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When Your Body Does Not Feel Like Yours Anymore: Perimenopause, Weight, and Learning to Get Dressed Again

When Your Body Does Not Feel Like Yours Anymore...

Cassandra Dartnell

 I stood in front of my wardrobe last Tuesday and cried. Not because anything terrible had happened. Not because of a bad day. But because nothing in there fits anymore,...

When Your Body Does Not Feel Like Yours Anymore...

Cassandra Dartnell

 I stood in front of my wardrobe last Tuesday and cried. Not because anything terrible had happened. Not because of a bad day. But because nothing in there fits anymore,...

How to Be Intentional With Your Box (So It Actually Changes Your Week, Not Just Your Afternoon)

How to Be Intentional With Your Box (So It Actu...

Cassandra Dartnell

You deserve more than five minutes of excitement followed by a drawer full of forgotten things. You deserve the full experience.

How to Be Intentional With Your Box (So It Actu...

Cassandra Dartnell

You deserve more than five minutes of excitement followed by a drawer full of forgotten things. You deserve the full experience.

The Perimenopause Rage Nobody Warns You About (And Why It Made Me a Better Mum)

The Perimenopause Rage Nobody Warns You About (...

Cassandra Dartnell

We hear about hot flushes. We hear about irregular periods and night sweats and brain fog. But the rage? The sudden, blinding, terrifying anger that appears from nowhere, often triggered...

The Perimenopause Rage Nobody Warns You About (...

Cassandra Dartnell

We hear about hot flushes. We hear about irregular periods and night sweats and brain fog. But the rage? The sudden, blinding, terrifying anger that appears from nowhere, often triggered...

The Longest Day, the Shortest Fuse: What Summer Actually Feels Like With ADHD and Perimenopause

The Longest Day, the Shortest Fuse: What Summer...

Cassandra Dartnell

I love the idea of summer. The reality, for my neurodivergent body, is frequently overwhelming. I spend months, actual months, building routines that work for my ADHD brain. Morning routines....

The Longest Day, the Shortest Fuse: What Summer...

Cassandra Dartnell

I love the idea of summer. The reality, for my neurodivergent body, is frequently overwhelming. I spend months, actual months, building routines that work for my ADHD brain. Morning routines....

When Perimenopause Changes Who You Are (And How to Find Your Way Back)

When Perimenopause Changes Who You Are (And How...

Cassandra Dartnell

"I don’t feel like me anymore." Not in a dramatic, existential-crisis kind of way (although some days, honestly, it edges close). More like a quiet, creeping realisation that the things...

When Perimenopause Changes Who You Are (And How...

Cassandra Dartnell

"I don’t feel like me anymore." Not in a dramatic, existential-crisis kind of way (although some days, honestly, it edges close). More like a quiet, creeping realisation that the things...

Understanding the ADHD Tax: Why Life Can Cost More When Your Brain Works Differently

Understanding the ADHD Tax: Why Life Can Cost M...

Cassandra Dartnell

Because the world assumes people have neurotypical executive function, many systems are designed in ways that are structurally more expensive for ADHD brains. Paying bills on time, organising belongings, staying...

Understanding the ADHD Tax: Why Life Can Cost M...

Cassandra Dartnell

Because the world assumes people have neurotypical executive function, many systems are designed in ways that are structurally more expensive for ADHD brains. Paying bills on time, organising belongings, staying...