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Along the quiet trails of Lake Bosomtwe while looking for birds , life seems to move with ease
My sighting was Morning chores, steady hands, and stories written in wood, tin, and time.

I’m reminded loud mostly doesn’t mean powerful & sometimes strength looks like this.

Shot by O.S. Kev 📸

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#SexPositive #Intimacy #Relationships #EmotionalIntimacy #Consent #TraumaAware #SexEducation #MentalHealth #LifeUnscripted #SexBlog

On living with lower libido, due to mental health & trauma, perimenopause, HRT & ageing, chronic illness and identity shifts.

#LifeUnscripted #LowLibido #Perimenopause #Midlife #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #ChronicIllness #IdentityShift #LifeWriting #PersonalEssays #LivedExperience #HealingJourney #WomensHealth #HormoneHealth #SelfReflection #MidlifeJourney #QuietRevolution #EmotionalWellbeing #WritingLife
https://carasutra.com/2026/01/living-with-low-libido/

Back in 2016, I wrote about not being able to orgasm from oral sex.

10 years on, I've updated this post through new-but-older eyes. An in-depth piece in which I share my personal perspective on internal and external sexual pressure & expectations.

https://carasutra.com/2016/05/why-cunnilingus-doesnt-work-for-me/

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#SexPositive #BodyAutonomy #Consent #Pleasure #SexEducation #SexualHealth #WomensVoices #Midlife #PersonalEssay #TraumaAware #Healing #SelfTrust #LifeUnscripted

I knew something had changed. I suspected perimenopause, and despite a fight to be believed, I was right. This is my story of how it started, how it turned me and my life upside down, and the struggle to claw my way back to, well… me.

https://carasutra.com/2023/03/hello-perimenopause/

#Perimenopause #BodyAutonomy #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #LifeUnscripted #HRT #Perimeno #Ageing

https://carasutra.com/2023/03/hello-perimenopause/

Trying to stay focused on a spark of hope this Imbolc, as the light returns. 🕯️🌻

This year it feels like I need to really concentrate to see the light in the dark, instead of it coming to me, as it used to, like the sun at dawn.

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#Imbolc #Pagan #witchcraft #witchy #UKwitches #witch #altar #SeasonalLiving #WheelOfTheYear #LightReturning #WinterToSpring #SlowLiving #MindfulMoments #HealingJourney #ChronicIllness #DisabilityVoices #LifeUnscripted

A softly glowing candle burns on my altar for Imbolc, set in a cut-glass holder and surrounded by crystals and small ritual objects, with warm light and shadow creating a quiet, reflective atmosphere of returning light and new beginnings.

How do you feel when you open that letter? Or when the reminder pings on your phone?

I dreaded my cervical smear test for years. It’s never as terrifying as I imagine. In fact, it isn’t scary at all. I wrote about what actually happens at a cervical screening.

https://carasutra.com/2023/03/what-happens-at-smear-test-cervical-screening-exam/

#CervicalScreening #SmearTest #ReproductiveHealth #LifeUnscripted #BodyAutonomy
https://carasutra.com/2023/03/what-happens-at-smear-test-cervical-screening-exam/

January used to mean restriction and punishment. This year, I’m refusing to swallow the guilt and shrink myself, rebelling through nourishment and kindness to myself instead.

Here are my thoughts on diet culture, body shame, and learning to allow food and pleasure as basic rights, not rewards.

https://carasutra.com/2026/01/new-year-weight-loss-plans-diet-culture/

#DietCulture #AntiDiet #BodyImage #MentalHealth #LifeUnscripted #SelfCare
https://carasutra.com/2026/01/new-year-weight-loss-plans-diet-culture/

I wrote this piece on sex and disability years ago. I didn’t know that 10 years later I would count myself among the people whose voices I wanted to amplify.

No advice, just real people, real relationships, real sex lives.

#LifeUnscripted #SexAndDisability

https://carasutra.com/2016/04/sex-and-disability-intimacy-pleasure/

I was taught to hide my sadness behind a smile. But now, I’ve stopped pretending.

Here are my thoughts on toxic positivity, fake happiness, and letting myself feel all of my emotions without any guilt.

https://carasutra.com/2025/01/allowing-sadness-without-guilt/

#LifeUnscripted #MentalHealth #ToxicPositivity #EmotionalWellbeing #AllowSadness
https://carasutra.com/2025/01/allowing-sadness-without-guilt/

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I thought I had endless energy. I was wrong.

This is how chronic illness, perimenopause, disability and sobriety forced me to be choosy about how my limited spoons are used.

https://carasutra.com/2026/01/protecting-my-energy/

#LifeUnscripted #ChronicIllness #MentalHealth #MyalgicEncephalitis #Disability #DisabledVoices #Spoonie
https://carasutra.com/2026/01/protecting-my-energy/

I don’t have my name on the spine of a book. I do have a spine in my body.

Here are my thoughts on imposter syndrome, writing bravely online, and choosing honest chaos over polished pretence.

https://carasutra.com/2026/01/writing-with-a-spine/

#WritingWithASpine #LifeUnscripted #ImposterSyndrome #Publishing #WriterLife #Writers #AmWriting #ChaosGoblin
https://carasutra.com/2026/01/writing-with-a-spine/

"I’m sick of resting. It’s fucking boring.
No-one tells you just how boring it can be to have to move through life slowly.
Resting just because that’s what you’re forced to do."

New post on living with M.E. coming to CaraSutra tomorrow.

#LifeUnscripted #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #Spoonie #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #blogging #Blog #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #menopause #perimenopause