I’m nearly at the end of chemo and on one insomnia fuelled night I worked out all the medical statistics around treatment! It’s a mountain of numbers and care, for which I’ll be forever grateful…x
Category: challenges, chemo, chemotherapy, family life, journey, life, Mum life, normal life, real life, struggles in life, support team, team, teamwork, Uncategorized, writing lifeTags: at the end, blogging, cancer, Cancer chat, celebration, challenges, chemo, chemotherapy, corona, Covid 19, end of treatment, Hodgkins Lymphoma, inspiration, jourmey, let me out, life, lymphoma, milestone, milestones, over it, real life, six months, statistics, wordpress
This week I’m talking about how you don’t have to let past traumatic events define you, it’s all how about how you choose to respond and how this can also relate to taking the leap to start a new creative hobby, it’s all mindset over matter!
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Posted on January 22, 2020
by The Curious Creative
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And it’s good news…an update on my chemo journey so far…
Category: cancer, cancer awareness, Cancer chat, challenges, chemo, chemotherapy, family life, Getting through it, Hair Loss, Hodgkins Lymphoma, keeping positive, life, mental health, Mum life, positive outlook, UncategorizedTags: blogger, Cancer chat, cancer journey, challenges, chemo, chemotherapy, doctors, Hodgkins Lymphoma, keep going, life, lymphoma, medical staff, new blog, nhs, nurses, positive outlook, update, wordress
Posted on November 3, 2019
by The Curious Creative
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A look in on what’s being going on over the last 7 weeks including lots of health tests and a diagnosis I’m facing tomorrow; this is to help others going through anything similar, and how I’ve gotten through these limbo weeks…
Category: cancer, cancer awareness, Cancer chat, challenges, family life, life, lymphoma, Mum life, struggles in life, support, symptoms, that C word, tips, Top Tips, Uncategorized, writing lifeTags: cancer, Cancer chat, challenges, family life, health is wealth, health matters, life, lymphoma, new territory, support, tips, Top Tips, unchartered waters, what matters
Posted on October 15, 2019
by The Curious Creative
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Sometimes all you can do is try your best and ride the waves of life…..I never was great on boats though so this week I’m seeking calmer waters…
Category: art therapy, author, book lover, celebrate, celebration, challenges, checking in, community, community values, courage, Creative, creative ambitions, creative business, creative skills, creative thinking, creative writing, creativetribe, curiosity, deadlines, drama, dream, families, family life, family values, fear, focus, getting outdoors, gratitude attitude, idea, ideas, inspiration, inspiring stories, Intentions, journalling, keeping positive, lets talk more, life, limiting thoughts, mental health, motivation, needle felting, new blog, new blog wordpress, opportunity, over thinking, overwhelm, personal experience, refelcting, stress, struggles in life, support, therapy, tips, Top Tips, Uncategorized, uncertainty, Value, wellbeing, what's important?, workshop, workshops, wowTags: calm waters, challenges, creative distractions, creativity, distraction, family, friends, juggling, keeping calm, keeping going, life, look after yourself, mental wellbeing, plate spinning, Self-care, selfcare, support, well-being
This week I’ve realised that despite being on school summer holidays, I’m still managing to carve out some creative time and find moments of inspiration too, in-between the shouts of ‘Mum, what’s for lunch?! and Mum, what are we doing today and Mum can…
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New photography project announcement! Hi Everyone, well it’s been the craziest of Summers so far weather-wise hasn’t it?! In the last week I watched a lightening show at 3am dance across our hall landing, on Thursday, the hotest day of the year in the…
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This week it’s Holmfirth Art Week, a huge festival locally that has raised almost £1Million in funds for Macmillan Cancer and has been going since 1967. It attracts 400 exhibiting artists, over 2000 pieces of artwork and approximately 10,000 visitors and spreads out…
Category: accountability, Art, art activities, art therapy, collaboration, community, community values, conversations of inspiration, crafts, creative ambitions, creative business, creative community, creative skills, creativetribe, dream, entrepreneurs, family life, family values, find the time, fun, Goals, gratitude attitude, Holly Tucker, Holmfirth Art Week, home-made, idea, ideas, identity, inspiration, inspiring stories, Instagram, Intentions, journey, kindness, learning, learning something new, lets talk more, local business, motivation, new blog, new blog wordpress, opportunity, Self-belief, Self-care, self-made, small business, Social Media, start-up, success, teaching, team, teamwork, tips, Top Tips, tribe, Uncategorized, what's important?, working from home, wow, you can do thisTags: Art, beginnings, challenges, community, Creative journey, creativity, design, exhibitions, friends, fun, hobbies, ideas, inspiration, Learn, life, people, Squad, stories, team, thanks, tips
Hi everyone! Hopefully when you are reading this, I’ll be reading my own book from a sunbed in Tenerife. My plan to get back into writing it and reaching that elusive first draft ending, is to download it as my read for my holiday…
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Ok, the truth is this last week I’ve been feeling the pressure, with the children being off for two weeks over Easter and keeping them entertained and fed (seriously how can two children eat so much?), I feel like I’ve been pulled in all…
Category: Art, art activities, art therapy, challenges, Creative, creative ambitions, creativetribe, Curious Cave, deadlines, dream, find the time, flow state, focus, idea, ideas, inspiration, life, Mum life, new blog, opportunity, over thinking, overwhelm, Planning, proud, quiet, Self-belief, Self-care, shop local, support, Top Tips, Uncategorized, what's important?, women in business, workshop, workshops, you can do thisTags: Art, art life, challenges, creative community, creative time, finding the time, overwhelm, parentng, pressure, school holidays, Self-belief, Self-care, you can do this
