The Journal

Or in my case I could have said it, but getting into an argument in the comments section of someone else’s Instagram post was less than appealing. What riled me so?  A post made by another mum (who’s also a yoga teacher – ug) stating that feeding your baby formula is a heinous act and you’ve obviously […]

When you teach nervous system regulation, there’s an unspoken expectation that you should always be calm. That you should glide through meltdowns, tantrums, and turbulent moments with serene detachment—especially if those meltdowns are coming from your own babies. But cut to scene:It was hour 14 of a long-haul flight from Mexico to Australia, via a […]

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 […]