3 reasons why saying no is ok

February 18, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Sometimes it feels like you are in a constant uphill battle with time. There is always a deadline to meet, somewhere to be or someone to see. In-between these requests, you are trying to honour work and university deadlines, balance relationships with your social calendar and squeeze in meal prep and a workout because you […]

My first heartbreak

September 27, 2019.Reading time 13 minutes.

Remember that time I wrote about my first kiss? Well, let me tell you about the first time I had my heart broken by a boy. A good story always starts with some boring-but-essential context so let me give you some. I was 17 years old and didn’t have a great deal of self-esteem. I […]

Have enough grace for yourself

January 23, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

“Stop trying to run on an empty tank.” My biggest lessons about who I am as a woman, what I will and won’t tolerate – have shown themselves through the cracks of my flaws as a human being. Thing is we all lie. May not be to those we live alongside daily but to our […]

If it no longer serves you, let it go

November 13, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

“We spend so much of our life forming attachments to things, people, places, thoughts and emotions that our lives become overburdened with trivial things that really do not matter.” We’ve all heard of the word “hoarding” and often guilty of this habit. I personally have a box in my wardrobe filled with cards, letters and […]

Guest Blog Post by Florence Vaitaiki: Mental Health & The Pacific Islander Community

August 10, 2018.Reading time 21 minutes.

When Florence first contacted me and shared what she wanted to write about, I truly felt the stars had aligned and our paths crossed for a reason. As a Pacific Islander woman, just like Florence, I have witnessed the truth and reality of how proud our people are (and rightfully so) although how pride can […]

Guest Blog Post by Sai Radikedike: Finding Home Again

July 22, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

Belonging is a natural reaction, intrinsic. It gives us a sense of identity. We search in order to find a community, a group of friends, a country in which we belong. The Lioness Mom shares with serasituations her experience of moving to France and finding her sense of belonging. Where she finds it isn’t where […]

Guest Blog Post by Ashleigh Gibb: Approval Addiction

July 15, 2018.Reading time 13 minutes.

I met Ash earlier this year through my sister-in-love, Lily. Ash oozes love and understanding like no other. Besides being a CrossFit fan, she works in the Red Light District of Thailand and actively seeks justice for women by exploiting the sex trade. This piece relates to all of us because we cannot deny that […]