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    You can’t kill someone with kindness, just try

    My ex boyfriend once showed up at home with shopping bags filled with women’s clothes. For me. I had, in a funk of self loathing,Continue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    • Loss
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    Thanks for the Facebook memories, not

    ‘Facebook memories’ let me know that my mother, Joy, died 18 months ago this last week. Thanks Facebook. Now there’s an anniversary I wasn’t planningContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Elephant Tales
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    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
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    That time I pulled an all nighter at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival

    The box canyon of Telluride in Colorado was surely made by unicorns who clicked their golden hooved heels and created a natural amphitheatre straight fromContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    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
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    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
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    That time I got lost in a boat on a lake in Colorado

    Since arriving in Colorado a month ago I have been desperate to hike to a lake, a stunning crystal clear mountain lake. I had picturedContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    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
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    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
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    Finding a new normal when you left the old one behind

    It’s been seven days since I embarked upon a momentous life altering experience and in my disneyland thinking I expected everything to go perfectly. ThereContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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