Personal Reflections

In this blog, I share how my journey as a childless, not by choice woman infuses my novel writing and excerpts from my debut novel, The Weight of a Woman.…

Here I share an excerpt from my book Joyful Eating of my food and body story. In Joyful Eating, one of the first things I encourage us to do is…

Why in 2022 I am taking the approach of having an affair with creativity, rather than treating writing and publishing as my day job. G’day, and Happy New Year! I…

We can feel like the distance between the body we have and the body we want is an impassable canyon with snapping crocodiles below. But it is a false illusion…

My journey from a kid who “needs constant practice in reading and story writing” to now writing and publishing books. I started life from very humble beginnings. We spent some…

How did I shift from being an obsessive over-exerciser to the balanced and intuitive approach of joyful movement? It coincided with transforming my relationship with food, as the two are…

I practice yoga or some form of movement, be it walking or dance, most days with the intention to feel limber or joyful, unlike my past obsesive approach to excerise.…

I almost can’t believe it myself—I ate and taught the raw food diet for nearly six years. I write this blog as an explanation and retraction of what I once…

For those of us who face childlessness by consequence, potentially after years of trying to have children, reorientating ourselves to create a meaningful life can be a struggle. I had…

Those of us trying to get pregnant can fall prey to people and programs with promises that we’ll get pregnant if we just follow their diet or lifestyle plan. ‘If…

Today I had my first-morning walk in the streets surrounding our home since lockdown was announced here in New Zealand. Our prime minister, Jacinda Adern, has let us know that…

We can choose to place high expectation and stress on ourselves for an unknown outcome, with no guarantees. Or we can choose joy. I choose joy. The book, Joyful Eating, is…