Turning 50

I had a massage and a facial yesterday to celebrate turning 50. A rare treat at high end Australian prices on our cruise. The very young masseur, trying to upsell afterwards, told me that though my skin was good for my age (yay! 🙌🏾), I had cellulite and should be using their magic lotions and …

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Saying Goodbye

Goodbyes are hard! I sit here near the departure gate watching people wave goodbye to their loved ones. There're tears, there's laughter, there's longing, maybe regret for the words still left unsaid and possibly joy within all that too, for the time spent so far. In A Man called Ove, which I'm currently reading, author …

My Fight

'All the women. In me. Are tired.' I read this awesome and appropriate quote today and acknowledged it to be true for me right at this moment in time. I am tired. I am tired of constantly being 'on'. Of building walls that stop me from growing and learning and doing and being. I am …

The Power of Your Story

I was recently asked by the Brunswick Junction Community Resource Centre to be the guest speaker at their International Women’s Day morning tea. I was honoured but somewhat surprised because I didn’t know what I could bring that would be of any benefit to the audience. They said that I had been invited because I …

Return to my Motherland

Visiting Sri Lanka always gives me a feeling deep within me that is indescribable. I tend to forget how each time I visit, overwhelming emotions draw me back quickly and closely to the bosom of this beautiful land. My accent changes almost overnight (I begin once again to insert the local vernacular, the slang, the …

Quietening the Christmas crazy

This is supposed to be "the most wonderful time of the year," but it doesn't always feel that way, does it? Have you been to the shops recently - it's a mad, disturbing, aggressive experience! So many people wandering the aisles with a manic glazed look in their eyes, spending money they don't have, for …

The glorification of ‘BUSY’

'A person being too busy is a myth. People make time for the things that are really important to them!' (Mandy Hale) I bumped into a friend recently, and when I asked her how she was she said 'I've been so busy!' This was her response every time and it made me wonder, is she …

Fear of Failure

'It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case you fail by default.' (J K Rowling) Being a perfectionist, kept me 'safe'. It ensured that I didn't 'fail', that there were no big embarrassing moments, it …

Defining Success

I used to define success as my father did - it meant a good education which led to a good (read 'well paying') job, living in a big house with your spouse and 2 kids who would then go on to do higher education and get a good job so they could look after you …

Coming Home

We have been back home for almost 3 months now and this is the first post I've written since we arrived. There has been a feeling of stuck-ness in my creativity that I associate with the shock of coming home after a year of travel. There is a sense of profound loss and the sadness …