Archive for June 2026
Making Space
A simple weekly practice for creating breathing room If you’re anything like me, the weeks can disappear in a blur. You get to Friday and wonder… Wait, did we actually spend any time in nature this week? Or suddenly it’s Thursday morning and you’re scrambling to do the violin homework because… how did an entire…
Read MoreYou Do Not Have To Be Good
Life lately: burnout, unmet needs, and radical self-compassion This week has been filled with a very unfun stomach bug. My youngest got it first last week. Three mornings of vomiting first thing in the bed, yet somehow she mostly bounced back between episodes, as toddlers mysteriously do. The timing was especially unfortunate because it was…
Read MoreParenting My Children vs Reparenting Myself
Raising Children, Healing Ourselves | Aware Parenting Series, Part 1 Every time I choose to stay present with my children through big feelings, I’m reparenting myself. I didn’t know this when I first became a mother. Back then, I thought good parenting was mostly about getting it right. Read enough books. Learn enough. Make good…
Read MoreWhen the Sacred Left the Kitchen: Why We’re Hungry for Ritual
On Winter Solstice, sacred rhythms, and the marking of time. At the time of writing, today is Winter Solstice here in the Southern Hemisphere. By the time this is published, it will have been yesterday. The shortest day of the year. The longest night. I’ve been reading The Great Cosmic Mother, and one idea keeps returning…
Read MoreCold Water & Full Days
Life Lately: Sardines, Spreadsheets, and Solstice With the upcoming winter solstice, we’ve had some chilly weather here this week. Considering our temperatures rarely drop below 20°C, even in winter, our mornings have been down to around 14°C. Which, let’s be honest, is not exactly cold by many people’s standards, but it is cold enough here…
Read MoreThe Foundation: Morning Pages & Artist Dates
My new contemplative The Artist’s Way book group | Week 0.5 [Bonus Pre Week] Welcome back to The Artist’s Way group of my own dreams. I was planning to jump straight into Week 1 this week then I stopped myself. I realised there was no way I could move on without going deeper into Julia Cameron’s two…
Read MoreValues By Design
A simple exercise to help you get clear on what actually matters. Something I have come to realise as I grow older and maybe wiser is that big decisions rarely become easier because you gather more information. They become easier when you get clear on what matters. In other words… your values. When life feels…
Read MoreWintering Well
Life lately: chickens, books, and beach mornings My son Jesse recently spent three weeks with his dad and that side of the family, travelling between Johannesburg, Hoedspruit, Kruger, and Marloth Park, where his grandparents live. He had such a wonderful time. They took him fishing many times, even though none of them are actually into…
Read MoreLeap, and the Net Will Appear
My new contemplative The Artist’s Way book group | Week 0 Welcome to The Artist’s Way group of my own dreams. For the next twelve weeks, I’ll be making my way through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. We’ll be reading together, but this won’t be a traditional book club. I’m more interested in using the book as a…
Read MoreHalfway Through the Year, I Realised I Needed a New Vision
The Ideal Day exercise from my 2026 By Design planning guide. We’ve reached the halfway point of the year, and if your year has gone anything like mine, you may be looking back at the goals you set in January and thinking: The version of me who made those plans had no idea what this…
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