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The Power of the Pause: How Morning Rituals Bring Us Back to Ourselves

Jun 1, 2025 | Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Mind & Meaning, Self-love & Relationships

By midlife, we’ve lived a lot of life. We’ve carried responsibilities – people, deadlines, logistics, emotions, outcomes. We’ve been busy, useful, stretched, exhausted. Good. Tired....

Finding My North Star (Again)

May 1, 2025 | Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Lifestyle, Travel & Adventure, Mind & Meaning

It’s the start of May, and I’m finally feeling more like myself again. I’ve got more energy. I feel clearer. Lighter. Like I’m emerging from a fog. But earlier this year, it was a very different...

When Confidence Dips (Even When You Thought You Had It Sorted)

Apr 1, 2025 | Lifestyle, Travel & Adventure, Mind & Meaning

Confidence is a funny thing. It’s not something you either have or don’t – it moves. It shifts. And sometimes, without warning, it dips. This is the story of how a ski trip reminded me of that — and...

Midlife, Uncertainty, and the Magic of Taking the Next Step

Feb 28, 2025 | Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Mind & Meaning, Self-love & Relationships

Are you ready for some midlife magic? I’m writing this from my childhood bedroom, home for a few days to see my parents. They’re in their mid-80s now—still active, still living a good life—but their...

Choosing Yourself: The Ultimate Love Story

Feb 14, 2025 | Mind & Meaning, Self-love & Relationships

When was the last time you truly chose yourself? Valentine’s Day is often wrapped in grand gestures and romantic expectations, but what if we used it as a quiet moment to reflect? Not just on love...

Today is my birthday… and I’m doing exactly what I want.

Dec 1, 2024 | Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Lifestyle, Travel & Adventure, Mind & Meaning, Self-love & Relationships

Birthdays. Christmas. New Year’s. They often come wrapped in layers of expectation — long-held traditions, pressure to please others, or simply doing what’s always been done. Without meaning to, we...

Letting Go: Creating Space for What’s Next

Nov 1, 2024 | Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Mind & Meaning, Self-love & Relationships

Are you finding It hard to let go? Last week, a friend invited me to her home for a Samhain ceremony – a tradition I hadn’t encountered before and wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I learned...

Struggling to Stick to Habits? Your Personality Might Be the Missing Link

Sep 30, 2024 | Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Mind & Meaning

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to stick to habits so easily – while you find yourself unravelling just days (or even hours) after making a plan? Then welcome to the club. For years, I...

Life’s Nudges: Discovering What Really Matters to You

Aug 24, 2024 | Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Mind & Meaning, Self-love & Relationships

Life has a way of nudging us to pause and reflect on what’s really important. I received one of those nudges this week when I was diagnosed with genetic haemochromatosis (GH), a hereditary condition...

How I Finally Got Unstuck (And How You Can Too)

Aug 1, 2024 | Mind & Meaning

Have you ever felt stuck—even when you know what to do? You’re not alone. I’ve been stuck too. Writing regular blogs has been on my to-do list for ages. Despite having the skills, the tech, the...

FEELING STUCK?

Sep 22, 2023 | Health, Fitness & Wellbeing, Mind & Meaning, Self-love & Relationships, Work, Career & Purpose

If you are feeling stuck, try journaling or vision boarding … or better still, a combination of the two! Here’s why! **Clarity and Self-reflection** Writing in a journal or creating a vision board...

answering midlife’s big questions

Aug 7, 2023 | Mind & Meaning

Have you been asking yourself some of midlife’s BIG questions lately? Questions such as, “Who am I?”, “What’s next?”, “Is this it?”, and “What do I want to do with my life?” If you have, then you’re...

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