Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs …
The secret to loving yourself when you don’t love your body
For a long time, whenever someone signed up to my email list, they’d receive a series of three emails. Here’s the question I asked …
How to achieve your big goals when you’re a mum
Life was pretty simple when I was 22. My only responsibilities were my job, my boyfriend and a family who made few demands on …
What to do when life keeps giving you lemons
We all know the adage: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. And you know what? It’s a nice trite thought for trite times. …
9 books that have made me a better person
As someone who is a bit obsessed with getting the best out of herself (and helping others get the best out of themselves too), …
How to chase your dreams responsibly
This is my second attempt at this post. The first time through I used the words ‘passion’ and ‘dream’ interchangeably, only to realise 800 …
Living a ‘small’ life
One of my favourite things about life right now is that I know exactly what I want from it: I want to have a …
The secret truth about CrossFit is the secret truth about everything
When I first let it be known that I was giving CrossFit a go (just over a year ago now) I got a number of …
How to ‘stress less’
A few years ago I wrote this post about ‘finding my funny’. It celebrated the return of my sense of humour – my ability to …
7 reasons you can’t make the changes you want (and how to overcome them)
Change is hard isn’t it? That’s because any change worth doing requires discomfort of some description and unfortunately humans are very much hard wired …
Two simple questions to help you resist temptation
There’s a cupcake in the kitchen and it’s got your name on it. But … you’re trying to be ‘good’. But … it’s 3pm and …
Catastrophic failure
Last Thursday I was having lunch with a friend. After I detailed what I’d been up to for the past month she wryly asked …
One word for 2015
In 2014 I decided not to choose a word to guide my year – I decided to give control of my year over to …
What can happen when you put things out to the Universe
Rewind to two months ago Ant and I are at a café near the Swish office having a Very Serious Conversation. I’m very tired …
If you don’t know where you’re going, how are you going to get there?
Probably the most life-changing thing to happen to me in the last five years (and that’s pulling from a fairly significant pool) was listening …
10 ways life is simpler than we think
Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time fantasising about selling everything we own and moving the whole family to a bush shack in Yallingup. …
You know what? You’re doing a great job
Yesterday I posted a link to this Penelope Trunk piece on Facebook. It caused a bit of debate on my FB page and prompted …
Why live an intentional life?
I’m sitting at my desk, eyes dropping out of my head, and I’m wondering how the hell I’m going to get ‘everything’ done. Between …
Make a ‘To Do’ list worth getting lost in
This is a guest post by my wonderful friend Maxabella. Visit her blog for some whimsical musings on life … peppered with the occasional …
Open your mind and learn something new every day {Project Live Life 27}
I’ve written the start of this piece about five times and I don’t seem to be able to get rid of the slightly preachy …
How to get real with your to-do list
I was talking to a friend yesterday and she mentioned she’d just done a to-do list of everything she needs to do right at …