work in progress! If only there was a switch to flick. Also imagine if celebrities turned the tables and spent a week taking sneaky photographs of the journalists so obsessed with their weight.... I wonder how quickly the body shaming or glorifying weight loss would stop? Wouldn’t that be marvellous!?
INPOx
This print coming soon
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My girls are 2 years 5 months apart and Liberty wa

My girls are 2 years 5 months apart and Liberty was obsessed with her little sister. Millie was late walking or talking because she simply got her big sis to do everything. They always wanted to be together and I assumed that bond would see us through the teenage years.
Yet for a good few years I doubted whether it was enough and I will be completely honest it broke me to see them drift further and further away from each other.
Of course as a parent I spent the years constantly trying to work out how to fix it, make it better.
Age 17 and 19 there is now more than a glimmer of hope that these two truly have each other. It’s sheer joy when they are dancing around the kitchen like they did as toddlers with laughter filling the air. The rows are now louder but somehow quicker, often over in a flash.
Something I had to learn to do is back off. Still not mastered it. It’s not natural for me to not get involved and try and make things better. Screaming until I was the one crying also proved ineffective. Time and maturity was needed, mostly on my part.
I don’t share the parenting stories of teens because I can just about remember being a teenager and losing my shit if my Mum mentioned anything to Aunty Anne so imagine if I blurted stuff out to you guys.
It’s tempting sometimes but I do have some cracking stories to tell at the dinner table for years to come.
Our parenting teens chapter is by no means over so this post is more a deep breath before we turn the next page. There is lots of deep breathing. It’s often me on the naughty step now, counting to ten. Swearing really helps too.
INPOx
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