-
Mindfulness for migraines
Mindfulness is the number one, overarching tool that has helped me reduce my migraine triggers (stress, fatigue, posture) and increase my resilience to the triggers I can not avoid (genes, hormones, climate etc.). As a result, I have managed to reduce my migraines from 3+ days a week (every week for…
-
My migraine story
I have experienced migraines since I was 11 years old. In my younger years, they only appeared occasionally and did not have a major impact on my life. As such, I’ll be brutally honest and admit that I never attempted to understand the migraine diagnosis, my symptoms, triggers, or treatment options.…
-
Dark showering for migraines
There’s something very mood-affirming about finding out that the way you live, or the strange habits you have acquired over time, are suddenly considered ‘mainstream’ or ‘on trend’. The first time I felt weirdly vindicated was during the Australian Covid lockdown when everyone had to stay home all day, every…
-
“We are waves in the same ocean”
The above quote is shamelessly taken directly from another blogger’s post – Raffaello Palandri writes a beautiful blog that covers everything from philosophy to Tai Chi, meditation, Buddhism, art and photography – it is one of my favorite places to visit in blog-land. In a post I tagged a year…
-
Retro-walking backwards
Not long ago I posted about the Walk for Peace. Whilst last year I wrote about how I say the alphabet backwards to help me get to sleep and another about riding a bicycle backwards. Continuing my interest in both walking and backwardness, I recently wrote about Tai Chi Walking,…
-
The king of the castle (a short story)
Today’s short story gets a bit graphic (even a bit gory). I write these Migraine Gothic stories as a way of wrestling with the horror of head pain… rest assured, however, it’s pure fiction… but if your nervous system is feeling fragile, save yourself some stress and give it a…
-
“The body keeps the score”
I had heard A LOT about the book “The Body Keeps the Score” (2014) by Bessel van der Kolk, long before I picked it up. Perhaps it was all the hype around its potential life-changing ability that made my expectations VERY high… but I’m going to be potentially controversial and…
-
Rewilding your gut flora
I’m definitely no trend-setter, and most of the time I’m not even a trend-follower. I’ve always tended to be my own person, even if it means I’m a bit of a misfit that ends up as a societal wallflower… so be it… that’s where you meet other interesting wallflowers, hanging…
-
“Yoshuku – the Japanese art of manifesting”
I’m still heavily invested in my “let’s manifest a nicer world” tangent, as part of my New Year’s Revelation for 2026 (there’s personal progress updates (and pictures) at the end of this post). As such, I was interested to discover a Japanese perspective on manifesting. Straight away, I felt a…
-
Red brain / Green brain
In the book “Mindfulness on the run” (2016), the author Dr Chantal Hofstee notes that the way our thoughts and emotions interact is complex. And yet, the ‘bottom line’ of all the discussions about layers of the conscious and sub-conscious is simple: “your brain [either] feels safe or unsafe” (page…
-
I think I have Telephonophobia
“Telephonophobia” or “phone anxiety” has always been an issue for me. I remember as a Project Manager being VERY aware that if the phone on my desk was ringing, it was NOT going to be good news. No one called up to say “hey girl, love ya work” – instead…
The Mindful Migraine 