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  • Van meat, doomscrolling and shutting up: 10 things I’ve learned this year

    Oh God, this was a challenging year and I know it’s not quite over yet, but I’m already over it, so as I dig out my baseball bat, sharpen my knife set, and brush up on my martial arts in preparation for whatever fresh Hell 2026 has in store, here are 10 things I’ve learned…

  • Unfair Punishment

    It’s exhausting being constantly punished for other people’s low self-esteem. The amount of people who make it their mission to drag others down to feel better about their own inadequacies is astounding. If it’s not manosphere weirdos who feel they must constantly remind everyone of how ‘alpha’ they are to hide the fact that they’re…

  • Back to Square One (Temporarily)

    The process of personal development when done properly is quite an experience. It can be a long, emotionally taxing, confusing, painful but ultimately rewarding. That said, something that’s not spoken about too often is what happens when, despite the progress you may have made, a situation occurs that pushes you, temporarily, back to square one.…

  • Attention! It’s all about intention

    Let’s play a game. 4. Being 100% honest with yourself, how intentional have you been in working towards your goal(s)? I was speaking to someone recently about blogging and my writing (or lack thereof) and as always, because they’re awesome and wise, they said something along the lines of ‘you have to be intentional’ and…

  • F**k Everything And Run

    Candles, costumes, decorations, horror films, chilling with the dead… It’s Halloween baby!!! My love of this holiday has always been there, but it’s increased with age which might be odd but is not surprising given that having been beaten to a pulp by life, us older millennials tend to find comfort in child-like things. Also,…

  • Something in the air

    2025 has been interesting for many reasons but one area that has me flummoxed at the moment is how things have been for me energetically. I don’t know what’s going on but the energy I’ve been receiving over the past few months has been confusing and this is coming from someone who can normally read…

  • Two comedians and a psychopath

    A comedian I loved when I was growing up was Chris Rock. It felt almost serendipitous that as I was grappling with ideas about race and belonging, here was Rock saying things that resonated with how I was feeling at the time. Like many other teenagers I had ‘The Slim Shady LP’ on repeat. People…

  • Beware of the confidence grift

    As you may or may not know I’m a personal development coach which means I help people who are serious about making changes in their lives in order to be the best version of themselves. This could be in work or their personal lives. One of the most popular areas coachees want to explore and…

  • Nah, I’m not okay

    A few months ago, someone paid me a compliment and in the spirit of being the reflector that I am I only realised hours after the fact. As if that wasn’t bad enough, on a separate occasion my last interaction with this person was so low energy on my part that I’m pretty sure it…

  • Thank you, and goodbye

    I’m in the process of spring cleaning/preparing for a move. It’s been stressful but also very therapeutic. I’ve accumulated so much stuff it’s insane. Amongst the items I came across was paperwork from a place I worked years ago. I hated that place and most of the people in it so I cannot explain how…

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I’m Karice

I’m Karice, a Personal Development Coach and reflective writer. This blog is where I explore the quieter side of growth and development: the questions, the doubts, the messy bits that can’t be squished into a cute little motivational Instagram quote..

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