Many years ago I was driving Foxy* through the Toowong roundabouts in Brisbane. It was pouring rain and as I entered the roundabout the back wheels started spinning and I was suddenly fishtailing my way across two lanes of traffic totally out of control. Luckily Dad’s endless intonations from when we were learning to drive […]

Until a few years ago I used to be really scared about losing my sense of happiness and fulfilment. Having fought long and hard to recover from eating disorders and depression, the last thing I wanted to do was fall back into the blackness. And so I invested hundreds of hours (and pounds!) into making […]

When we say: ‘I couldn’t say no.’ What we really mean is: ‘I was afraid if I said no that X would think less of me so I said yes.’ Or maybe ‘It’s really important to me that I take care of this person so I said yes.’ Or ‘To disappoint X would be excruciating […]

Body dissatisfaction is so ingrained in our culture that it can feel impossible to know where to begin in unravelling some of these beliefs. At the heart of body acceptance is body connection. Strengthening our connection to our body inevitably shifts us from a surface-level focus on what our body looks like, to a deep, […]