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    What does he do? He lives in a lion’s heart

    Too often the first question from my friends’ lips, when I mention a new man in my life, is ‘what does he do?’ “He makesContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Loss
    • Love
    • Prose

    Death is in the details and on my phone

    I have photos of my dead mother on my phone. Not my mother before she died but my mother’s body after her death. I don’tContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Elephant Tales
    • Loss
    • Love
    • Prose

    Looking for joy in the bottom of a peanut butter jar

    I am supposed to be writing a book but instead I am writing a blog, but they both start with a ‘b’ so I considerContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
    • Elephant Tales
    • Love
    • Prose

    I have slept with all kinds of crazy, no word of a lie

    By the time most of us hit at least mid thirties it’s pretty safe to say we’re no longer virgins. I’ve had my fair shareContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
    • Elephant Tales
    • Love
    • Prose
    • Travel

    I wasn’t expecting to fall in love but it happened

    I didn’t expect to fall in love while in Vail, Colorado but I did.  My dead mother sent me to Vail and while I nowContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
    • Elephant Tales
    • Love
    • Prose

    Sex, love and open hearts – being human

    I used to think that saying you wanted to be loved was weak, that saying you crave to be touched by someone who cherishes yourContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
    • Elephant Tales
    • Love
    • Prose

    Help, there’s a child stuck inside me and she wants to get out

    I have a child. Apparently her name is Sylvia. I know this because I was introduced to her at The Golden Door health retreat in AustraliaContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
    • Elephant Tales
    • Love
    • Prose

    When social media confuses the dating game

    You’ll never guess the gender of this overheard conversation. When men obsess like women and vice versa .  It’s 10.00am on a Saturday. I’m sitting in aContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Friendship
    • Love
    • Prose
    • Travel

    Beating the Colorado blues, what happens when you get home

    A tale of being still and finding joy while travelling round the world. It’s 4.00am and I’m battling the desire to fully awaken. My bodyContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Elephant Tales
    • Loss
    • Love
    • Prose

    A bubble room for one – the solace of grief

    I have just spent half an hour sobbing into a Sass & Bide t-shirt found on the floor of my car parked outside a ThomasContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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