by Melissa | Jan 31, 2023 | Archived
When someone mentions OCD to you, you might have images in your mind of obsessive hand-washing to the point of flaky skin, or someone being extremely organised and lining things up. These can definitely be the case for some people with OCD, but for me and...
by Melissa | Jan 24, 2023 | Archived
Our senior cat Miss Soph probably likes the summer heat even less than I do. In our household, one way to know that it’s definitely heating up in summer is when Sophie opts not to sit on a lap, and instead sits next to us, or sleeps at the end of the bed rather...
by Melissa | Jan 17, 2023 | Archived
For Christmas my sister gave me two amazing gifts – one was a tea leaf strainer in the form of a green Loch Ness monster (called “Baby Nessie”) and the other was Robert Holden’s new book, Higher Purpose. Disclaimer! No copyright infringement is intended....
by Melissa | Jan 10, 2023 | Archived
Before we begin, a content warning: This blog post contains potentially upsetting discussion of the treatment of animals, and mental health issues that may be troubling to some. Happy Veganuary! If there was ever a month to try out veganism...
by Melissa | Jan 3, 2023 | Archived
So here we are in 2023! Welcome back to The Quiet and Curious for another year. Thanks for sticking with me so far, and if you’re new here, welcome! In this post I’ll fill you in on what I’ve been up to in the last month, ramble a bit, and let you in on...
by Melissa | Dec 6, 2022 | Archived
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Dust off your Michael Buble and Mariah Carey CDs people (do you hear what I hear? It’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ for the hundredth time!). For the introverts among us and myself included, oh holy night...
by Melissa | Nov 29, 2022 | Archived
It’s nearly the end of another calendar year; the transition from spring to summer is here in the southern hemisphere as evidenced by the flowers. I’m missing winter already, but this year I’m determined to make the most of the Australian summer and embrace...
by Melissa | Nov 22, 2022 | Archived
In the countryside where I lived growing up, there live three cats, Sapphy, Sylvie and Topaz. You’ve already been introduced to my cat Sapphy in this blog post here, whose birthday it was in October. She’s now a teenager at the time of writing this....
by Melissa | Nov 15, 2022 | Archived
The term minimalism has become really popular recently (I’ll get to my own version of minimalism, “cosy minimalism,” later in the article), and the concept of slow living, minimalism and living simply is trending. But to me, all of...
by Melissa | Nov 8, 2022 | Archived
Life purpose seems to be a big topic these days, very different from back in the day where you just took up the profession of your parents rather than considering whether you were on track with your life purpose. But life purpose doesn’t just relate to...
by Melissa | Nov 1, 2022 | Archived
If you’re someone who loves to give gifts but are stumped about what to get an introvert, or you’re just here out of curiosity, here are 10 gift ideas for introverted HSP empaths in your life (written by an introverted HSP empath). This is by no means an...
by Melissa | Oct 25, 2022 | Nature Essays
It’s late October, which means that the nectarine tree in my backyard has dropped the last of the pink blossoms from late winter and early spring. It now has an abundance of new green leaves and the very beginnings of nectarine fruit – unfortunately it...
