Blogs & Insights From Mama Gold

A Scale & Roses
Acceptance, Reflection Alison Weihe Acceptance, Reflection Alison Weihe

A Scale & Roses

What does standing here on a scale today in a factory have to do with Valentine's Day, you may ask?

Well, 14 years ago, having battled extreme yo-yo dieting, eating disorders and a constant hole in my soul of "never being good enough", I started to walk a journey to wholeness by becoming more active.

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On Visibility

On Visibility

I have found stepping into greater visibility this year both challenging and, at times, scary.
The old voices in my head kept taunting me: “Who do you think you are, to be so out there?”

“Why?” you might ask. “You seem to be seeking out such visibility?”

We all have backstories, and mine is that I grew up excruciatingly shy, almost ashamed to take up space. I was the plump, spotty one in a sporty, academic family. I often felt alien in a family of high achievers—both on the sports field and in the academic world.

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Footprints
Reflection, Transformation Alison Weihe Reflection, Transformation Alison Weihe

Footprints

It was a late afternoon on a breathless day. We made our way down the rough-hewn steps over rocks and fallen trees to the secret beach hidden below. My husband and I were in a wilderness area whilst visiting our daughter in Australia.

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