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Celebrating Too Much Muchness

13 December 2020 Nicole ConnerHealth, Wellbeing, Spirituality

  Sometimes, like Alice, I lose my muchness. It sometimes comes under fire and so I hide it. Have you hidden your muchness much? These past two weeks I did it again – my much too-muchness was too much for some humans who preferred other humans, especially the She-Ones, not to be too much muchness.…Continue reading Celebrating Too Much Muchness

The Dance that lives within: Hannah’s Story

14 November 202014 November 2020 Nicole ConnerFeminism

Hannah Blogs: Ever since I was a child, I’ve danced. It’s been like the air to my lungs; a deep part of the fabric of my existence. There was never such thing as an empty space – each abandoned building, rental, corner store; a space simply made for movement, imagination, and creativity. My vision for…Continue reading The Dance that lives within: Hannah’s Story

Loving You

23 September 2020 Nicole ConnerFamily, Friends & Foe

“The cry we hear from deep in our hearts comes from the wounded child within. Healing this inner child’s pain is the key to transforming anger, sadness, and fear.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh One of my newly acquired COVID hobbies is to sort through boxes of old photos … slowly. COVID has brought the luxury…Continue reading Loving You

Turbulence! That Annoying Necessity of Life

7 September 20207 September 2020 Nicole ConnerHealth, Wellbeing, Spirituality

Dear Mugwump Reader, a friend recently reminded me of this blog post and how relevant it is in a world that has been gate-crashed & hijacked by COVID-19. So here is a repost – some may find it helpful. “What gives value to travel is fear” – Camus You’d think I would be used to…Continue reading Turbulence! That Annoying Necessity of Life

Life is Full of Broken Heart Moments

18 July 2020 Nicole ConnerHealth, Wellbeing, Spirituality

“There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies…Continue reading Life is Full of Broken Heart Moments

2020: The Year the World had to Let Go!

17 June 2020 Nicole ConnerAnthropology

feel it. the thing you don’t want to feel. feel it. and be free. nayirrah waheed   I have been curious about humans and liminal spaces for many years now. It was my own life experiences that drew my attention to this concept that was first introduced to the field of anthropology in 1909 by…Continue reading 2020: The Year the World had to Let Go!

“Please, Please, Please…”

1 June 2020 Nicole ConnerHistory

“Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.  Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. A long way from home, a long way from home.” Traditional Negro spiritual, 1870 The distressing footage filmed on a phone camera was watched across the world. We literally saw the life drain from…Continue reading “Please, Please, Please…”

The Compass in our Hand

28 April 2020 Nicole ConnerHealth, Wellbeing, Spirituality

“We are asleep with compasses in our hands.” – W.S. Merwin –   Overnight my world became more silent. The ceasing of so much noise and activity was not planned or expected. It just happens when a pandemic comes calling. Not in a million light years would I have predicted this or seen it coming.…Continue reading The Compass in our Hand

When Global Crisis Comes Knocking at our Door …

21 March 2020 Nicole ConnerAnthropology

… you can say “it’s a hoax” and “it will go away”, but like world leaders have found out, this was not the case for COVID-19. A crisis does not go away because some demagogue wishes it so. A crisis like a pandemic knocks at the door, then bashes it in and unleashes hell. COVID-19…Continue reading When Global Crisis Comes Knocking at our Door …

Weaponising Forgiveness

17 February 2020 Nicole ConnerBooks

“The weak can never forgive…”  – I don’t know who said this, but it’s BOLLOCKS! “You just need to forgive and move on!” How many times have we heard this? How many times have we said it? Forgiveness: one of the most central virtues of human existence. Religion, in all its different shapes and sizes,…Continue reading Weaponising Forgiveness

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I wish to acknowledge the Wurundjeri-willam people of the Kulin nation who are the Traditional Owners of the Land on which I live. I want to pay my respect to the Elders of the Kulin Nation, both past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. I acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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