There’s an old Aesop’s fable called “The Swallow and the Crow”. In it, the two birds compare their feathers. While the Swallow brags about her delicate, beautiful wings that are built for travel, the Crow points out that his own thick feathers are what actually...
2025 was a year of two halves. The first one was rough. The second one? Absolute magic. I started the year stuck – couldn’t leave the house for more than a couple of hours, drowning in loneliness, work drama, family conflict, and a sick dog who was clearly...
There’s this thing people say: “Be the lighthouse.” It sounds cute, doesn’t it? Pinterest-y. Slightly overused though. Living it? That’s a whole different story. Because lighthouses aren’t built next to each other. They stand alone...
You ate the cookie.Just one.Just a bite.Just enough to ruin everything. Your body buzzes —not with joyor fullnessor even regret. With fire. Your face feels puffier by the second.Your thighs press harder into the chair.Your stomach rounds under your shirt like it’s...
At the beginning of the year, I felt trapped. Suffocated by a life that looked perfect on paper but left me gasping for air in rooms full of oxygen. Maybe you know the feeling – that urge to burn it all down, being stuck in a golden cage, wanting out but feeling oh so...
I signed up for the Great Wall of China Marathon the way I sign up for most things:on impulse, with zero research, and zero understanding of what I was actually getting into. I knew it would be hard — I mean, it’s called the Great Wall of China for a reason. But in my...
Sunday morning in Riga, Latvia. It’s raining. There are puddles everywhere. I’m soaked before I even hit the 5K mark. And yet — I crossed that finish line with a brand new marathon PR: 3:17:56. That’s over 11 minutes faster than my previous best (3:29:07 in Perth...
What does it mean to truly empower yourself? To reclaim your body, your voice, and your sense of self in a world that often tells you to shrink? These are the questions I explored with Isabelle Bridges on her Mothers Empowerment Podcast. Together, we dug into the...
Have you ever been at a point in your life where you just didn’t know which way to turn? Where all you wanted Have you ever been at a point in your life where you just didn’t know which way to turn? Where all you wanted was for someone to sit you down and tell you...
