PULP
PULP – what remains from the olive press
Posted by Posted by How to make Olive Oil
Posted by I have been asked how one might make olive oil, with the olives from a solitary tree and without an olive press. A recent trip to Mildura, post olive oil production and enlightened to learn from Giuseppa Callipari, that making it without a machine was a practice in Natile, Calabria for those who did not…Read more »
Finding Life’s purpose
Posted by I have been focusing on life’s purpose because I changed my profession after 17 years of service. I loved my job and though it changed with the political climate, I knew that I needed to find a new groove. Four months into this new pattern has been tainted with the unknown, the unexpected and the…Read more »
Metabolic Health – less is more
Posted by I have been reading about the work of Dr. Sara Gottfried- A specialist in hormone health for women in menopause. I have learnt about the importance of counting macros of protein vs fats vs carbs, to condition the body to ketosis that in turn establishes an efficient, fat burning metabolism. I have changed the way…Read more »
Seeking Validation
Posted by It’s the first time I understood what I needed for myself. Validation. Some people seem to know how to validate themselves. I’ve always seemed to require someone else’s approval. To know that my work, my choices and my existence is what is expected, necessary and important. In this article I explore what happens when I…Read more »
Changing my religion
Posted by I’ve just gone through a mini breakdown and come through to a new awakening. Deliberately changing jobs, with this sense of purpose and intention, with a tinge of self-doubt, only because I was not quite sure that it would add up to fulfillment, or what it is that I am here to do. What am…Read more »
Organise your desk- Hypnosis Metaphor
Posted by You know that there is a natural order of things. You know like 11 comes before 13. When I was a little girl, and it was harvest time. I would help picking grapes with everyone to fill dip tins. There was a process. And sometimes I would sit in the dirt, during tea break and…Read more »
The shopping list
Posted by When I open my eyes, I can see the computer light blinking at me, there’s too much light in my room to enable the melatonin to fully kick in. I need a dark room to sleep. I reach for my phone- 11.15 pm, I went to bed 2 hours ago. I get up to go…Read more »
Small steps
Posted by I remember after my breakdown, how I kept reminding myself that as time passed the hurt would not be there.After I gave birth, how my caesar scar would heal and that I had to move so slowly. Crawling on the floor attending to my pelvic floor, I went really slowly. When I tripped over my laces…Read more »
The terry – towelling nappy
Posted by Saturday is the pivot to the new week. I take to the domestic chores at hand. Shopping, cleaning, watering plants and endless laundry. The washing machine a constant whirl, fills the house with sound, movement and life washing away the week bringing freshness to the next cycle- to start again. That hum of the machine…Read more »
The fork in the spaghetti
Posted by Suddenly it all came together to this point- known as a fork in the road- or in Italian terms, the fork in the spaghetti, twisted tightly around the pasta! How to get out of this one? Once you unwind, then what? One might say- Eat the pasta and move on. I’ve been here on three occasions. …Read more »
If negative emotions were utensils
Posted by Anger The knife slices strips of flesh from the carcass We prepare, mince and marinate Winter salamis, prosciutto, capacolo Imagine how anger stabs at you Sorrow for the sacrificed maele. Sadness Deep ladle scoops and holds Tears of liquid, laps the sides and slurps Its messy business sucking it up like soup Gets all over…Read more »
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