Facing up to Trauma
In June 2020, I developed a skin condition on my left cheek. Initially I thought it was hay-fever, the result of vicious London pollen,...
top of page
Wishing Only Love.
Marissa McCallam
Apr 23, 2021
Insert Affirmation Here.
I've been playing with affirmations for years. The first encounter I can remember was 'The Secret' when my Mum had been urged to watch...
68 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Mar 9, 2021
WOC in Wellbeing
'Mixed other'. That magically ambiguous box found on most demographic surveys. If you're very lucky you get an additional line of...
38 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Feb 22, 2021
When Positive feels Negative
I tested positive for Covid-19 in January of this year. There was an element of inevitability - my partner worked in a school providing...
50 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Jan 12, 2021
No Body to Love
I didn't have a full length mirror in my home for many, many years. My body was split up into what I could fit in the bathroom mirror...
36 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Dec 21, 2020
Letting go of the need to know
As someone who, until a few years ago, was typically placid and agreeable, I imagined that I could 'go with the flow'. But, as I...
15 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Dec 9, 2020
That's not a tickle in your throat, it's an urge to shout.
I took a deep breath, buried my face in the pillow and screamed. What I thought would be a guttural roar came out as the pained cry of a...
18 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Nov 3, 2020
'Hi, I'd like a refund on my 2020, please...'
You're hoping to return it because it's faulty, not at all what you expected, quite disappointing really. You've looked at it and there...
31 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Oct 27, 2020
Praise Addicts Anonymous.
My name is Marissa and I am a recovering praise-addict.
The thing about addiction is that it can take a while to admit you have a problem.
54 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Oct 8, 2020
Buy Yourself Something Nice.
When was the last time you made an investment?
'This year Marissa? Are you joking? Have you seen the interest rates?'
Not savings accounts
35 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Sep 29, 2020
Goal, Interrupted.
'The old ways' have been levelled and, for those of you who had a goal, be it 5 years or less, this is ...Very inconvenient.
30 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Sep 16, 2020
Do you feel guilty for reading this?
Shouldn't you be doing something else? For someone else? How can you be so selfish?
40 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Sep 2, 2020
Why you're not worth it.
You feeling 'not worth it' seeps out of your pores, it sits around you energetically, it's reflected back in the world around you.
70 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Aug 1, 2020
What I thought about, I brought about.
I used to think about worst-case scenario all the time. Disaster planning. I believed that if I did, I would be prepared for the outcome
31 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Jul 10, 2020
Frozen by indecision? Get re-animated.
You have a list of things that you potentially could do, but you can't decide which one to start with.Or a list of stuff that you need to do
38 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Jun 9, 2020
How to work from home.
Is a desk a metaphor for my life?
I've been thinking about 'working from home'. I'm not talking about negotiating dodgy WiFi connections...
36 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
May 4, 2020
Stop pretending to be an imposter.
Not good enough, brave enough, smart enough, young enough, enough enough.
Enough of that now.
Enough.
68 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Apr 6, 2020
2020 got me like Popeye...
At your weakest point, when you think everything has failed, you have a hidden reserve.
51 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Mar 3, 2020
Confessions of a Coach
What comes to mind when you hear the word 'Coach?' Images of shouty public speakers, smug-looking 40 somethings or hypocritical
165 views0 comments
Marissa McCallam
Feb 25, 2020
'I'm proud of all my kids...'
Those of you that met my Mum will not have seen the true toll that depression took on her life.
220 views0 comments
Blog
bottom of page