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Thank You For Peeling My Orange
How do you thank your mother for all that she has done and is in your life? I thought I would start by thanking her for peeling my...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 10, 20202 min read
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Things To Do
I read an instagram post on Things More Important Than Having A Perfectly Clean House or Instagram Ready Life which included spending...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 9, 20202 min read
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The Braver I Am, The Luckier I Get
Today I started writing a work article reflecting on Covid-19 and how we have adapted as an organisation. I have resisted writing much in...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 7, 20202 min read
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Social Work Stories: Starting Out
I started out as a social worker in a community care team. The first person I was ever allocated to work with was Phillip, who had been a...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 5, 20202 min read
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Don't Skip The Struggle
Today I have been separated from my husband for exactly two years. This realisation is helpful as it made me think about divorce again...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 4, 20202 min read
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Deep, Deep Down
So day 23 of my brave as fuck blogging and as well as slightly wishing I had opted for like 30 days rather than committing to 100, I...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 3, 20202 min read
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Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
I have just finished Breathing Platitudes, the memoir written by one of my favourite people on this planet, Louise (aka Squeeze, who has...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 3, 20202 min read
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Without Bravery
"Without bravery, we will never be able to realise the vaulting scope of our own capacities. Without bravery, we will never know the...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 2, 20201 min read
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It Only Takes One Person
I just watched A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood with Tom Hanks, a film that I went to see at the Everyman cinema pre-lockdown. This...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 1, 20203 min read
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Boldness Has Genius and Power and Magic In It
One of my favourite quotes is by Goethe-"Whatever you do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it"....
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 30, 20203 min read
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Lunch Space
Yesterday I led a guided mountain meditation on zoom. Where we imagined a magnificent mountain to tap into our inner stillness and...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 29, 20203 min read
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Every No I Say Is A Yes To Myself
I am back at work this week and working from my parents' home for a couple of weeks to keep the rural summer holiday vibe going before I...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 28, 20202 min read
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Human Beings Are Amazing
Last night I watched my oldest friend on an online discussion panel for Global Health Film Classics. Squeeze (Louise) and I have been...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 27, 20202 min read
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Warrior Woman
My sister is a carer for my 19 year old niece who has aspergers syndrome. My sister is amazing. She works really hard to make sure my...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 26, 20201 min read
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Start Over
I woke up early yesterday morning, did a short guided morning meditation but skipped my usual writing (either my journal, a piece of work...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 25, 20202 min read
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Open Heartedness Rocks
My dad is 81 and still runs a sheep farm and caravan park. A hardy Argyll crofter. He fell on the rocks the other day when gathering...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 25, 20201 min read
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Letting Go Of Stories
Yesterday, I went to the village shop for the first time since I arrived. Firstly, I cheerfully walked into the shop when there were...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 23, 20202 min read
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Courage Over Comfort: show up, be seen, answer the call
So today's act of personal courage is to listen to my intuition. I continue to notice a lot of inner resistance to writing this. A lot of...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 21, 20203 min read
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A Radical Act of Love
Yesterday I was a tad hungover having had a few post lock down catch up drinks with my brother and his family the night before. And so my...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 21, 20201 min read
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I Write So That My Head Won't Explode
As I meditate, be more mindful and go deeper in therapy, I realise that I low level worry. I low level worry a lot. I worry that I have...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Jul 19, 20202 min read
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