by Leonie Dawson | Aug 30, 2018 | Life Sharings
This is in some ways, a series. Part One, Two and Three here. This is the final chapter, in some ways. But of course, it’s just the beginning too. + I came with very few hopes and expectations. Those have been dashed long ago on the cliffs of other years, other...
by Leonie Dawson | Aug 20, 2018 | Life Sharings
Dearests, Where were we, my loves? I’d fallen from a cliff into depression, and spent over two years fretting over where to live. Finally, we made a decision, turned the car north and left the city. This is the story that comes after. Of the journey between here...
by Leonie Dawson | Aug 6, 2018 | Life Sharings
I came back because of them. Them, the women who have known and loved me for years. Loved me long before I was a mother, long before I was The Leonie Dawson. There’s the one who loved me when I was a teenager, greeting me on my first day of boarding school. I was...
by Leonie Dawson | Jul 15, 2018 | Life Sharings, Most Powerful Stories, Most Powerful Stories for /about
I fell off a cliff a while ago. It took me by surprise, but maybe the signs had been there for a while. I’d been off medication for six months, my anxiety levels managed. And of course, in doing so, had removed that invisible protection against depression. The one...
by Leonie Dawson | Jun 11, 2018 | Life Sharings
Treasures, I’m sitting here, on the floor, typing as removalists take all the boxes out of our house, loading it into orange trucks, readying to head up the country to our new beach house. That I get to write this today is perfect. New beginnings aplenty. I’m...
by Leonie Dawson | May 11, 2018 | Life Sharings
Hi possums, As you’ve no doubt noticed, I’ve taken much of the last year off social media + blogging. My intention originally was to just take a month off because I felt so burnt out, but by the end of the month, I realised it was feeling too good and...
