The Journal

Record-scratch it back to 1929 when Virginia Wolfe argued that a woman needs two things to create anything meaningful: I wholeheartedly agree but I’m also proposing a third thing – a corner of one’s own. I have this corner in my house and there are 3 things I do in this space: Space for stillness […]

I dunno about you, but I get very easily pulled into bad sleep habits – going directly from laptop or phone screen to bed, staying up too late, drinking coffee too late in the day – all the usual offenders. But I just got back from a week’s holiday and lemme tell you – in […]

But first, some context: A few years ago when I was living in Melbourne and working in design, my boss and I had a meeting scheduled with the President of Timor Leste to discuss a social enterprise. I was ABSOLUTELY FAN-GIRLING about this meeting. Indulge me while I throw a few facts out there in […]

Have you ever had a really strong, really terrible feeling of foreboding? ‘Cos, same. In fact, I’ve had them repeatedly my whole life. I have a strong memory of being a little kid, watching cartoons with my siblings and mum saying she was going down the road (legit – 15 min round trip on foot) […]

The answer is: sometimes. But only if you answer yes to any of the following questions: Ok, time for an example to contextualise all this. Let’s say I’m teaching a yoga class and I straight out forget to do an *entire sequence* on one side (gasp!). I might tell myself: “you’re an idiot and a […]

I’m a HUGE Springsteen fan. OG fan, to be clear. I’m talkin’ the largely unknown stuff from the early 70s. I’ve gained a bit of a reputation for myself for being such a crazed fan, which is wonderful ‘cos it means that people often send me Springsteen-related content (the epitome of that which you seek […]

If you haven’t seen La Sociedad de la Nieve (The Snow Society), stop what youre doing and watch it immediately. It’s an incredibly moving new take on a true story from the 70’s – a plane that crashed into the Andes on a flight from Uruguay to Chile carrying a Uruguayan rugby team who were […]

Yes, that Mariah Carey. I wish I could tell you that Mimi and I (as I imagine her nearest and dearest call her) went out for cocktails, whereby she sat me down and said “listen, Kirsty – I need to share some valuable life lessons with you. Also, I really want you to have this […]