On 18 October 2014, I organised World Menopause Day with the support of the Gold Coast City Council. It was the first time an event like this had been run on the Gold Coast honouring the rite of passage of menopause. I brought together women for a day to share stories and experiences of this […]
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As I write this, my two daughters 19 and 22, are happily exchanging news as their paths cross briefly before they are off again (spoiler, it’s not always like this). Having them living at home is (mostly) contagious joy for my partner and I, the highlight of the new COVID era. It means I have
Kitchen sink parenting Read More »
“Our most agonising spiritual dilemma is the necessity for food.” Teilhard de Chardin, French theologian and philosopher With our obsession for fixing our bodies, superfoods and the latest health trends, how can we eat for spiritual clarity and vitality? Eating for spiritual nutrition helps to raise our energy and vibration above the bombardment of negative
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The winter solstice has passed, the days are getting longer but colder. Winter is calling us to nurture our Yin essence and take care of kidney chi energy to support hormone health in menopause. Slow cooked stews, soups, beanies, warm drinks, hot baths with essential oils, fires, hiking, mohair blankets and early nights make winter
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Seven months later It’s the first day of winter in Melbourne. I walk into the room to see my father dying. Consumed by the primal need to breathe, lungs inflamed with aspirational pneumonia unable to draw in breath with the ease of the living. We touch, and he squeezes my hand and groans in recognition.
Space between dying and death is love. Part Two Read More »
I was not “present” for my sister Susanna’s death nor my mums. Present, meaning being in a state of loving acceptance, to be open to the here and now and whatever arises. It takes a lot of work on oneself and a lot of courage to be present for a dying loved one and I
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I love sprinkling my salads, steamed veg, curries or soups with roasted seeds, flaked almonds, kale chips or these morish coconut bacon chips. It just adds so much more flavour and pleasure to vegetables. This recipe is adapted from Minimalist Baker. With only 5 ingredients and less than 15 mins prep, it can be stored
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Hot chocolate has done a radical makeover with the popularity of mushroom extracts. Chaga, reishi, lion’s mane and cordyceps all have unique properties that can enhance the humble hot chocolate. I use cordyceps in this recipe for it’s life enhancing, blood oxygenating, yin boosting and phytoestrogenic qualities ideal for menopause. Combined with raw cacao, maca
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Your capacities are born by the situation that brings you to your knees. Stephen Jenkinson It’s been more than a year now since my operation for a total hip replacement. People are asking me how my hip is doing. It’s not a straightforward answer. My hip led me to the fire, showed me how to
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“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Rumi I am 54 when the team wheels me towards surgery. The nurse looks at me curiously, “Athlete?” I guess in her experience most people my age, lying in my position were either athletes, chronic over-exercisers, had an acute injury, or were born with hip issues.
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