Diary of a Chronically Exhausted Vicar. On rest.
As I reflected with my Spiritual Director on rest, she recalled a podcast conversation on seven types of rest / rest deficiency. Listening to Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith and Mia Freedman [...]
Creative Contemplation. Knitting
A new habit My family call it an obsession. I do bring it with me when I know there will be moments of stillness: while the children are encouraged into bed; while the [...]
Diary of a Chronically Exhausted Vicar. A new chapter
I stopped writing episodes in this diary of chronic exhaustion several years ago, when I needed to concentrate first on survival in a traumatic couple of years, and then on [...]
Inside a pain flare
Chronic Fatigue is not only the physical pain, discomfort, and difficulty in moving your body, nor that your body feels ten times heavier than it is. Chronic Fatigue is also your [...]
Whisper on My Palm Book Launch
On Thursday 31 March, my latest poetry collection, Whisper on My Palm, was launched at Rise Sanctuary, Canberra. Rev Drs Ockert Meyer (United Theological College, Sydney) and Sarah Bachelard (Benedictus Contemplative Church) spoke eloquently of poetry [...]
Listen to the Whispers
Poems from Whisper On My Palm Whisper On My Palm is a new collection of poems I will have published with Resource Publications in 2022. These are poems through the experiences of grief, illness, [...]
Living well with unwelcome circumstances
Unwelcome Circumstances Pandemic Exhaustion & Chronic Fatigue When I heard reports of the exhaustion people were experiencing after these two years living with a global pandemic, I empathised. First, because I, too, [...]
Wisdom calls. Heed her voice and live well.
Reflection on Proverbs 1:20–33, Psalm 19, and Wisdom of Solomon 7:26–8:1 Wisdom calls Listen to Wisdom, and we will dwell in trust, be at ease, (have) [...]
Diary of a Chronically Exhausted Vicar. Episode 58
Reopening the Diary It's been 9 months since I posted an entry in this diary of life as a 'vicar' with Chronic Fatigue. During that time, the symptoms have eased [...]
Resetting boundaries
Or, the discomfort of learning by transgressing I am tired. Achy. I have a house to tidy for the cleaners coming tomorrow. There is a deadline looming for videos to [...]
Milestones and Momentum
Summer: swimming stronger I swam ten minutes straight, strong and consistent backstroke on the tether. And I felt energised after, not worn out. Energised! Can you believe it? Me, who for the 18 [...]
One scene at a time
The walk with Jesus to the cross Wednesday. It's 8:00 pm. I've just come home, put my PJs on, heated dinner and popped the top of a beer. This is [...]
