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Cheap date
Been reading today about a growing trend for twenty-somethings who are fed up with being set up. Parents and friends can be well meaning, but sometimes their efforts ‘on your behalf’ may leave you...
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Depressed? Blame Success.
Do women struggle with success? Don’t lunge at me – yet. I don’t want to foist my insecurities on an entire gender. I’m not implying that all women are the same. And I don’t mean that we’re not,...
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Fathers and Daughters
When I was a little girl, there was no-one who could touch my dad. In a confusing and threatening world, he was the still centre. When he held me in his arms, no-one could hurt me. Nothing could...
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Forever Young
I wish we got training on how to do people. A little map that steers you through social minefields and tells you things like How To Start A Conversation, When To Let The Matter Drop, Avoiding...
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Why ‘Good’ Girls Don’t Eat
Here’s an excerpt I’ve written on ‘Eating Disorders + ‘Good’ girls’, (from this month’s ‘Woman Alive’): There are many reasons why someone develops an eating disorder. Culture, environment, physiology,...
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Carried
Thanks so much to those of you who have been praying for and encouraging us, especially with today’s Wewantohaveababybutlookslikeweneedhelp appt. It’s been a tough day. Rattling of skeletons for me,...
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What’s A Woman?
What makes A Woman? It’s a genuine question – and I don’t have an answer; nor for that matter, an agenda, (theological or otherwise). But my head hurts from trying to make sense of it. And I’d love to...
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‘I’m A Gay Christian’: Guest Post.
|#0|#Alex has written a stonking book called ‘Walking with Gay Friends’, which I highly recommend. Tomorrow, she’ll look at how we can support those struggling with their sexuality. But for now,...
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Real Men, Real Tears
“I felt so utterly lonely.. and I couldn’t reach out to explain to people”. “I didn’t have a name for it, I didn’t know what it was”. “It was terrifying .. I couldn’t get across how I was feeling”....
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New You, New Poo
Dear Womanity Weekly, I am writing to complain about your recent articles. I have been a keen subscriber now for several days. On initial reading, some of your claims seemed a little extravagant, (see...
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Man, I Feel Like A Man
I’m wary about writing on gender, (she says, doing it anyway). Men and women are different; but from where I’m sitting (the fence), biblical differences aren’t the same as the cultural ones and it’s...
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When ‘Good’ is ‘Bad’
I’ve always been one of life’s ‘good girls’. A people pleaser. A perfectionist. Not very exciting – but reliable at least. Not for me the heady temptations of boys or alcohol - I like authority and...
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Not just girls
Ten min video and a great reminder that EDs affect all of us. Thanks to Lucy for the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nujHcLzqlIo For more help contact: www. mengetdstoo.co.uk Share...
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Gospel Chivalry?
Ladies. (How do you feel about being called ‘ladies?’ Would ‘women’ be better? Gosh, this is a minefield and I’m only on the first sentence…) You’re standing on the bus. A man taps you on the...
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Two Ticks, No Dog
When Glen and I got married, here’s how it worked. He was looking for someone to tell him what to do, and I was looking for someone to boss around. There were other factors. Attraction, a shared faith...
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Free to be
If you and your children were placed in terrible danger and your partner ran away, how would you cope? I’ve been thinking about this after watching a film called Force Majeure. In it, a family go on...
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What’s A Woman?
What makes A Woman? It’s a genuine question – and I don’t have an answer; nor for that matter, an agenda, (theological or otherwise). But my head hurts from trying to make sense of it. And I’d love to...
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‘I’m A Gay Christian’: Guest Post.
Alex has written a stonking book called ‘Walking with Gay Friends’, which I highly recommend. Tomorrow, she’ll look at how we can support those struggling with their sexuality. But for now, here’s...
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Real Men, Real Tears
“I felt so utterly lonely.. and I couldn’t reach out to explain to people”. “I didn’t have a name for it, I didn’t know what it was”. “It was terrifying .. I couldn’t get across how I was feeling”....
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New You, New Poo
Dear Womanity Weekly, I am writing to complain about your recent articles. I have been a keen subscriber now for several days. On initial reading, some of your claims seemed a little extravagant, (see...
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