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Overthinking: Anxiety’s Questions

One of the traps I have begun to become aware of is when my self-doubt and anxiety takes hold, is that I try to regain control by thinking about every possible outcome of the situation. This “overthinking” sends me down…

Good Friday Cross 2023

Here’s my created cross for this year. I’m going to building on this concept with my photography over the next year or so, once my creativity leads me down that path. I’ve got the concept, but now just the motivation…

Good Friday Cross, 2022

This year, having begun to get back into painting, it seemed only fitting that the cross I created on Good Friday was such. Inspiration from Hotere’s Black Window series, the red cross coated in the blood of Christ, the black…

Good Friday Cross 2021

Each year since 2001 I have built, created, drawn, constructed, carved, photographed and even weaved a cross to remember Good Friday on. This is this year’s Good Friday Cross. It was a bit of a massive project. After coming up…

You Matter: Going Medication Free

This year has been a challenge for everyone, and I’m sure many are happy to see the back of it.For me, it has been a year where I haven’t stopped. It has been hard, unrelenting, and full of change.Over the…

Good Friday Cross 2020

Here is the Good Friday Cross for 2020. We are currently in the middle of a lockdown due to the Covid-19 virus. However, continuing with the theme for this year, running is becoming more and more important to me, both…

Wellington Round the Bays – 2020

In November I saw a small ad on Facebook for a purple shirt saying “I’m Sweating for Mental Health”. Given that I (quite literally sometimes) have been doing that since 2012, I wanted one. Raise $200 and enter into the…

Training Complete

A short 10 minute jaunt after paying a visit to Mitre 10 later, and I’ve completed my training plan for the 10km run that sets off tomorrow morning.Since November 17, I’ve run a total of 122.98km.That’s almost 3 marathons across…

Biggest Training Run Yet

It’s 8:40 on Sunday morning. This Sunday, I face my biggest challenge yet.The training run today is set for 60 minutes.One hour.This is a big deal for me, because this time last year, there was no conceivable way that I…