Letter to a novice expat wife: The surprising truths of expat life that no-one warns you about
Expat life can be a wild ride filled with fun, laughs, adventure, good times and perhaps most of all – challenge. It’s guaranteed to push you out of your comfort zone, confront you with your own shortcomings and force you to grow in ways you hadn’t expected. I realise...
Pathfinding: How to find your life path & purpose
Times are changing. There’s so much conflict and suffering in the world. Big changes are happening on a global scale that are causing many to feel unsafe and threatened. And yet as a result of all the turmoil, it seems more and more people are feeling a call to...
The Healing Code: How to reclaim your health & well-being in three powerful steps
The Healing Code proposes a revolutionary concept of health and healing: That most of our physical symptoms, illness and disease are created by unresolved emotional pain in our heart. While the concept of healing our body through our emotions is certainly not new...
Peaceful Heart: 7 powerful steps to cultivate deep and lasting inner peace
One of the keys to enjoying life to its fullest and experiencing lasting happiness is our ability to maintain inner peace, even in the face of challenging or hurtful situations. Do you find yourself getting knocked off-centre regularly by different people and...
Let your heart speak: How to unlock your heart’s extraordinary wisdom
You know those times in life where we feel like we’re just surviving? Where we live in a state of overwhelm or over-drive, grateful if we can get through the day without falling apart at the seams? Where time seems to be passing so quickly and yet we feel we haven’t...
Blessings in the pain: How to find your ‘calling’ in the threads of your life struggles
Do you often wonder if you’ve found your true calling for this lifetime? Do you wonder if you’re using your unique gifts and talents to making the biggest possible impact? Do you feel that your career and professional life is a full expression of your authentic self...
What’s your bliss? How to love what you do so you’ll never ‘work’ another day
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” – Confucius We’ve all heard this saying, and most of us aspire to doing exactly that – build a career you love so that we look forward to each day with energy and enthusiasm and feel fulfilled...
The moment of clarity: How do you know when it’s time to follow your heart?
I remember the moment so clearly. It is what has become "my moment of clarity." I was sitting on the terrace of a beautiful outdoor cafe in a leafy green suburb right on the beach. The warm sun was kissing my shoulders and there was a gentle breeze in the air. I had...
Quitting the rat race: 5 reasons why you should break free and follow your heart
An old friend of mine who I haven’t seen in a very long time recently asked me what I was up to and if I was still working as a Consulting Engineer. The last time we’d talked I was on my way to give a paper at a conference and I was up to my eyeballs in project...
Raw, real & authentic: 5 ways to express your true self more fully
“Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are” – Brene Brown Being authentic (or striving to live an authentic life) is the most important thing to me these days, right alongside my cherished husband...
Why some people are ‘toxic’, and how to make sure you’re not!
There have been a lot of posts circulating recently about ‘toxic people’ and how to deal with them. Many sources outline how to identify these people as early as possible and how to cut them out of our lives, which is easier said than done in most cases, especially if...
Over the hill and loving it! Six ways to embrace life after turning 40
Like all big milestones in life, my approaching fortieth birthday has really had me thinking and reflecting. Unlike the months leading up to my 30th birthday that were filled with dread, resistance and melancholy, I feel strangely at peace about turning 40 and even a...
Family drama! Three ways to survive those dreaded family reunions
For many of us, Christmas and other festive celebrations can be a joyous occasion full of family reunions, where we reunite with loved ones to celebrate, relax, unwind and enjoy each other’s company with good wine and good food in a relaxed atmosphere. It can be a...
Parisian luxury & Korean chaos: A tale of two radically different birthing experiences
From the luxury and comfort of a French maternity hospital to the hustle and chaos of a South Korean birthing clinic, my two birthing experiences couldn't have been more different! I hadn’t quite realised at the time just how spoilt I was to be giving birth to our...
Are you struggling to forgive? Try a little ‘radical forgiveness’
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you” – Lewis B. Smedes I’ve always felt a slight resistance to those who advise that the key to happiness and inner peace is to release and forgive all the people who have wronged or wounded us....
Embrace the chaos: How to survive when life throws you a curveball
“The landscape of our lives ... changes by the minute. You find your balance one day and think, ‘Hooray! I have solved it’ and then five minutes later the world utterly transforms again, and you’re knocked on your ass one more time” – Elizabeth Gilbert Yep – that’s...
Looking for the silver lining: How to find the goodness in difficult times
Every once in a while when life seems to be sailing along pretty smoothly, we can get thrown a curve ball that stirs things up a little ... and well, sometimes a lot. We’ve all encountered those really difficult, uncomfortable situations where we think ‘oh no... not...
Feeling frustrated in your career? How to get unstuck with Life Design principles
Job hunting can be one of the most soul-destroying, confidence-zapping processes to go through. If you’re currently without work, or stuck in a job you hate then I’m sure you know how depressing the whole job-hunting process is. You troll the internet for job...
Open heart, big fence: 5 ways to maintain strong & healthy boundaries in life
‘Healthy boundaries’ is a term I’ve become really familiar with only in recent years. Learning about the whole concept was a revelation for me, particularly when realising I hadn’t had any boundaries in place in my life for the longest time. All the years of struggle,...
The art of dreaming big: Imagination and the Law of Attraction
“It’s not your work to make anything happen. It’s your work to dream it and let it happen. Law of Attraction will make it happen. In your joy, you create something, and then you maintain your vibrational harmony with it, and the Universe must find a way to bring it...
The gift of writing: How to find meaning & purpose in the story of your life
“Story is a vehicle for us to create meaning in our lives. We need story like we need our bodies. It creates our meaning” – Mark Matousek, author of Sex, Death, Enlightenment A few years ago I was in a very dark place. Life felt heavy, overwhelming and horrible. My...
Soul-care: 10 ways to comfort your being in times of overwhelm
When I was in my mid-twenties to early thirties I suffered from a mystery illness that could only be explained by medical doctors as ‘chronic fatigue’. Most doctors told me it was all in my head when their blood tests didn’t reveal any hint of a problem. But I knew...
Forget IQ tests. Here are the real reasons why people succeed.
"The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly – that is what each of us I here for." – Oscar Wilde Have you ever felt constrained by a label? Or been unfairly compared to others? I felt compelled to write this article because I’ve seen the...
QUEST 2017: A profound approach to plan an impactful year ahead
#Quest2017 #TrackingWonder #JeffreyDavis For the first time ever, this year I joined an inspiring group of wide-minded, visionary entrepreneurs in Jeffrey Davis’ Quest 2017: 12 Principles to do Business as Unusual – a powerful approach to planning the year ahead that...
Fate or coincidence? Reflections on the random or not so random nature of life
I’m currently in the process of writing my story — my life journey so far — as a way to process my thoughts and feelings, to further heal and integrate myself and to put my journey in perspective for myself (and perhaps others down the track). For many years I felt a...
The rise of 4 species of entrepreneurs. Which one are you?
When I was growing up I rarely heard of the term ‘entrepreneur’ and when I did, it usually referred to one of those unique people who had managed to make millions out of business-savviness and clever risk-taking. My Dad knew a few of those people and they always...
Authentically Me: My journey of coming home to myself
What does it mean to be authentically oneself? This question has fascinated me since I had a recent epiphany on this very topic. I realised suddenly that so many years of struggle and pain I had endured were because I had been living an inauthentic life. It was...