The Beautiful Truth™

Until recently I worked in an exclusive educational toystore that prided itself on its ideal of encouraging children to learn through fun. It’s a noble ideal but one I didn’t see put into practice during the day to day hard sell. Sure, the toys on display were upmarket and expensive and the store supplied a small range of educational games and learning charts etc.

But the most appalling gender stereotyping still exists within the world of merchandising for children. Read the rest of this entry »

Women are still routinely offered hysterectomy as a primary treatment option despite newer less invasive and less costly alternatives that provide equal or better outcomes according to a new report just released by the not-for-profit National Women’s Health Resource Center (NWHRC) at the 36th Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology in Washington, D.C.
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This is a particularly disturbing article that refers to the carte blanche use of total hysterectomies to treat a variety of women’s pelvic problems. The report contends that the major reason for the phenomenon is pure economics. Not to put too fine a point on it, the medicare rebate available to surgeons who perform the operation is significantly more lucrative than the rebate offered for alternative and much less invasive procedures. Read the rest of this entry »

When two souls collide, the results can be both beautiful and overwhelming. At times it can seem cataclysmic. It needs time for the heat to subside, for the dust to settle and for the mists to clear in order to reveal the breathtaking beauty of what has been created. Read the rest of this entry »

Living life as a paradox isn’t easy and not a choice for the faint-hearted. But for those with an extra measure of intestinal fortitude it’s really the only worthwhile choice.

Most people choose to live life as comfortably as possible - at least those of us in the Western World who have choices beyond that of mere survival. We have ambitions and aspirations. We want a family, a place to call home, a reliable and comfortable income, good friends, good food, good times. We may want to travel or own a boat or send our kids to expensive schools. These things make us feel happy, safe and fulfilled or at least we think they do. It’s just that when we attain them, many of us still experience a measure of discomfort - a longing for more; a vague undercurrent of unease that whispers to us that our life has a purpose beyond these achievements.  Beyond mediocrity. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, March 8, is International Womens Day. It’s a day to celebrate and encourage the advancement of women in our society, to get behind the sisterhood and feel proud of how far we’ve come. Yet it’s also a day to look realistically at the status quo; to examine the state of gender equality in the world around us. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been wondering where to start posting about this somewhat enigmatic subject. What is the truth after all? And what is beauty? How do I begin to explain why it means so much to me to connect with you, unravel some threads and find out what’s really going on inside a woman’s mind and within her relationships?

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This is just a bogus page for now… But it us also a message to you, my queen. I have had the greatest time working on your webspot. It made me think of how delicate is your purpose, how profound your wisdom and how beautiful your truths are to me. I believe and will always support you.

Forever yours,

San.