On this International Women’s Day, I am endlessly grateful to the woman who raised me and to the women who support me. Without a shred of competition, they show a genuine interest, regularly check in on me and cheer me on.

When I get passionate, there’s no stopping me and recently I took some time to pause and reflect on the wild ride that has been Heliotropia. I’m super proud of this beautiful and dynamic wellbeing and coaching business I created in 2018 from nothing but courage. I completely love what I do and every day I learn something important and new.

They say you can tell a Qi Gong practitioner by the sparkle in their eyes. I am so delighted to have been introduced to Qi Gong back in 2017. It is now such a beautiful, life giving part of who I am.

Self-compassion is central to life itself. When we care about and look after ourselves, we can then comfort, calm and validate others. When we don’t, it is so much harder.

Do we have a right to tip others out of homeostasis? It’s a big NO from me and it’s taken me years of study and practice to have the courage to set very firm boundaries around this in my own life.

The business model of all social media platforms is very, very simple. They need our eyeballs and our data. When we go on and stay on, the data is harvested and the cash registers hum.