The release of the Picture Healer signifies my big step in rebelling against the eating disorder’s demands to destroy myself. I am taking the power back from ED, taking it firmly in my hands and taking one step forward at a time. This is my decision, my journey, and I invite you to join me as I explore this path to freedom.
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Yesterday a landscape photographer, today a street photographer, tomorrow….
Is it possible to know where you will be in five, 10 or 15 years? Will you be in the same job? Perhaps you’ll create a family or relocate entirely. Right now, I’m wondering where..
Letter to my daughters – a basic toolkit for an enriching life
My Dear Daughters, At the tender ages of eight and 10, I expect you’ll roll your eyes and ignore my words of wisdom, gleaned as they are, from years of personal experience. I imagine you’re..
The incredible picture healer journey continues
Taxing, chaotic, challenging, a blur! Words come to mind as I sit and reflect on the previous six months. Juggling many roles and responsibilities on one day tends to blend into the next; no wonder..
On dreaming a little dream – and bringing it to reality
“I dream of painting, and then I paint my dream.” Vincent Van Gogh Dreams float in and out of our conscious thinking throughout our lives. Dreams are an essential part of being human. Dreaming about..
Looking forward to 2022 with hope
Two years have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic single-handedly shut down the entire world. The flow-on effect has been compelling. Life has been transformed into something resembling a mere stranger in the dark. We live..
Lessons, lightbulbs and looking ahead
New Year’s Eve 2020: “I have a great idea. I’m going to write and photograph a book documenting life throughout the Pandemic of 2020.” Just like that, I leapt headfirst into the new and lengthy..
The story I see unravelling behind a photograph
“Photography is the story I fail to put into words.” Dustin Sparks, Landscape photographer. Two-and-half years have passed since I received a cathartic gift — my first sophisticated camera, a Nikon 5600. Thoughts experienced on that..
Picture this: a creative solution to managing eating disorder recovery and surviving the pandemic
By June Alexander Sam Tench was recovering from an eating disorder when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020. Prior to the pandemic, Sam was reconnecting with her healthy self through writing and photography. She..
Is that true, Mum? When vaccine doubts are injected in the schoolyard
There is something about the word ‘vaccine’ and the connotations it evokes that has people turning on one another. Adults have been observed protesting in a manner I’d hesitate to describe as ‘childlike’ behaviour as..
Remember, we all have the power to ask for help
Life; it’s up and downs, its twists and turns Love; how it makes you feel Happiness; the genuine and unending kind Peace; the serenity and joy it brings Faith; and how it keeps you going..