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How to Write When You Don’t Have Time | Tips for Writing When Life is Busy
"A word after a word after a word is power." -Margaret Atwood In March 2020 when a global pandemic was declared (remember that moment?!), I accidentally got stranded in Australia with only a carry-on. Suddenly I found myself in a remote place, living alone, during a...
What to wear for a TED Talk and how I dealt with last-minute TED Talk dress disaster
2020 offered all of us unexpected challenges. International borders closed, a global pandemic was declared, my partner and I became separated for 10 months, stranded in different countries, and I applied to speak at my local TEDx Townsville. Suddenly my biggest...
Tropical Writing Retreat Australia – Mission Beach Retreat Photo Essay
I recently opened the doors of my beachfront home in Mission Beach to five fabulous women who spent 5 magical days together in our inaugural writing retreat Australia. If you haven't heard of it before, Mission Beach is a small, unspoilt beachside town in the Wet...
Writing Advice
My top advice for creating a regular writing practice that might just change your life
Why sharing your writing is good for you: my six best tips on how to do it best
“It has never been easy for me to understand why people work so hard to create something beautiful, but then refuse to share it with anyone, for fear of criticism.”Elizabeth Gilbert Sharing your writing is no doubt one of the scariest things about becoming a writer....
5 reasons why journaling will make you a better writer
Do you want to be a writer but you find it hard to actually find the time or inspiration? To call yourself a writer, you don’t have to be published. All you need to do is write. Regularly. And you don't have to wait for inspiration to strike. Published authors...
Writing for Wellbeing: Why Writing is Good for You
If you own this story you get to write the ending."Brené Brown Writing is good for us. It's scientifically proven. Professor James Pennebaker at the University of Texas at Austin conducted the first qualitative research study on writing as a tool for healing in the...
Writing Prompts
Creative writing prompts to kick-start your practice
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Retreats
Photo essays of past retreats & tips on the how and why of writing retreats
Mindfulness isn’t a tool, it’s a lifestyle: what I learned at Thai Plum Village
Trying to breathe mindfully as a Vietnamese nurse applied stitches to my bleeding foot, after I had absentmindedly sliced it open on a water glass, I knew it was time for a refresher in mindfulness. Too much online work had turned my monkey mind into a roaming beast...
The transformative power of a retreat
A retreat should be part of everybody's regular self care regime. We make time for the little acts of self care. We get our hair done, we treat ourselves to a monthly mani/pedi, we might even get a massage or download a cool meditation app on our smartphones. But how...
7 Tips to Get the Most Out of a Self-Guided Writing Retreat
Going on a retreat is a fantastic way to turn yourself into a super productive writing machine. Alas, it’s not always practical or affordable to take yourself off to an organised retreat in a beautiful location. A self-guided writing retreat is a cheap alternative as...
Mindful Living
Thoughts and inspiration on living more mindfully
How a broken glass reminded me to practice mindfulness with every breath
I practice mindfulness because I can’t afford not to. At my age, not being present in the here and now is an accident in the making. Life in Asia comes with all sorts of daily dangers one must negotiate with mindfulness to survive. Motorbikes shoot out of nowhere into...
Why we need to share our stories of resilience
We all have a story that needs to be told. The stories that resonate most deeply, in fiction and in real life, are about the character journey. Our stories of resilience, of when we stumble and fall and pick ourselves up again, can shine a light for others. They are...
What Vietnam has taught me about the importance of feeling grounded.
Exactly one month ago today I moved into a small house in the rice fields outside Hoi An in central Vietnam. While strangers sleep in my bed back home in Australia, I rise at the crack of dawn to the chorus of roosters and fall asleep to the grunting of pigs who live...
Lifestyle Posts
Stories from my life, exploring the world and my inner self
Declutter, it’s life changing. But what about the bookshelf?
Have you been swept up yet in the declutter cult? Have you sorted your jumpers, books and knickers by colour as per the instructions of a petite, previously unknown Japanese woman with no English? The Marie Kondo method has taken the world by storm. It's as if the...
Follow your bliss before it’s too late, you only get one life
Follow your bliss before it is too late. That's one of the lessons I learned working as a palliative carer in an old people's home for a year. It was an unusual choice of job for an 18-year-old high-school drop-out. But it was the first one that came my way. It gave...
What Vietnam has taught me about the importance of feeling grounded.
Exactly one month ago today I moved into a small house in the rice fields outside Hoi An in central Vietnam. While strangers sleep in my bed back home in Australia, I rise at the crack of dawn to the chorus of roosters and fall asleep to the grunting of pigs who live...
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