By virtue of his father being 6 foot 6 in height, my three year old (J) is a bit of a giant. The last time he was on any kind of height for age chart was when he was three months old and at his day care he is easily one of the tallest kids, even though he’s nowhere near the oldest. The other day when the shopping got delivered to our house the delivery man asked him what year he was in at … [Read more...]

This post is part of the ‘What I know about …’ series my friend Sarah is running on her lovely blog ‘That Space In Between’ Given I am currently writing a memoir I can say I know a lot about remembering right now. I can say that it is incredibly painful to remember sad events and this is why I generally go to great lengths not to remember them. When something sad happens in my … [Read more...]

Earlier this year my friend Bernadette got to meet Bob Geldof, a huge hero of hers. She got to tell him about the impact he had on her life and the whole experience gave her a massive buzz. I remember loving the energy of the conversation when she told me about it and feeling a bit bereft at the fact that I will never have that experience … because I don’t have ANY heroes. Just recently I … [Read more...]

Last night I wrote a 1000 word piece for iVillage Australia about Lance Armstrong. A bit of a cheat sheet if you like for those who don’t follow cycling and want to get up to speed with everything. Given that post has been the most viewed at iVillage today and given I could have written another 3000 words on the topic, I thought I would share some key reading and listening with you guys who want … [Read more...]

Just when you think you’ve seen everything, you find out there is much more to see. My first miscarriage was a bog standard early miscarriage. As fast as I found out I was pregnant (MUCH earlier after Jaden’s birth than I had planned) and had gotten my head around it, I lost it at 5 weeks. My second miscarriage was ‘the phantom’. There was something in my uterus telling my body it … [Read more...]

Last week in this post I shared a few wins I have had in recent months from a writing and designing point of view. It’s safe to say that where I am now in my life started with this epiphany and has been the result of nearly a year’s worth of solid hard work and laser focus. Preceding this epiphany though was roughly three months of inadvertent self-sabotage and reverting to type. In … [Read more...]

So it's been a while since I've done a bit of a wrap-up post and that's because I felt a bit like Eddie Everywhere and quite frankly, was starting to get sick of myself. Happily a healthy dose of morning sickness in the last couple of weeks impacted my productivity and instead of being sick of myself, I was just sick :) That said, in addition to getting pregnant and managing to hold on to it … [Read more...]

A little while ago a clever friend of mine who has a correspondingly clever blog got called out on said blog for ‘just showing up’. A reader felt that her post that day wasn’t up to her usual standard and wondered whether she should have bothered at all. Since that day I have pondered the concept of ‘showing up’ and whether it is ever ok to put anything but your very best work out … [Read more...]

It has long been a bugbear of mine – the very narrow range of behaviour in which Australians expect their athletes to behave. Here’s a summary: They can be confident, but only so long as they win. When you’re confident and you lose, well that’s just a bad look (right James Magnussen?) They can be passionate but not TOO passionate. Because that’s crossing the line into Lleyton Hewitt … [Read more...]

What’s the uncoolest thing you’ve ever had to admit as an adult? Is it that you only own one handbag? Hate shoe shopping? Are an Australian male who hates sport? Well I can go one better than all of those – I am not a fan of travelling. Actually, that needs to come with a caveat – I love the thought of travelling. I love the idea of visiting new places, experiencing different … [Read more...]