The Journal

Firstly – I learnt that guy was a DICK! Though I had my sneaking suspicions even before this happened, but that’s a story for another day. What I should have done is unleashed all my years of boxing and kickboxing training on him in that very moment, but in my shock, I did something even […]

You know how sometimes you watch a series or a doco that’s so fascinating that after it’s finished, you dive headfirst into the abyss of google with an insatiable desire to find out absolutely everything ever recorded or written about that topic? Well, I’ve spent the past three days in that abyss and I’m only […]

I recently made one of my best and fave purchases of this entire year: the Polyvagal Card Deck by Deb Dana. Poly-what now!? Here’s the TL;DR: it’s a set of 58 cards that each have a different exercise to explore, navigate and understand the different states of the nervous system: ventral (social connection), sympathetic (fight […]

Last week I went to the beach with my mate Jules (it was fkn lavish – mini album below!), and at some point she said to me “I imagine you have a pretty solid sleep and morning routine, right?” to which I replied “HA!“ The truth is that I’ve been massively neglecting my own self-care […]

If you’ve been following along on the ‘gram lately, you’ll know that I’ve been chasing shiny things. Well, glimmery things, to be fair. We all know what triggers are – external circumstances that cause an emotional reaction like anxiety, panic or despair – and we often have a pretty good idea of what our own […]

Brene Brown talks about God moments, Oprah calls ’em Aha moments, but I like the phrase truth bombs. Whatever floats yer boat, amiright!? Anyway, I had one of these moments of realisation – or rather, re-realisation cos its not my first rodeo – yesterday.  My truth bomb was the dawning (re)realisation that Ive been engineering […]

‘Cos it turns out sleep hygiene is a thing; a thing with the potential to make us smarter, happier, healthier and – just for good measure – better looking. I’ve always been a night owl and I’m in good company – with 25-30% of the population, in fact. A similar amount of people are early […]

The thing about you, me and everyone else in this world is that we’re one-of-a-kind, baby. What works for me might not work for you and if you’re happy to share, I’m all ears and keen to hear about your experiences with these approaches.  Let’s start with what they actually are, in a nutshell. Top […]