The Dancing Tortoise

Dear readers, I’ve been away for a bit working on some new pieces.

Oct 10, 2024 • 

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September 2024

Two years, 5,000 subscribers, one writer who needs a homecoming

In year three, Inner Workings will return to a slower pursuit of beauty

Sep 11, 2024 • 

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Redefining Creative Priorities

Erica Vipond on how illness forced her to cut everything but the essential

Sep 9, 2024 • 

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August 2024

How much should you push yourself?

Not too much, not too little, just the right amount

Aug 14, 2024 • 

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Portrait of an Unreasonable Mind

Hi readers!

Aug 7, 2024 • 

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July 2024

Very ambitious and very ill

Emma Simpson tells her children that "there's always another way"

Jul 31, 2024 • 

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Thoughts from the fertility clinic waiting room

What is the situation in that body? Has she been at this for years?

Jul 25, 2024 • 

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I changed my mind, it was all worth it

Watch me debate myself

Jul 24, 2024 • 

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Against "having it all"

A career woman tries not to work

Jul 18, 2024 • 

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Alt love songs for ten years in

The new relationship glow is definitively gone and children have swiped most of our free time. Let's celebrate!

Jul 10, 2024 • 

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Sara Tasker on chronic fatigue and invisible disabilities

“I mean, so many of the things I'm talking about here really are just me worrying about what other people think of me, and I feel like if I could drop…

Jul 2, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Breastfeeding in America

I’m still trying to ward off the shame

Jun 25, 2024 • 

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