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My Creepy Cafe Podcast:

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My Creepy Cafe Announcement: It is with a heavy heart that I’ve made the decision to step away from My Creepy Café Show and my involvement with the podcast and Peter King going forward. I’m grateful for the time, creativity and conversations that have gone into the project, and I genuinely wish everyone involved the very best with whatever direction they choose to take it. For me, this decision comes down to professional differences in how projects are developed, organised and brought forward publicly. I believe strongly in having a clear structure, completed groundwork and realistic plans in place before promoting, casting or committing people to a project. At this stage, I feel my own professional approach and priorities are moving in a different direction. I’m also focusing more of my time and energy on my own writing, film, magazine and creative commitments, so stepping away feels like the right and responsible decision. There is no ill will from me, and I hope the project continue...

Always doing the right thing:

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Always doing the right thing may be exhausting - but it's necessary. There comes a point where you stop explaining yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you, and instead you start choosing peace over proving a point. Protecting your peace is not cruelty, walking away from harmful behaviour is not hate, and setting boundaries is not something anyone gets to shame you for.  If someone needs to villainise you for choosing distance over dysfunction, that says everything about them and nothing about you. We are grown, we are allowed to step away, we are allowed to choose calm over chaos, and we can do all of that whilst still being respectful.  Not everything needs a fight, not everything needs a response, and not everyone deserves access to you. Respect is not control, inclusion is not coercion, and boundaries are not up for debate. If we don’t align, that’s fine, but respect should always be mutual. KDoll  KawaiiDollDecora.uk ❤️ #disabilityinclusion #stron...

What I’m Learning About Boundaries (And The Times I Still Slip):

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What I’m Learning About Boundaries (And The Times I Still Slip) Boundaries are one of those things that sound simple when you say them out loud, but living them is something else entirely. I’m learning that maintaining boundaries isn’t about getting it right every time, it’s about catching yourself when you don’t. Because I do slip. I still get roped into replies, I still find myself trying to explain, trying to get people to understand, trying to bring facts into conversations that were never about facts in the first place. And that’s where I have to pause and check myself, because the reality is you can’t reason with the unreasonable. Some people are committed to misunderstanding you, committed to twisting things, committed to getting a reaction, and no amount of calm explanation is going to change that. That’s been one of the hardest lessons for me, because I care. I care about truth, I care about fairness, I care about people seeing what actually happened, and that part of me will ...