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Curious minds and courageous hearts gather here.

Curious minds and courageous hearts gather here.

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I regularly share therapy insights and notes of hope – from my heart, direct to yours. Join my mailing list below.

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I’d love to connect with you.

I regularly share therapy insights and notes of hope – from my heart, direct to yours. Join my mailing list below.

ONE whole year of motherhood. Lessons that have st

ONE whole year of motherhood. Lessons that have stuck:

1.) Friends with AND without kids that prioritise supporting you & loving your baby - GEMS. 💎
2.) No baby will matriculate in your bed 🤪 Do whatever keeps you all sane & sleeping.
3.) The sacrifices in work & finances are SO worth it to be home with your little love as often as you can.
4.) Embracing this changing body has relied on me constantly remembering all it’s done & is still doing to grow a tiny, content human.
5.) Time to myself is not negotiable. I can’t parent in the way I want when I’m overstimulated & spent.
6.) Yoga, yoga, yoga. Knowing how to calm my nervous system quickly has been a phenomenal tool this year.
7.) You’re the only one that knows your baby best. Trust that. Lead with that. Don’t feel bad for putting direct boundaries down with others.
8.) A super nanny is worth their weight in gold. 💛
9.) Take 5 mins for an extra cuddle when your baby is needing it. There is almost nothing that can’t wait a few mins until your bubs is smiling again.
10.) Our precious Georgie is secure, content & knows how deeply loved she is. I’m proud of us for that.

#motherhood

Balm for soul 🌿😌 #naturetherapy

Balm for soul 🌿😌 #naturetherapy

We truly don’t know the value of a moment until

We truly don’t know the value of a moment until it’s gone. I’m so grateful to you our precious John.

You exemplified everything not just a grandad and an elder - but a Christian - should be. Through my years of questioning & wrestling - you were always a soft spot to land. Never shied from the tough conversations & never done in a way that left me feeling ashamed.

You were so authentic in your own human-ness. Never pretended to know more than what you did. And never pretended to know God more than what we in our humanity can. You lead me to truth more times than I can count. 🙏 Kindly. Softly. I never doubted your love & acceptance of me. You exemplified Jesus in all the important ways.

I know I’m living in answered prayers that YOU prayed, for me.

Your mark will forever be etched into my heart. I love you. I will forever miss you. Until we meet in that great banquet called heaven for our next debate! 🫶

Thank you. Thank you. ❤️‍🩹

Party venue planning 🥳 Horsey’s were intrigui

Party venue planning 🥳 Horsey’s were intriguing. But I think Georgie is more into doves. Good news for my bank account 🤪

10 whole months of *you* my baba 😍🌸 We love

10 whole months of *you* my baba 😍🌸 We love you to the ends of the earth and more!

In my work I’ve heard a lot about hardened crimi

In my work I’ve heard a lot about hardened criminals. I’ve even had to come face to face with a few.

I’ve counseled victims of hijackings, attempted murders, farm attacks, abductions, kidnappings & being held hostage.

And there’s one thing that’s common across all these stories of the behavior of hardened criminals. And in my own terrifying experiences. They don’t seem human. Their behavior is so far from empathy, kindness, consideration & love that it’s immensely hard to even try to hold them in the light of “being human”. Yet they are.

So I often find myself thinking of those criminals and wondering - what happened to you? What caused you to be so angry and so disconnected that perpetrating immense trauma and trying to take another’s life is ok?

And yet I know why. My undergraduate degree is in child psychology. I am acutely aware of the impact of childhood trauma on a humans developing brain & heart, and their relationship with the world. Not everyone that’s been abused will abuse others - sure. But I think you’d be hard pressed to find an abuser that they themselves haven’t been abused.

I don’t say this to condone the actions of criminals. Far from it. But I do say it, because there can be a different way. A reminder to us all:

“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” - African proverb