We all need encouragement. There’s something beautiful about an encouraging word. It can be a moment of sharp, sweet air. The kind that takes you by pleasant surprise. It can be a life vest. The kind that stops you from floundering. It can be a flicker of light – the kind that dances in your eyes for minutes ...
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The September Challenge: Spring Clean Your Life!
Welcome to September! Winter has finally collapsed into spring and with it has brought the candescent month of change. For the next thirty days the season challenges you to take a breath and revisit your environment, both externally and internally. To cull the toxicity and clutter from your life and ease into October ...
Embrace the Struggle (and grow!)
We spend so much time and effort running from pain. We actively avoid it. Many of our emotionally-based decisions subconsciously hinge on the thought, “will this hurt me down the track?”. We seek the easy path, even if it’s the longer one — sometimes even if we know it will hurt someone else. And it makes sense, why ...
You Can Sow Into Other People’s Dreams (Yes, YOU!)
I had the privilege of speaking to a gang of creative women at the Inspire Collective event this week. In retrospect, I think when Inspire Collective founder Cate asked me to speak on sowing into people's dreams, she was picturing something informal, just a couple of minutes, but I went and wrote a full 10-minute talk ...
Be Still in the Weariness: What the Bible says about Burning Out
“I’m feeling really… tired,” I said to my husband as he brushed his teeth. He looked me in the eye, pulled me into a hug and said, “I know”. My head was really heavy and sore, unable to get the kind of rest it needed from the night’s sleep. I’m not one to use that phrase lightly. You tend to think differently about ...
How to Accept Others’ Success and Use It To Leverage Your Own
Alright. I don't like to get gripey on here. But just give me a moment. I promise I will turn things around pretty quickly. A friend's sister and bro-in-law very cleverly paid off their mortgage in under five years, and recently our local news did a story on them. It was very exciting seeing the video grabs come up ...
Invest in rest (and live better. Seriously.)
I used to think that the word rest was a cuss word. I knew it existed, but I figured rest was what you did after everything else was done. Rest was a reward for productivity. I've never had a hectic life, but from the day I finished school, I was always busy. Straight into a full-time job when I was seventeen, as ...
Inspiration vs Influence: Know the Difference
Hi, my name is Klara, and I'm addicted to external influence. That's a weird thing to admit, isn't it? But it is what it is. When there's a gap in my life, I look externally, rather than internally, to find a way to fill it. I'm the person who can be convinced to form an opinion or even change my mind on something by ...
Productivity at its best… and worst
As I was sitting in my lounge room, avoiding my long list of to-do tasks (and any form of productivity for that matter), my hand clutching a glass of wine and my eyes fixed on an episode – or two… or three – of Gossip Girl, something strange happened to me. I found a Blair Waldorf that I liked. Or maybe even… ...
You Don’t Have to Choose Offense
Until seven months ago, I lived a lifestyle sans baby. It was a super amazing season (and by super amazing, I mean that I got to sleep in, have a routine that was based solely around myself and I was able to spend our cash on frivolous things like avocados and coffee). In that season, I also worked as a manager over at ...
Dear Younger Self: It’s Time To Be Brave
Dear Younger Self, Wow, long time no see, old friend! Although, I guess that is ironic, because technically I am the old friend. I hope this letter finds you well (I know you're only just discovering email, but man, you just wait to see what the internet looks like in 15 years!) First, let me answer the ...
New year, new me, same resolutions
By the end of 2016, I had broken all of my New Year's resolutions. *gasp* Don't judge me! I know I'm not alone! *points vaguely into crowd of everyone on the planet* I know you feel me. Every year. Every year without exception, I fail every one of my resolutions. Here, I'll share. This was my list of ...