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    When your zipcode is your heart, the home within

    There’s nothing better than arriving home after a long day, time abroad, illness and the like. But what if you don’t have a home? IContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    This is not my last goodbye, not by a long shot

    Goodbye has never been a word I have embraced. I play Houdini at parties, simply disappearing by doing a runner out the door when noContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    Even on the darkest night there are always stars

    No one is immune to depression. I learnt that this week when a friend died by her own hand. Her stunning renovated home in anContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    Homeless by choice, a room with a world view

    It was the hand writing that set me off. A simple R written on a jewellery box built for a solitary ring. I found itContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    The panic before the heart of the storm

    Sell. Donate. Dump. Three words I have been living by for almost two weeks. I am moving. Scratch that, I am evacuating. Selling everything inContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    It starts with the heart, how the world got it so wrong

    The yogi who is addicted to abusive relationships, the organic paleo chef who inhales cocaine after dark, the eco spa that offers Botox, the bankers whoContinue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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    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
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    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
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    To all the pants I’ve loved too much before

    I have 31 days to fit into my ski pants. Not that I am counting. It is a familiar struggle that comes round every year.Continue Reading

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Elephant Tales
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    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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