Marveling over moments that make my soul sing. Last night I was messaging a friend and shared an acoustic recording of a song from the...

"The Last Days" Not sure if its the fact that I am aging and having danced with death or perhaps I have learned about the importance of a...

A few days ago I wrote a blog post for my therapy website: 10 Questions for Reflection and Growth. I shared this with a friend who in...

I will be attending an international symposium on autoethnograpy and narrative research next week (we all know by now that I am a nerd)...

Canterbury museum is about to undergo a $205m redevelopment which is expected to take five years to complete. There will be a “pop up”...

Having worked in various health-related domains for a number of years, I regularly use Māori greetings and favour the word "whānau" not...

There are two extreme camps in regards to COVID-19 vaccines - each with their own agenda and both ignoring any evidence contradicting...

I suddenly thought of my piano teacher... from when I was a teenager. She was an eccentric spinster who lived up the road from us...

I used to have singing lessons for a few years before MiniMe was born and continued to sing throughout the pregnancy. As with the piano...

I did it! I have graduated!! Again. Yes, again. This time with a Graduate Diploma in Psychology.

For several years now I have been steadily gaining weight and holding on to it despite my best efforts to drop it... Read more >>

So I'm now well into my naughty forties. Although, one would wonder if that is the case given the events of the past nine months. But I...

And then came the phone call that no parent wants to receive whilst their child is away at camp...

I did it! I have officially graduated!! Two decades after I first enrolled in tertiary education, I have been awarded with my first degree

Social media has been flooded with commentary and heated debate since even before the release of the first installment of the 50 Shades

1000 days of gratitude. Unbelievable.

It's been a while since I last truly felt mother's guilt - this evening has certainly made up for it.

Today I had the pleasure of meeting a group of amazing women - each so very different, each dealing with their own challenges in life,...

An entire year of daily gratitude. Wow.

I keep catching myself wondering whether I'm living in a dream - with life imitating art - just like a scene out of a movie...