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Burnout Isn’t Just for the Workplace: How Emotional Labour Impacts Women Daily
When we think of burnout, we usually imagine long hours at a demanding job, a full inbox, or never-ending meetings. But for many women,...
6 days ago


Signature Perfume.
If there is one thing I am vulnerable to on Instagram is sample sets of perfume. It is made worse by my tendency to immediately buy them,...
Apr 1


Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Many of us know that April 1st was once the first day of the new year, and that this was during pre-Christian times,...
Mar 29


Hashtags and @s
Since Ostara’s origins around the end of last year and the beginning of this, I have had to embrace social media in a way I don’t find...
Mar 11


The extra heartbeat in our home.
Have you ever found yourself looking at your cat or dog and thought “I’ve got an animal freely wandering around my house! How has this...
Feb 18


Who is Tiddy Mun?
Tiddy Mun Tiddy Mun was one of the Tiddy people - bog spirits who lived in the marshes, or Carrs, of North Lincolnshire, the Fens of...
Feb 11


Appreciate our bodies as they are.
I have been watching Davina McCall's podcast on You Tube "Begin Again with Davina", and she is talking with Eleanor Mills. Eleanor is a...
Feb 8


Origin stories as a way of understanding ourselves.
1980s and 90s pop culture Googling ‘ Origin Stories’ brings forward a wealth of articles and documents, and it becomes clear that this...
Jan 13


Telling our stories
We will all have arrived to the Ostara community via different paths. Perhaps some of us have physically moved from other parts of the...
Dec 28, 2024


Connecting with our land and traditions.
Having returned from Australia recently I remember clearly the announcements on public transport at the beginning of each journey or as...
Dec 24, 2024


We are Ostara.
With a long history in mental health, wellbeing and spiritual work, we have spent years talking about what has been missing for us, as we...
Dec 24, 2024
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