Life lessons
I believe that a life of meaning is an antidote to many of life’s weightiest burdens. In my writing, I share about my personal journey towards finding beauty in process. I do my best to take a practical approach to how we can truly leave a life of worry and lead a life of purpose.
The key for me is anchored in my faith in Christ and my desire to live a life surrendered to His ways. This leads me to explore a biblical approach to life’s challenges which I look at within the context of culture. Whatever your world view, I am interested in honest, authentic conversation that leads me into knowing and understanding more.
Feel free to follow along and comment or DM me if something I write sparks a question or conversation for you.
Choosing rhythm, losing balance
I was chatting to another mom recently. An inspiring sort of mom, the kind who looks effortlessly stylish with a mom bun, kid on hip and locally-made leather handbag strung over her shoulder. She mentioned that she chooses rhythm over balance. This was a cool...
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Being a girl, raising a girl
My son asked me yesterday, “Mom, do you like being a girl?” I like being me. I have journeyed to this point, having endured the insecurities of being an adolescent girl, the compromising, quietness of being a young grown up girl and the feisty assertiveness of being...
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Wait! I’m going without myself!
I recall standing on a London underground train platform at the age of 23, with tears welling up in my eyes because I had just returned from a sunshine-filled holiday in my home country of South Africa. A return to dull weather, a dull job, a dull commute. This...
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Five tips for getting things done
Here are my five top tips for getting things done for people who have lots of things to get done and not enough time to do them. I am not a master of these five practices. I do manage to get a lot of things done but at the expense of other things (sleep, healthy...
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Gogo
Nothing makes me come more alive than actively pursuing the things that God has placed on my heart. In 2009 I had the absolute pleasure of developing a relationship with Gogo. She is my absolute best. I have not met anyone else yet to rival her spunky personality...
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California Dreaming 2016
"We have traveled far to be here so that we can glance upon where we have journeyed from with a new perspective. We have gone away so that we can return." This is one of my key reflections from our journey to the USA in August 2016. It was a life-changing trip that...
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We want to live a slow life. A life of connection and simplicity. A life that allows us the space to assess what we really want to be spending our time and resources on. And so here we are, the Slow Down Family, working on slowing down more. We are figuring out how to apply this to all areas of our life, and how to do it while raising small children and pursing our dreams.
Follow our journey here as we share our experiences and tips on how to minimise and create space in our lives for the things that we really want to keep.