Yes, it is happening! After years and years of existing on the edge between my fiction worlds and slightly boring reality, I finally made a decision to flip another page in my life and start sharing the biggest aspect of my existence.

My fiction writing!

What it means?

It means a supernatural story written by F J Haddley (aka me) is coming your way.

Witch of An Unfortunate Kind

What I have on mind here is a slightly different version of self-publishing.

Meaning, technically there will not be a book to buy but there will be a door into the world of my fiction for you to step in.

Witch of An Unfortunate Kind is going to be an on-going project on Wattpad (if you have...

Do not worry, my reader, you are spared from seeing the dramatic failure of the first cover that I made for this project by myself.

For those who hated it and for those who loved it, thank you!

But everyone must do what they do the best and creating book covers is not what I do the best.

Fortuetly, the earth is not empty and I still have a bunch of talented friends to turn to.

Witch of An Unfortunate Kind had a fortune to get into the hands of Arfin Mehedi!

I am sure some of you already know Arfin or at least saw some of his works such as the book cover for Tony Anderson’s poetry book Vintner, for example.

So, when I f...

Last year, in September, I started one of the most important journeys of my life – this blog.

Honestly, it reminded me a trip through a gigantic field covered from sky to ground with smoky white fog. I had no idea where I was heading but I knew that I had to keep going. That was pretty much all I knew back then.

Today, I can hardly believe it has been a year, A WHOLE YEAR, since I did my first publication on this website. It still feels like it was just yesterday, you know.

But looking back, I can see how impactful and life-changing this year of blogging was for me.

How it all started?

As all the best things in my life, it all started with an idea. Well, a thought actually.

Why do not I start a blog? – I...

Everyone has their talents and gifts. No one is born without it.

However, looking back I remember a few people that I believed to be the most talented and gifted people I had ever met. They created without meaning to. They talked to the world and other people around them with easiness. Their words were like feathers peacefully swinging in the air.

And I remember myself feeling like the least talented person in the world.

Nothing came easily to me and even a single conversation could leave me deeply confused and sometimes even hurt.

It was not because I compared myself to those I believed to be the most talented ones.

No.

But in the room, when everyone started to shine and glow demonstrating their talents, I would be like a blac...

You might have already read my previous blog posts about essential oils, if not I would suggest you do it when you have a free minute or two, but today I want to clarify what brand of essential oils I have been using for over 15 years now.

I can guarantee the highest quality of all the products of the company I am going to be talking about in this blog post. And I am not going to let the shy part of me to shut me up on this because I honestly, sincerely believe that essential oils of the brand VIVASAN are the life-saving, absolutely necessary to have and know how to use in this times of horrible pandemic.

What is VIVASAN?

VIVASAN is a Swiss company that has been keeping its leading positons on the European market for over 20 years now.

Such well...

I took the stone and turned in stone

As if I was not born and never ever lived

I left the piece like leaves the soul

Cold body of the weak.

In wander I left all the ties

To earthy mind of mine

And memory of ones I loved

Were suddenly all gone.

I was alone, I was not me

Nor was I what the tongues

Were prophecying for me to be

I was there but no one.

Like weight I stood on eye of earth

With quietly beating heart

And watched my fingertips all go

Ice cold and artic white.

Clocks started going in my head

How long it's gonna take?

For me to grow...

Burnout is real!

I know it after years of fighting and refusing to believe in its existence.

I was a solder in the army of my creative bits that drove a stake of pain through my middle each time I was thrown under a wagon of stress. I called it a creative predicament. I thought I had to wait till it goes away and then keep fighting, pushing, and literally making myself to move forward.

It did not work.

It was not effective either, but I am not someone who gives up easily. My forehead is much stronger than it looks. I can drill a hole with it through a thick pack of ice if I need to, this is how strong it is.

But burnout is real and its power is feeding on disbelief and denial. As long as you think it is nothing but a myth, it grows like ...

I can hardly imagine my life without essential oils. I use them both ways, internally by adding a drop in my morning and evening tea, for example, and externally via cold and hot inhalations, aromatherapy, cream enrichment, local applications (for acne, wounds, stings, etc.,) and bath.

In my first aid kit, you can find all the basic essential oils that a human would only need to survive in even the most extreme emergency situations such as mushroom poisoning or severe burns.

However, there is one problem with using essential oils and it is its quality.

Just few know how to choose the best quality essential oils and today, I am going to share all the secrets on how to do it.

What is essential oil?

It is a concentrated extract (liquid) c...

Fear—it has been so hard to keep its teeth in the muzzle lately and I am not talking about fear of spiders, this kind of fear is a beast completely different in its nature.

It is a fear of making a mistake that exists on the deepest level of your subconscious and makes you literally break anything you touch.

Vicious circle.

You are afraid that if you make a mistake the sky will collapse and at the same time no matter how hard you try to avoid making a mistake, things you touch break down and explode in your face.

But is not it well-known that making mistakes is how we learn and grow?

Then what is the problem?

Past week of my life was like running from a hellhound. I had no idea what was going on and yet I could not get ...

I do not buy candles anymore!

One of my internet friends sent me an army of shocked emoji to this statement of mine.

I sent her laughing emoji.

She asked why would I do that?

And this is pretty much how I ended up writing this blog post.

What I have to say here might not be enough of a reason for some of you to stop buying candles at your local shops but I am sure a lot of you, my wonderful ecology fighters and health oriented readers, will understand the purpose of this blog post and change their attitude to the cozy vibe of buying candles.

Candles had always been a part of my life, so what the hell happened?

It was a painful breakup I am not going to lie.

It took me a few months to actually scoop all the...

I am the things you dust in October

Safe in the fold of your scarf,

I am the bone in the broken wing

Of a loner

Not lonely

Though loneliness tints on my heart.

I am the yellow wrapper you use as a bookmark

Between page ninety-four and five,

I am the lace on the sleeve

Of the fallen

Not falling

Though seems like falling apart.

And I am fully accepting sadness

Right in the beat of your heart,

In this fading redness of autumn

I am losing myself

To find.

My entire life is a product of rejection.

Hmm…

Would it be too much to say that my spin of rejections began at early age and had been dragging my subconscious through all these years with a pompous disdain?

Possibly yes!

Fortunately, I survived, became stronger and created this tiny nook of mine to rant all about my experience and share a survival guide I have developed for all these years that helps me keep going through the spin of rejections unharmed.

Well, almost unharmed.

I mean, not that I am an expert on it but I have developed a quite working scheme that helps me to come back from the burning aches of rejections in a matter of few hours.

Fine, sometimes it takes longer than that but listen, I know some ...

I have been envisioning this moment for a few months now.

I have been picturing you and me getting cozy with a cup of tea and following the inborn curiosity and craving to bring a bit more of health awareness to our lives.

But like two serpents in the caduceus, a healthy body is entwined with a healthy mind where one is simply impossible without the other.

Fortunately, I have been extremely lucky to get at early age into the circle of people that know and cherish the natural and fully organic sources of getting to a healthier lifestyle.

And aromatherapy was one of the first steps my family took towards a healthier and more conscious living.

What is aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy is one of the most pleasurable a...