Eating

Pandemic pounds. There’s the people who got so fit during lockdown due to not much sitting and much more outside activities. New Zealand had magic weather, a perfect and wonderful autumn! Then there’s the people who discovered cooking and baking and general eating as a wonderful activity – like me. I still moved but much

Injuries, my normal and purpose

After just getting into the swing of running consistently, I injured my calf. Long story short, I thought I had my style sorted but didn’t. Isn’t the body a marvellous instrument, with its own alarm system when things aren’t right, in my case: PAIN. So I stopped for a month or so and took things

Running around in circles

It’s taken a while but I finally have my running style sorted. No more sore knees, they still sound a bit crunchy but I’m ignoring it since there is no pain. It took a bit of experimentation after watching YouTube videos on running styles and paying close attention to the feeling, endurance and recovery. This

How to start running

Sometimes life is really hard. Everything is so complicated and handling the day-to-day things can really wear one down. Earning a living, cleaning the house, cooking and providing, socialising, maintaining treasured accomplishments such as status symbols and adult toys. Not the kinky kind but the “put it on the mortgage” kind of toys like mountainbikes,

Day 1 of a writing course

Last year I came across Henri Junttila, author of “Find Your Passion, 25 questions you must ask yourself”. The book resonated with me so much, I signed up to his newsletters on wakeupcloud.com. Long story short, I keep feeling drawn to what Henri is saying and now I’m doing a course with him on writing

Being good enough on purpose

Reading, listening, talking to people, and I slowly realise, life’s purpose is life. The purpose of the dance is to dance, as Alan Watts said. The blossom’s purpose is to grow pollen and fruit, sometimes. Are we living life or is life living us? We will likely not know by way of scientific explanation. So

How can I sign up for a course to get more ANNOYED

I’ve been getting Seth Godin’s daily emails for a while now and they are short and sharp, sometimes they resonate, sometimes they don’t. If you don’t know Seth, he’s a dotcom entrepreneur and wears funky glasses. And he’s lippy. One of the emails was about getting annoyed, that it doesn’t serve any useful purpose at

Spring lambs and sneezes

The lambs are getting bigger here in New Zealand, it’s the middle of spring and sheep are still a big part of our agriculture, even there seems to be just as many cows. And of course the calves are just as cute. We headed into the bush for a night away and drove by a

Without, within and ditching sugar

I’m going to go without sugar, again. It has crept into my food choices, from a sorbet on a warm day to more honey and date paste in the baking and a few bits of dark chocolate here and there. I’ve come to rely on these outside stimulants and it’s now tied to “treating myself”.

Repetition & Collaboration

I’m volunteering at the One Summit in Wanaka and loved all the sessions I was able to see so far. Biggest takeaway for me is Repetition, especially for the kids. There are so many people doing fantastic things to work smarter, more sustainable and I love how happy they are to share their passion. It’s