Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity. Gilda Radner I’ve begun 2018 in a new mood. It’s a mood of ease, slowing down, and setting intentions before rushing into making rash New Year resolutions. On […]
Travel Log Write Around the World 2017 January Sydney NSW Australia February Margaret River Western Australia March Dunsborough Western Australia March Sydney NSW Australia April New York […]
Living in lightness—physically, emotionally and spiritually is my goal for this year. Part of that journey is accepting that I’m not perfect, my life is not perfect and that it never will be perfect. The big lesson for me is that I am enough. My life is enough. It’s better to present, rather than always […]
Present Over Perfect book club: Fake Resting ‘How are you?’ ‘I’m busy.’ I was busy for years and before I knew it I was real tired. In fact, I was exhausted. Real-exhausted. I was working, the mother to two children, had a weekend volunteer position, a leader of mid-week meetings, family responsibilities, exercise and the […]
Present Over Perfect Blog book club: Tunnels I sat on the couch next to my husband and every word he spoke grated against my soul. It was like fingernails scratching down an old-school blackboard. Everything in me felt scraped and raw and I wanted to scream, ‘Shut up!’ I didn’t scream at him, even though […]
Present over Perfect book club: Sea-change I ended last year with a crash. Running on adrenalin and coffee for years on end, allowing my body, mind and soul to fracture resulted in a ‘frantic and frayed’ life. I craved silence. I craved a slower, considered, quieter, soulful life. I hankered for the days before the tyranny […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 60: Reinvention and Redirection This week I’ve had two retreat days with my creative ninja friend, Amanda. One day was all about my work and today was about a rather ambitious project my husband is planning for 2017. In the process I’ve been inspired again to write the truth of […]
Recovering A Sense of Possibility at this time of year is important. We usually find ourselves getting on the New Year Resolution bandwagon without really believing that a new year will see any change. We may have hope, even faith, but believing with a profound sense of possibility may fade as January turns into February and […]
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 23 Can you make money from your art? Is your art for money or love? Don’t we all have to eat and pay our bills? Living the creative life is a nice idea and often an idealistic dream, so how many people actually make enough money from […]
