Write the story of your life. Sharpen your pencil, freshen the ink & get to it. You are the author, the world your pages. The hero or the villain. You decide

It’s ok to crave safety, this is not the opposite of adventure - safety gives us a net below us where we can stretch, grow & push limits with something below us to catch us should we fall.

In our most difficult moments we are given an opportunity to reset & determine who we are or want to be. You alone shape your life.

Sometimes life can shake you up & break you down & challenge you in ways you never could have predicted. It can make you question who you are and where you are going. This is just one chapter in your story, a moment of writers block. You are stronger than you think. There are places you haven’t been and dreams to chase. So close this chapter take your pen & start afresh. Don’t forget, you are the author. You may have your scene set but you get to decide the path of your hero(ine).

Leveraging your situation and giving yourself space in everyday life is not selfish! No matter what we’ve been told or programmed to think we can’t help others unless we first help ourselves.

I find a sort of beauty in exhaustion, a bittersweet sensation when the caffeine is no longer enough to get you through the day & you have to dig deep. To tap into reserves you didn’t know you had & push on. In a weird way this is when I truly come alive.

Life won’t always be perfect but there will always be perfect moments if you let them in. No one can take away our inherent ability to choose to see beauty in the small things in life.

Lockdown brought me home … to myself. Going from what has been an insanely fast pace of life for so many years to stopping still was a gift. It gave me time, it made me stop and listen….. I embraced the change of pace for that moment.

I’ve come to see my gender is as a super power. Being continually underestimated can be a powerful thing when you learn to wield it.