I went and saw Billie Eilish’s concert movie - Hit Me Hard and Soft. As expected, it was an inspiring, raw and unfiltered, exactly on brand on Billie!

Many of us have got very good at saying NO. No to the dinner we're too tired for. No to the trip that's not quite the right time. No to the course, the invitation, the spontaneous plan that would mean rearranging a Tuesday. No to the opportunity that sounds exciting but also risky. No to the thing we used to love but we somehow stopped making time for.

I had a wonderful conversation with a friend on Mother's Day. We were talking about the difference between raising boys and raising girls. I am fortunate to have two sons and two daughters. I adore being a Mumma Bear to all four. I have learnt so much as the mother of two beautiful men, but have recently realised a huge bonus in the privilege of raising two daughters.

Happy Mother's Day to everyone doing the Mothering!  

Becoming a mother has taught me so much about myself, how strong I am, how resilient and quick thinking I can be, how soft and squidgy I am and how much love I have for so many.

I am fascinated by relationships. I always have been. As the mother of two sons and two daughters, I am very interested in the future of human relationships. As I watch my adult children, the world has changed. Our young men need a different set of skills than their fathers and uncles needed! They need to catch up. What has been modelled to them is no longer going to work.

I've been thinking about the things that feel deeply, outrageously unfair.

The world is a lot right now. There is a lot to absorb. The uncertainty, the pressure, the costs! 

What do we do? 

This will hit a nerve for half of you reading this.

You know who you are - you're the ones who've spent your entire lives being the giver, the helper, the one everyone turns to when shit hits the fan. You're the emotional support human, the unpaid therapist, the one who drops everything to sort everyone else's problems while your own life falls apart in the background.

This week is Neurodiversity Celebration Week. I get asked a lot to share my experience of ADHD.

I spent the weekend in the Blue Mountains with some very awesome women.

The only upside to the bullshit that International Women's Day has become is that there are often gatherings of and organised by awesome women!

This Saturday is International Women’s Day. 

When I read the theme of #IWD my first thought was #WTF!

“Give to Gain”. Scrambled my head. My first thought was how women give constantly day in, day out! Ironically often for very little personal gain! 

Being at your best is often a result of the people that you spend time with. I had three days last week hanging out with a group of people that feel like home. A group of people who challenge me, who light me up and add enormously to my energy.

Happy Chinese New Year!

I love New Year - January 1st, Chinese New Year & Matariki - all give us opportunities to reset and recreate who and what we are.

As a personal development junkie, I love seeing people change and develop. I love watching people grow - people becoming something.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. – Elbert Hubbard

I find it boring how serious some people are. And I love the quote above. Life is temporary and I think that it is our job to enjoy it.

Self-Abandonment is sneaky. You are going about your life. Doing all the things, getting stuff done and then you wake up one day exhausted. Not physically but emotionally.

Freedom has always been one of my highest values and as I get older I seem to crave more and more of it!

How many times have you had a strong gut feeling about something - a business decision, a relationship, a creative direction - only to talk yourself out of it? 

I am starting the year with a huge focus on protecting my energy.
I have been writing a list of permissions that I am giving myself in 2026. 

So 2025 is all but gone!

We get to restart. To refresh our lives and wipe the slate clean!