You’ve probably heard some of your friends or workmates say, ‘I’m not the creative type’. Maybe you’ve even said it about yourself. As a writer and creative strategist*, I hear this all the time from clients and friends. And I tell them it’s simply not true. Everyone is creative. Researcher and bestselling author, Brené Brown has…
I didn’t put up a Happy Mother’s day post on Facebook yesterday because frankly I’ve been feeling like a pretty crappy mother at the moment. Being a mother is tough and kicks your arse at times. And these days, there’s so much guilt, shame and judgement that is poured onto mothers, which makes us feel…
If I asked you to name 10 things you DON’T love about your body or the way you look you could probably come up with them pretty quickly right? But what if I asked you to come up with just 3 things that you DO love about your body and the way you look it…
Do you often find yourself struggling to make time for the things that are most important to you such as family, self care, your spiritual practice, passion projects, etc, but spend a whole lot of time on things you ‘have’ to do but don’t value as much? Our modern world has us scrambling to tick…
Late last year, my husband Craig and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. I know, it’s a huge feat by today’s standards, and we’ve jumped a few hurdles and scaled a few mountains over the years to make it thus far. It’s always been a dream of ours to go to the Maldives or Bora…
I’m in the process of writing a book proposal for the Hay House Writer’s Workshop competition which is due in a few weeks’ time. (I probably should be writing it now, but procrastination has set in!) My book is what they call a ‘teaching memoir’, and is based on the past two years of my…
I went to see the remake of A Star is Born last week with my mum, starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. I loved the 1976 version of the movie with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, so I thought it would be interesting to see Cooper’s take on the movie. Cooper not only stars in,…
I posted a new poem on Instagram this week and I noticed it didn’t get as many likes as some of my previous poetry posts have. Granted, I did post it at midnight (right after I wrote it) and perhaps the folks on Instagram didn’t like the poem (that’s ok too). But I wondered whether the…
I started (or restarted) my daily gratitude practice over a month ago. I have tried to keep a gratitude journal from time to time but I kept falling off the wagon. I was prompted by Brené Brown’s inspiring audio series, The Power of Vulnerability, to try again. Brené says that ‘whole-hearted people’ – as she…
Have you felt the need for change, but don’t know where to start? One of my new Reiki clients contacted me a few days after our session and said she felt the need to make some changes in her life, but wasn’t sure how to go about it. Often, our unconscious selves get the memo…