When I realised that today was International Women’s Day, there was only one story I wanted to share. It is a story of resilience, strength and of the immense capacity for loss and healing that each WOMAN holds. (Please note: TRIGGER WARNING- graphic and potentially upsetting descriptions of loss). This Read more…
Sitting at my kitchen table, hair still wet from this morning’s brisk swim in the Southern Ocean, I am writing the manual for my next online course, The Limitless Heart. The topic of today’s chapter is forgiveness. This feels poignant, after lying awake last night contemplating some actions that feel Read more…
My mother grew up in a very Catholic family. She was one of ten children and only five years old when my grandfather died suddenly of a heart attack. Their mother, my Nanna, raised them the best way she knew how- with the strong ethics and values the Church and Read more…
They say a picture says a thousand words, but I think this photo says just one- tired. This word characterises the last few months of our lives together. I’ve been hesitant to share this story with you. After all, miscarriage is not something people are used to talking about, even Read more…
The first time I sat to meditate I closed my eyes and two minutes later I wanted to scream. I did not know how to sit and be still with my thoughts. I was itchy, antsy, and wild inside. I wondered, how will I ever do this? And yet, I Read more…
You can never really know what’s coming up ahead. Only one year ago I had honestly began to believe that I might be single forever. I thought things like, ‘maybe relationships aren’t for me’, and ‘maybe I’m too damaged from my parents childhood divorce’. I wondered if I was too Read more…
One cozy night at last week’s Citta Retreat we sat around the fire while Tanya and I read out our favourite powerful poems. Our 19 gorgeous guests sat quietly, cuddling against one another as we read. These poems are words to live by- best printed out and stuck with blu-tac Read more…
When I was in my early 20’s I was not a likeable creature. I was negative, prone to complaining and often forceful, and could have been described as bitchy, loud, aggressive, and judgmental. I fought with my romantic partners, talked way more than I listened, and was quick to anger. Read more…
Right now, as Mother Earth continues her giant spin, humans are facing unprecedented loss. In many countries that loss is in the form of death- the physical departure of mothers, fathers, spouses and siblings. In most of these instances people are dying alone, their loved ones not permitted to be Read more…
Sam Owens. Have you heard of him? I hadn’t either till last year when he started popping up all over my Facebook wall with his sponsored ads. He’s one of the hundreds of super-rich Ferrari wielding online entrepreneurs that bombards me with their try-hard seductive sales pitches. They’re all the Read more…
