Tag: blog

• Why Am I Grieving the Job I Decided to Resign From?

  How do you sift through the conflicted feelings of walking away from a job that you love because it doesn’t love you back?  I have always been a girl who floats between jobs, hesitant to anchor herself to anything unless it was The Right Thing. The meaningful, fulfilling and rewarding career. If I didn’t see a progression ladder…

  alisharatcliffe

  3rd Feb 2026

  Uncategorized

  blog, burnout, emotional, employment, life, mental-health, work, writing

• Reclaiming my Girlhood

  The buildup to my birthday usually consists of three things: dread, questioning, and self-scrutiny. This has just been the norm for me since leaving my early twenties. Gone are the years where I woke up and marked the days off in my diary before the big day arrived, and where I spent weeks anticipating a…

  alisharatcliffe

  3rd Aug 2023

  Uncategorized

  adulthood, barbie, blog, discussion, girlhood, personal, twenties, womanhood

• How Therapy Changed My Life

  I want to say a couple of things before I start delving into this, to avoid the risk of sounding ignorant and like I’m on a privileged self-help podcast. First, it has to be said that everyone has a different journey with therapy and it is not linear, predictable or the same as anyone else’s.…

  alisharatcliffe

  29th Jan 2023

  topical

  blog, discussion, personal, therapy

• 25 Things I’ve Learned by 25

  In true Alisha fashion, I have been dreading turning 25 ever since I turned 24. No age has ever felt this significant but so jarring – 18 was exciting and I felt like I was finally an adult, 21 felt like I was in the prime of my life, 25 feels…old. A quarter of a…

  alisharatcliffe

  25th Jul 2022

  lifestyle

  blog, opinion