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  • REDEFINING SUCCESS 👉🏻 .. the fitness edit. I recently published an article to Currently Loving titled “Redefining Success: The Dress Edit”, where I discussed a slow, but significant development in what I define to be successful. Link is in the bio if you want to check that one out.. but not just yet. ✋🏻 I want to discuss success related to one particular topic first: that’s health and fitness. It’s actually 6.15am as I write this. I’m heading on my post-workout walk around the block. I see this as a way to practice mindfulness and to find clarity with my thoughts before the day begins. 🌿 It’s also become a time to process and to write. This morning I worked out to an episode of @twentysomethingtrainwreck, featuring host @phoebeacp and guest, @georgiestevenson. 🙌🏻 They spoke about staying in your own lane, trusting your body and most importantly, the risk of sacrificing 50% of your life .. in order to take up 5% less space. I can gladly say that ever since discovering solace, energy and enhanced productivity from exercise, I too have continued to use health and fitness as means to benefit OTHER areas of my life. The truth is, I don’t wake up and workout at 5am each morning because exercise IS my priority. I do this.. because it ISN’T. 🤷🏽‍♀️ There are so many other things that I hope to achieve in a day, there’s a very good reason why exercise has a space only at the very edge of the wider picture. Now don’t get me wrong, in many ways, fitness is also at the core. It helps me to be a better, more capable human in all other aspects. 👌🏼 But that’s just it — fitness acts as a BASE for my success. Not as the entire scope. I think when you start to see fitness and health as a means to perform successfully ELSEWHERE in your life, your relationship with the two becomes SO much healthier. ✔️ When your fitness goals correlate with your personal and life goals, THIS is when you know you’re doing it right. We should ask ourselves: how does our success in fitness and health.. influence success in the rest of our lives? 🤷🏽‍♀️ After all, the answer SHOULD be positive!
  • MONDAY MANIFESTATION.. ✌🏻 Or a story of my friend becoming the Dalai Lama. Each time I visit the currently crippled @themelbournelook, I leave more and more familiar with the ways of the Dalai Lama?! ☺️ It seems when your friend is forced to slow down, to focus on personal growth and the mindset, somehow you find yourself joining the journey. Ever since Chloe told me she was manifesting the fast healing of her leg, and then, received news from her doctor to validate its happening 😱, I’ve been thinking about the idea of manifestation myself. Apparently if you tell yourself something — a fact about your reality — enough times and with utter conviction in what you’re saying, somehow and in some way, life will see that this belief is realised. Take happiness, for example. 💁🏽‍♀️ Tell yourself everyday that you’re happy and fulfilled, and you will attract a path of happiness and fulfilment. Or so the Dalai and Chloe will assure you. Now whilst telling the world you’re the fittest person on earth or the wealthiest millennial ain’t exactly gonna make you so.. surely it’ll lead you towards making decisions in that direction, right?! 🤷🏽‍♀️ Perhaps it’ll give us the much-needed confidence to emulate the figure we so choose. I’m thinking it’s time to put it to the test. ☝🏻 So this Monday, I’m manifesting the belief that I’m a young entrepreneur, that I create my own success and that I have wealth in every sense from monetarily to relationally to culturally. On a lesser note, I’m also manifesting that I’m the type of person who makes every Pilates class they book. ☺️ Because ya girl got right into #motivationalmonday — or just click-happy, I’m not sure — and booked several classes before Thursday. Last but not least, I’m manifesting another sensational picnic with @honourwithfetepopuppicnics sometime soon. 💕 Surely if I think hard enough, this spread will just appear?! 😂 I’ll let you know how it goes. Now it could be big or small [I’m sure the Dalai Lama doesn’t judge]: what are YOU manifesting this week?!
  • RE-WRITE YOUR STORY.. 🙋🏽‍♀️ I dare you. I grew up under the impression that I was “unlucky” for having the body I do. If it wasn’t people close to me or generations before me, it was society and it’s trends who taught me that it was something I had to “accept” — that I hadn’t been passed down a “favourable” body type. This body type hadn’t done anyone else any good, or so they thought [and communicated] .. so why would things be any different for me? People who had my body shape spoke of it with such negativity and regret. Then, as if the conversation were unconnected, they’d tell me I had the same shape. And so in many ways, I was taught to be disappointed with my body before I had the chance to develop my own thoughts on it. I manifested this to a saddening degree. I didn’t treat my body with respect. I didn’t love it or cherish it. To me, it was one thing I couldn’t add to my list of attributes. I’d already been told it didn’t deserve a place on the list. And so for long, I fought to work on everything else: my personality, my grades, my mindset, my aura. 👌🏼 I’d have to “make up for” the body I wasn’t blessed with. One day I decided to re-write my story. It took me so long to realise I hadn’t been it’s author. I asked myself: why shouldn’t my body be an attribute I’m proud of.. just like my ability to make others laugh? Just like my brain? Why should I never see its greatest form? The ultimate way it can move, jump, dance and run. I came to the conclusion that every minute I was wasting not loving and giving back to my body. This was a minute lost to seeing it perform. To wearing it with pride and with confidence. And so on this day — and I swear, like a movie, it took just a single moment; a single flick of the switch — I’d begin to fill the pages of my new story. I’d write it for myself, and for my daughter. I’d write it for every other girl who needed to see me own the skin I was in, in order to do the same themselves. Read more in the comments 👇🏻👇🏻
  • GRATITUDE 🙋🏽‍♀️ .. I’m here for it. Friday has finally arrived [thank gawd]! 😅 As usual, it has me reflecting on the week gone, the highs and the lows. Whilst I hoped to gain a bit more structure this week, this didn’t really happen and things were still a bit all over the place! With that said, this is always the case when you’re welcoming new opportunity, new clients and new routines. 🙌🏻 So can I be all that upset? Not really. I trust things will settle themselves soon enough! And they’ll do so in the best way possible, I just know it! So whilst structure hasn’t quite made it to the list, here are some other things I’m grateful for this Friday! . ☝🏻 I have officially started working towards my P.T/group fitness certification! Just a few hours in and I can’t wait to have it under my belt! I love that I’m always willing to take action to pursue and invest in the things I love. So here’s to trusting myself and to being courageous! Because set or singular career paths are so 30 years ago. I want to do it all.. and I will! . ✌🏻 I’m grateful for Melbourne City!! Just yesterday marked my one year anniversary in Melbourne alongside @a_jaxcreative! It blows my mind to think about how much has changed since we first arrived with nowhere to live and only suitcases to our name! 🤙🏻 Melbourne, you have done me so well in a year. I cannot wait to see what the next one brings! . ✌🏻☝🏻 I am, of course, glad it’s the weekend! After a trip back to the always good, @tinkernorthcote, A.J. and I are off to try the newly-opened @wintermalvern tomorrow! 💕 I can only assume it’ll be as good as its several sister cafes, so I can’t wait! I’m very grateful that my life is consistently filled with things to look forward to .. as this is so integral to being happy and fulfilled! NOW YOUR TURN! 👇🏻 Share some love back to this life below!
  • GET YOURSELF A GIRL SQUAD. I’ve been asked a surprising amount of times about why it’s important and how I stay independent, especially in a long-term relationship. 👏🏻 Fortunately I loooove taking about this! There was once a time when my every attitude rested upon a don’t-need-no-man philosophy. This served me well when I was single. When I met someone I wanted to be with — maybe even for the long-term — things became tricky. I wish I could say that I learnt quickly.. but I sure as hell did not. It took me a good two years to realise that ☝🏻 there’s such thing as being TOO independent, and this can limit the growth of your relationship, and✌🏻 that constantly building on and maintaining your own lane is still super important. What does this mean? Go out with your girlfriends/mates! 👯‍♀️ You can’t ever expect one person to be the source of your entire happiness, and it’s unfair if your partner expects to be. To me, each person brings something different to our lives, and fulfils a certain aspect of who we are. It’s okay to want to dedicate time to them all. Work on your own goals as you would if you were single! 💪🏻 I often ask myself if I’d do things differently if I wasn’t in a relationship. I think it’s a great way to check in with yourself, and to ensure you’re not sacrificing anything too important. Sure, there will be times when your life or actions look different. This’ll always be the case when you bring someone into your life. Regardless, make sure you’re still dedicating some time to YOU, the individual — not only towards you, the girlfriend/boyfriend. Similar to the above, don’t be afraid to spend time apart. In my experience, this almost always makes you stronger and more clear-sighted in your relationship. 🙌🏻 Truth: you CAN be in a relationship and still work on your stability and happiness alone. Say yes to opportunity that doesn’t necessarily involve your partner. No matter what happens, you’ll thank yourself for growing an ability to self-support. These are just the lessons I’ve learnt so far! If you’re in a relationship, or have been in the past.. what do YOU do to balance independence with commitment?👇🏻
  • BEING EXPERIMENTAL 🤷🏽‍♀️ .. I’m not good at it. How I prefer to approach most things in life, with an open mind and non-judgemental attitude, is certainly not the same when it comes to the way I eat. In this case, I tend to be very stubborn and narrow-minded. It’s a rare occasion that I am A) spontaneous, or B) willing to try new things. I like what I like and that’s about it. 🤦🏽‍♀️ If you’ve ever questioned how much I rave about smoothie bowls or share photos of avo smash, it’s because this is quite truly.. all I ever order. Since we met, @a_jaxcreative has been trying to push me to experiment with various Asian and Indian dishes, in order to expand my food horizon. I’ll be honest, he’s had little success until just recently. 🤫😊 Discovery of my love for Japanese tofu has made me re-consider a range of foods, as well as my entire approach. I’ve finally been applying my YES man mentality.. to what I eat too. In order to push myself not just when I’m out, but also when I’m at home, I’ve headed to the Chilled Deli section at @woolworths_au Camberwell and picked up my choice of Woolworth’s Chilled Meals: Roasted Cauliflower, Pumpkin and Coconut Curry. 🙌🏻 Take it from me, this has been a daring move. With that said, when it’s this convenient and I’m working from home, I have no excuse! 👊🏻 It saves me MORE time than making one of my go-to lunches, it’s healthier than something I might go for on a whim [this one counts for TWO of my daily vegetable servings and is made of zero artificial ingredients]. And finally, it actually feels and TASTES good to try new things! Hopefully, this is just the beginning for me! I’ve avoided it for long enough, after all! Are you a YES man when it comes to what you eat? Or are you picky? How do you encourage yourself to be more daring? #WWChilledMeals #ad @woolworths_au
  • MID-MORNING COFFEE CHATS ☕️👇🏻 .. you won’t believe what happened on my way to an event last night. I was heading to @minhminhsaigonsoul to celebrate their 21st birthday, and like always, I was walking. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Minh Minh just so happens to be up the road from me, but as if that matters — y’all know, I’d be walking either way. So I’m strutting along — no, really, I am. ☺️ I have headphones in my ears and I think I’m listening to Drake, which is a stark contrast to the @prettylittlething dress and boots I’m wearing. The point is, in my head, it works. I’m watching folk who pass by, heading home from work. 🦒 People in their cars, starting to get slightly frustrated with the traffic. I spot a cyclist on the road coming the opposite way. 🚴🏻‍♂️ I think nothing of it, keep walking. Next thing I know, someone’s coming up alongside me, so I think, oh, I better make way. ✔️ Then I realise this person is trying to talk to me. I take out my headphones and I realise.. it’s the same guy that was riding his bike. So he literally rode past me, turned back, dismounted and caught up to me, all to say— . “I don’t usually stop strangers like this, but you have really great style.” . I was shocked, laughed and thanked him. He went on. . “I’m a French architect named Philippe [I’m actually not sure what his name was, but Philippe sounds about right]. I moved to Australia from France. What’s your name?” . I told him and we spoke for a couple of minutes. 🙂 I worried that he might ask for my number — not because I’m cocky like that, but why else would you change directions and dismount from your bike to compliment a passing woman? When I said I had to go and that it was lovely of him to stop, he seemed so pleasantly satisfied. 👋🏻 With a huge smile on his face, he turned and he waved. I’m not sure if he wanted more from the interaction initially, but I loved that he appeared so content with the outcome anyway. Why he did it? Perhaps it was the neck scarf that you rarely see on young Australian women; the beige tones that reminded him of classic, Parisian style. I hope so! 🤫 I also hope I’m more like Philippe. On that note, let’s ALL be more like Philippe this Wednesday!
  • FLAWS OF BEING VEGAN.. 🍃🤦🏽‍♀️ Lemme tell you. I’ve had a pretty easy journey as far as transitions to veganism go. I never ate a lot of meat nor seafood — chicken and tuna, at the most. I went vegetarian for the first two years, with the intentions of making a full transition eventually. I moved to Melbourne and soon enough, I waved 👋🏻 a hard good bye to cheese. The other things too.. but like, mostly cheese. It was one morning on the way to brunch, when I made the change. I almost considered delaying the start until after brunch. 🙃 But I thought if I’m going to do this, this ain’t gonna be the first hard moment. It shouldn’t have been that hard. I felt sick after indulging in halloumi almost every time. 🤷🏽‍♀️ But of course, in the moment, it was so damn good. Fast forward about a year later, and I’ve been completely vegan with no struggles or slip-ups [other than those I don’t know about — which I assume exist, because there’s only so much we can control]. It’s either been surprisingly easy or I severely underestimate my own discipline when I decide to commit to something. Long story short, I’ve missed just one thing: the taste of something truly “naughty”, you know? Vegan chocolate isn’t nearly as appealing, so you never do overindulge. Vegan cheese digests well, so you don’t feel overly bloated for long. That all sounds great, right?! And it is. Until you feel like something truly greasy and indulgent.. 🙂 and almost unfortunately, your burger still tastes a little too clean and a little too green. In walks @sliderdiner_mel to vacate the space that has previously been filled by my late-night American cheeseburger craving woes. 🙏🏻 When even the mate across the way [who eats everything and anything] is eyeing your burger, you know you’ve nailed it. Have you ever considered going plant-based? 👇🏻 What made you consider it? What made you go ahead.. or not? P.S. no judgement at all. I share non-vegan foods on my channel all the time as I’m aware we’re all on our own journeys here [and not all of us are on a vegan one]. There is no right or conclusive answer for everyone and we’re all experimenting. So let’s talk about it! 🙌🏻
  • LEAVING NEVERLAND 😢 .. I have a lot of thoughts. Up until now, I would have been honoured to adorn a statement suit blazer, fit with the very shoulder pads and bold clasps that represent the King of Pop. I’d have smiled if you told me it reminded you of MJ. For the name and the image was synonymous with being bold, being transformative and being a leader of the future. Now, I wear this dress and whilst I still love the boldness it represents, I don’t wish to link it to the character I once might have. After watching Leaving Neverland, I was shocked and yet, I also felt in many ways that we’d chosen to believe a reality we wanted to reign true. Not just myself, being a huge fan of Michael Jackson, but everyone who sought to place him on this insurmountable pedestal. We all wanted to see MJ as some god-like figure; someone who we could look to for direction. We all wanted this beacon of hope; an example of how humans should be. Of the love we should exude for one another. That he may not have played out as this perfect human being with perfect thoughts and perfect actions — such that were worthy of universal idolisation — was ironically enough, not the surprising part for me. I concluded the documentary, and with that, my thoughts. It’s my belief that whether all of this is true or not, there quite frankly HAS to be something in it. Too many arrows pointing one way make it quite impossible to ignore the bullseye. My first inclination — what made me feel slightly more at ease, and even the advice I shared with @a_jaxcreative — was to seperate the two beings. I was certain that here I could find comfort and direction in what’s been a troubling discovery for all. I’d settle at the thought that MJ, the superstar, the phenomenal talent and the voice of multiple generations.. was not the same as the day-to-day man. This man was not his art. But rather his circumstances. His childhood. His sickness. All things which unfortunately, led him to act in a way that we can almost be sure, wasn’t contingent with healing the world. READ MORE IN COMMENTS. 👇🏻 . .

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  • REDEFINING SUCCESS 👉🏻 .. the fitness edit. I recently published an article to Currently Loving titled “Redefining Success: The Dress Edit”, where I discussed a slow, but significant development in what I define to be successful. Link is in the bio if you want to check that one out.. but not just yet. ✋🏻 I want to discuss success related to one particular topic first: that’s health and fitness. It’s actually 6.15am as I write this. I’m heading on my post-workout walk around the block. I see this as a way to practice mindfulness and to find clarity with my thoughts before the day begins. 🌿 It’s also become a time to process and to write. This morning I worked out to an episode of @twentysomethingtrainwreck, featuring host @phoebeacp and guest, @georgiestevenson. 🙌🏻 They spoke about staying in your own lane, trusting your body and most importantly, the risk of sacrificing 50% of your life .. in order to take up 5% less space. I can gladly say that ever since discovering solace, energy and enhanced productivity from exercise, I too have continued to use health and fitness as means to benefit OTHER areas of my life. The truth is, I don’t wake up and workout at 5am each morning because exercise IS my priority. I do this.. because it ISN’T. 🤷🏽‍♀️ There are so many other things that I hope to achieve in a day, there’s a very good reason why exercise has a space only at the very edge of the wider picture. Now don’t get me wrong, in many ways, fitness is also at the core. It helps me to be a better, more capable human in all other aspects. 👌🏼 But that’s just it — fitness acts as a BASE for my success. Not as the entire scope. I think when you start to see fitness and health as a means to perform successfully ELSEWHERE in your life, your relationship with the two becomes SO much healthier. ✔️ When your fitness goals correlate with your personal and life goals, THIS is when you know you’re doing it right. We should ask ourselves: how does our success in fitness and health.. influence success in the rest of our lives? 🤷🏽‍♀️ After all, the answer SHOULD be positive!
  • MONDAY MANIFESTATION.. ✌🏻 Or a story of my friend becoming the Dalai Lama. Each time I visit the currently crippled @themelbournelook, I leave more and more familiar with the ways of the Dalai Lama?! ☺️ It seems when your friend is forced to slow down, to focus on personal growth and the mindset, somehow you find yourself joining the journey. Ever since Chloe told me she was manifesting the fast healing of her leg, and then, received news from her doctor to validate its happening 😱, I’ve been thinking about the idea of manifestation myself. Apparently if you tell yourself something — a fact about your reality — enough times and with utter conviction in what you’re saying, somehow and in some way, life will see that this belief is realised. Take happiness, for example. 💁🏽‍♀️ Tell yourself everyday that you’re happy and fulfilled, and you will attract a path of happiness and fulfilment. Or so the Dalai and Chloe will assure you. Now whilst telling the world you’re the fittest person on earth or the wealthiest millennial ain’t exactly gonna make you so.. surely it’ll lead you towards making decisions in that direction, right?! 🤷🏽‍♀️ Perhaps it’ll give us the much-needed confidence to emulate the figure we so choose. I’m thinking it’s time to put it to the test. ☝🏻 So this Monday, I’m manifesting the belief that I’m a young entrepreneur, that I create my own success and that I have wealth in every sense from monetarily to relationally to culturally. On a lesser note, I’m also manifesting that I’m the type of person who makes every Pilates class they book. ☺️ Because ya girl got right into #motivationalmonday — or just click-happy, I’m not sure — and booked several classes before Thursday. Last but not least, I’m manifesting another sensational picnic with @honourwithfetepopuppicnics sometime soon. 💕 Surely if I think hard enough, this spread will just appear?! 😂 I’ll let you know how it goes. Now it could be big or small [I’m sure the Dalai Lama doesn’t judge]: what are YOU manifesting this week?!
  • RE-WRITE YOUR STORY.. 🙋🏽‍♀️ I dare you. I grew up under the impression that I was “unlucky” for having the body I do. If it wasn’t people close to me or generations before me, it was society and it’s trends who taught me that it was something I had to “accept” — that I hadn’t been passed down a “favourable” body type. This body type hadn’t done anyone else any good, or so they thought [and communicated] .. so why would things be any different for me? People who had my body shape spoke of it with such negativity and regret. Then, as if the conversation were unconnected, they’d tell me I had the same shape. And so in many ways, I was taught to be disappointed with my body before I had the chance to develop my own thoughts on it. I manifested this to a saddening degree. I didn’t treat my body with respect. I didn’t love it or cherish it. To me, it was one thing I couldn’t add to my list of attributes. I’d already been told it didn’t deserve a place on the list. And so for long, I fought to work on everything else: my personality, my grades, my mindset, my aura. 👌🏼 I’d have to “make up for” the body I wasn’t blessed with. One day I decided to re-write my story. It took me so long to realise I hadn’t been it’s author. I asked myself: why shouldn’t my body be an attribute I’m proud of.. just like my ability to make others laugh? Just like my brain? Why should I never see its greatest form? The ultimate way it can move, jump, dance and run. I came to the conclusion that every minute I was wasting not loving and giving back to my body. This was a minute lost to seeing it perform. To wearing it with pride and with confidence. And so on this day — and I swear, like a movie, it took just a single moment; a single flick of the switch — I’d begin to fill the pages of my new story. I’d write it for myself, and for my daughter. I’d write it for every other girl who needed to see me own the skin I was in, in order to do the same themselves. Read more in the comments 👇🏻👇🏻
  • GRATITUDE 🙋🏽‍♀️ .. I’m here for it. Friday has finally arrived [thank gawd]! 😅 As usual, it has me reflecting on the week gone, the highs and the lows. Whilst I hoped to gain a bit more structure this week, this didn’t really happen and things were still a bit all over the place! With that said, this is always the case when you’re welcoming new opportunity, new clients and new routines. 🙌🏻 So can I be all that upset? Not really. I trust things will settle themselves soon enough! And they’ll do so in the best way possible, I just know it! So whilst structure hasn’t quite made it to the list, here are some other things I’m grateful for this Friday! . ☝🏻 I have officially started working towards my P.T/group fitness certification! Just a few hours in and I can’t wait to have it under my belt! I love that I’m always willing to take action to pursue and invest in the things I love. So here’s to trusting myself and to being courageous! Because set or singular career paths are so 30 years ago. I want to do it all.. and I will! . ✌🏻 I’m grateful for Melbourne City!! Just yesterday marked my one year anniversary in Melbourne alongside @a_jaxcreative! It blows my mind to think about how much has changed since we first arrived with nowhere to live and only suitcases to our name! 🤙🏻 Melbourne, you have done me so well in a year. I cannot wait to see what the next one brings! . ✌🏻☝🏻 I am, of course, glad it’s the weekend! After a trip back to the always good, @tinkernorthcote, A.J. and I are off to try the newly-opened @wintermalvern tomorrow! 💕 I can only assume it’ll be as good as its several sister cafes, so I can’t wait! I’m very grateful that my life is consistently filled with things to look forward to .. as this is so integral to being happy and fulfilled! NOW YOUR TURN! 👇🏻 Share some love back to this life below!
  • GET YOURSELF A GIRL SQUAD. I’ve been asked a surprising amount of times about why it’s important and how I stay independent, especially in a long-term relationship. 👏🏻 Fortunately I loooove taking about this! There was once a time when my every attitude rested upon a don’t-need-no-man philosophy. This served me well when I was single. When I met someone I wanted to be with — maybe even for the long-term — things became tricky. I wish I could say that I learnt quickly.. but I sure as hell did not. It took me a good two years to realise that ☝🏻 there’s such thing as being TOO independent, and this can limit the growth of your relationship, and✌🏻 that constantly building on and maintaining your own lane is still super important. What does this mean? Go out with your girlfriends/mates! 👯‍♀️ You can’t ever expect one person to be the source of your entire happiness, and it’s unfair if your partner expects to be. To me, each person brings something different to our lives, and fulfils a certain aspect of who we are. It’s okay to want to dedicate time to them all. Work on your own goals as you would if you were single! 💪🏻 I often ask myself if I’d do things differently if I wasn’t in a relationship. I think it’s a great way to check in with yourself, and to ensure you’re not sacrificing anything too important. Sure, there will be times when your life or actions look different. This’ll always be the case when you bring someone into your life. Regardless, make sure you’re still dedicating some time to YOU, the individual — not only towards you, the girlfriend/boyfriend. Similar to the above, don’t be afraid to spend time apart. In my experience, this almost always makes you stronger and more clear-sighted in your relationship. 🙌🏻 Truth: you CAN be in a relationship and still work on your stability and happiness alone. Say yes to opportunity that doesn’t necessarily involve your partner. No matter what happens, you’ll thank yourself for growing an ability to self-support. These are just the lessons I’ve learnt so far! If you’re in a relationship, or have been in the past.. what do YOU do to balance independence with commitment?👇🏻
  • BEING EXPERIMENTAL 🤷🏽‍♀️ .. I’m not good at it. How I prefer to approach most things in life, with an open mind and non-judgemental attitude, is certainly not the same when it comes to the way I eat. In this case, I tend to be very stubborn and narrow-minded. It’s a rare occasion that I am A) spontaneous, or B) willing to try new things. I like what I like and that’s about it. 🤦🏽‍♀️ If you’ve ever questioned how much I rave about smoothie bowls or share photos of avo smash, it’s because this is quite truly.. all I ever order. Since we met, @a_jaxcreative has been trying to push me to experiment with various Asian and Indian dishes, in order to expand my food horizon. I’ll be honest, he’s had little success until just recently. 🤫😊 Discovery of my love for Japanese tofu has made me re-consider a range of foods, as well as my entire approach. I’ve finally been applying my YES man mentality.. to what I eat too. In order to push myself not just when I’m out, but also when I’m at home, I’ve headed to the Chilled Deli section at @woolworths_au Camberwell and picked up my choice of Woolworth’s Chilled Meals: Roasted Cauliflower, Pumpkin and Coconut Curry. 🙌🏻 Take it from me, this has been a daring move. With that said, when it’s this convenient and I’m working from home, I have no excuse! 👊🏻 It saves me MORE time than making one of my go-to lunches, it’s healthier than something I might go for on a whim [this one counts for TWO of my daily vegetable servings and is made of zero artificial ingredients]. And finally, it actually feels and TASTES good to try new things! Hopefully, this is just the beginning for me! I’ve avoided it for long enough, after all! Are you a YES man when it comes to what you eat? Or are you picky? How do you encourage yourself to be more daring? #WWChilledMeals #ad @woolworths_au
  • MID-MORNING COFFEE CHATS ☕️👇🏻 .. you won’t believe what happened on my way to an event last night. I was heading to @minhminhsaigonsoul to celebrate their 21st birthday, and like always, I was walking. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Minh Minh just so happens to be up the road from me, but as if that matters — y’all know, I’d be walking either way. So I’m strutting along — no, really, I am. ☺️ I have headphones in my ears and I think I’m listening to Drake, which is a stark contrast to the @prettylittlething dress and boots I’m wearing. The point is, in my head, it works. I’m watching folk who pass by, heading home from work. 🦒 People in their cars, starting to get slightly frustrated with the traffic. I spot a cyclist on the road coming the opposite way. 🚴🏻‍♂️ I think nothing of it, keep walking. Next thing I know, someone’s coming up alongside me, so I think, oh, I better make way. ✔️ Then I realise this person is trying to talk to me. I take out my headphones and I realise.. it’s the same guy that was riding his bike. So he literally rode past me, turned back, dismounted and caught up to me, all to say— . “I don’t usually stop strangers like this, but you have really great style.” . I was shocked, laughed and thanked him. He went on. . “I’m a French architect named Philippe [I’m actually not sure what his name was, but Philippe sounds about right]. I moved to Australia from France. What’s your name?” . I told him and we spoke for a couple of minutes. 🙂 I worried that he might ask for my number — not because I’m cocky like that, but why else would you change directions and dismount from your bike to compliment a passing woman? When I said I had to go and that it was lovely of him to stop, he seemed so pleasantly satisfied. 👋🏻 With a huge smile on his face, he turned and he waved. I’m not sure if he wanted more from the interaction initially, but I loved that he appeared so content with the outcome anyway. Why he did it? Perhaps it was the neck scarf that you rarely see on young Australian women; the beige tones that reminded him of classic, Parisian style. I hope so! 🤫 I also hope I’m more like Philippe. On that note, let’s ALL be more like Philippe this Wednesday!
  • FLAWS OF BEING VEGAN.. 🍃🤦🏽‍♀️ Lemme tell you. I’ve had a pretty easy journey as far as transitions to veganism go. I never ate a lot of meat nor seafood — chicken and tuna, at the most. I went vegetarian for the first two years, with the intentions of making a full transition eventually. I moved to Melbourne and soon enough, I waved 👋🏻 a hard good bye to cheese. The other things too.. but like, mostly cheese. It was one morning on the way to brunch, when I made the change. I almost considered delaying the start until after brunch. 🙃 But I thought if I’m going to do this, this ain’t gonna be the first hard moment. It shouldn’t have been that hard. I felt sick after indulging in halloumi almost every time. 🤷🏽‍♀️ But of course, in the moment, it was so damn good. Fast forward about a year later, and I’ve been completely vegan with no struggles or slip-ups [other than those I don’t know about — which I assume exist, because there’s only so much we can control]. It’s either been surprisingly easy or I severely underestimate my own discipline when I decide to commit to something. Long story short, I’ve missed just one thing: the taste of something truly “naughty”, you know? Vegan chocolate isn’t nearly as appealing, so you never do overindulge. Vegan cheese digests well, so you don’t feel overly bloated for long. That all sounds great, right?! And it is. Until you feel like something truly greasy and indulgent.. 🙂 and almost unfortunately, your burger still tastes a little too clean and a little too green. In walks @sliderdiner_mel to vacate the space that has previously been filled by my late-night American cheeseburger craving woes. 🙏🏻 When even the mate across the way [who eats everything and anything] is eyeing your burger, you know you’ve nailed it. Have you ever considered going plant-based? 👇🏻 What made you consider it? What made you go ahead.. or not? P.S. no judgement at all. I share non-vegan foods on my channel all the time as I’m aware we’re all on our own journeys here [and not all of us are on a vegan one]. There is no right or conclusive answer for everyone and we’re all experimenting. So let’s talk about it! 🙌🏻
  • LEAVING NEVERLAND 😢 .. I have a lot of thoughts. Up until now, I would have been honoured to adorn a statement suit blazer, fit with the very shoulder pads and bold clasps that represent the King of Pop. I’d have smiled if you told me it reminded you of MJ. For the name and the image was synonymous with being bold, being transformative and being a leader of the future. Now, I wear this dress and whilst I still love the boldness it represents, I don’t wish to link it to the character I once might have. After watching Leaving Neverland, I was shocked and yet, I also felt in many ways that we’d chosen to believe a reality we wanted to reign true. Not just myself, being a huge fan of Michael Jackson, but everyone who sought to place him on this insurmountable pedestal. We all wanted to see MJ as some god-like figure; someone who we could look to for direction. We all wanted this beacon of hope; an example of how humans should be. Of the love we should exude for one another. That he may not have played out as this perfect human being with perfect thoughts and perfect actions — such that were worthy of universal idolisation — was ironically enough, not the surprising part for me. I concluded the documentary, and with that, my thoughts. It’s my belief that whether all of this is true or not, there quite frankly HAS to be something in it. Too many arrows pointing one way make it quite impossible to ignore the bullseye. My first inclination — what made me feel slightly more at ease, and even the advice I shared with @a_jaxcreative — was to seperate the two beings. I was certain that here I could find comfort and direction in what’s been a troubling discovery for all. I’d settle at the thought that MJ, the superstar, the phenomenal talent and the voice of multiple generations.. was not the same as the day-to-day man. This man was not his art. But rather his circumstances. His childhood. His sickness. All things which unfortunately, led him to act in a way that we can almost be sure, wasn’t contingent with healing the world. READ MORE IN COMMENTS. 👇🏻 . .

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  • REDEFINING SUCCESS 👉🏻 .. the fitness edit. I recently published an article to Currently Loving titled “Redefining Success: The Dress Edit”, where I discussed a slow, but significant development in what I define to be successful. Link is in the bio if you want to check that one out.. but not just yet. ✋🏻 I want to discuss success related to one particular topic first: that’s health and fitness. It’s actually 6.15am as I write this. I’m heading on my post-workout walk around the block. I see this as a way to practice mindfulness and to find clarity with my thoughts before the day begins. 🌿 It’s also become a time to process and to write. This morning I worked out to an episode of @twentysomethingtrainwreck, featuring host @phoebeacp and guest, @georgiestevenson. 🙌🏻 They spoke about staying in your own lane, trusting your body and most importantly, the risk of sacrificing 50% of your life .. in order to take up 5% less space. I can gladly say that ever since discovering solace, energy and enhanced productivity from exercise, I too have continued to use health and fitness as means to benefit OTHER areas of my life. The truth is, I don’t wake up and workout at 5am each morning because exercise IS my priority. I do this.. because it ISN’T. 🤷🏽‍♀️ There are so many other things that I hope to achieve in a day, there’s a very good reason why exercise has a space only at the very edge of the wider picture. Now don’t get me wrong, in many ways, fitness is also at the core. It helps me to be a better, more capable human in all other aspects. 👌🏼 But that’s just it — fitness acts as a BASE for my success. Not as the entire scope. I think when you start to see fitness and health as a means to perform successfully ELSEWHERE in your life, your relationship with the two becomes SO much healthier. ✔️ When your fitness goals correlate with your personal and life goals, THIS is when you know you’re doing it right. We should ask ourselves: how does our success in fitness and health.. influence success in the rest of our lives? 🤷🏽‍♀️ After all, the answer SHOULD be positive!
  • MONDAY MANIFESTATION.. ✌🏻 Or a story of my friend becoming the Dalai Lama. Each time I visit the currently crippled @themelbournelook, I leave more and more familiar with the ways of the Dalai Lama?! ☺️ It seems when your friend is forced to slow down, to focus on personal growth and the mindset, somehow you find yourself joining the journey. Ever since Chloe told me she was manifesting the fast healing of her leg, and then, received news from her doctor to validate its happening 😱, I’ve been thinking about the idea of manifestation myself. Apparently if you tell yourself something — a fact about your reality — enough times and with utter conviction in what you’re saying, somehow and in some way, life will see that this belief is realised. Take happiness, for example. 💁🏽‍♀️ Tell yourself everyday that you’re happy and fulfilled, and you will attract a path of happiness and fulfilment. Or so the Dalai and Chloe will assure you. Now whilst telling the world you’re the fittest person on earth or the wealthiest millennial ain’t exactly gonna make you so.. surely it’ll lead you towards making decisions in that direction, right?! 🤷🏽‍♀️ Perhaps it’ll give us the much-needed confidence to emulate the figure we so choose. I’m thinking it’s time to put it to the test. ☝🏻 So this Monday, I’m manifesting the belief that I’m a young entrepreneur, that I create my own success and that I have wealth in every sense from monetarily to relationally to culturally. On a lesser note, I’m also manifesting that I’m the type of person who makes every Pilates class they book. ☺️ Because ya girl got right into #motivationalmonday — or just click-happy, I’m not sure — and booked several classes before Thursday. Last but not least, I’m manifesting another sensational picnic with @honourwithfetepopuppicnics sometime soon. 💕 Surely if I think hard enough, this spread will just appear?! 😂 I’ll let you know how it goes. Now it could be big or small [I’m sure the Dalai Lama doesn’t judge]: what are YOU manifesting this week?!
  • RE-WRITE YOUR STORY.. 🙋🏽‍♀️ I dare you. I grew up under the impression that I was “unlucky” for having the body I do. If it wasn’t people close to me or generations before me, it was society and it’s trends who taught me that it was something I had to “accept” — that I hadn’t been passed down a “favourable” body type. This body type hadn’t done anyone else any good, or so they thought [and communicated] .. so why would things be any different for me? People who had my body shape spoke of it with such negativity and regret. Then, as if the conversation were unconnected, they’d tell me I had the same shape. And so in many ways, I was taught to be disappointed with my body before I had the chance to develop my own thoughts on it. I manifested this to a saddening degree. I didn’t treat my body with respect. I didn’t love it or cherish it. To me, it was one thing I couldn’t add to my list of attributes. I’d already been told it didn’t deserve a place on the list. And so for long, I fought to work on everything else: my personality, my grades, my mindset, my aura. 👌🏼 I’d have to “make up for” the body I wasn’t blessed with. One day I decided to re-write my story. It took me so long to realise I hadn’t been it’s author. I asked myself: why shouldn’t my body be an attribute I’m proud of.. just like my ability to make others laugh? Just like my brain? Why should I never see its greatest form? The ultimate way it can move, jump, dance and run. I came to the conclusion that every minute I was wasting not loving and giving back to my body. This was a minute lost to seeing it perform. To wearing it with pride and with confidence. And so on this day — and I swear, like a movie, it took just a single moment; a single flick of the switch — I’d begin to fill the pages of my new story. I’d write it for myself, and for my daughter. I’d write it for every other girl who needed to see me own the skin I was in, in order to do the same themselves. Read more in the comments 👇🏻👇🏻
  • GRATITUDE 🙋🏽‍♀️ .. I’m here for it. Friday has finally arrived [thank gawd]! 😅 As usual, it has me reflecting on the week gone, the highs and the lows. Whilst I hoped to gain a bit more structure this week, this didn’t really happen and things were still a bit all over the place! With that said, this is always the case when you’re welcoming new opportunity, new clients and new routines. 🙌🏻 So can I be all that upset? Not really. I trust things will settle themselves soon enough! And they’ll do so in the best way possible, I just know it! So whilst structure hasn’t quite made it to the list, here are some other things I’m grateful for this Friday! . ☝🏻 I have officially started working towards my P.T/group fitness certification! Just a few hours in and I can’t wait to have it under my belt! I love that I’m always willing to take action to pursue and invest in the things I love. So here’s to trusting myself and to being courageous! Because set or singular career paths are so 30 years ago. I want to do it all.. and I will! . ✌🏻 I’m grateful for Melbourne City!! Just yesterday marked my one year anniversary in Melbourne alongside @a_jaxcreative! It blows my mind to think about how much has changed since we first arrived with nowhere to live and only suitcases to our name! 🤙🏻 Melbourne, you have done me so well in a year. I cannot wait to see what the next one brings! . ✌🏻☝🏻 I am, of course, glad it’s the weekend! After a trip back to the always good, @tinkernorthcote, A.J. and I are off to try the newly-opened @wintermalvern tomorrow! 💕 I can only assume it’ll be as good as its several sister cafes, so I can’t wait! I’m very grateful that my life is consistently filled with things to look forward to .. as this is so integral to being happy and fulfilled! NOW YOUR TURN! 👇🏻 Share some love back to this life below!
  • GET YOURSELF A GIRL SQUAD. I’ve been asked a surprising amount of times about why it’s important and how I stay independent, especially in a long-term relationship. 👏🏻 Fortunately I loooove taking about this! There was once a time when my every attitude rested upon a don’t-need-no-man philosophy. This served me well when I was single. When I met someone I wanted to be with — maybe even for the long-term — things became tricky. I wish I could say that I learnt quickly.. but I sure as hell did not. It took me a good two years to realise that ☝🏻 there’s such thing as being TOO independent, and this can limit the growth of your relationship, and✌🏻 that constantly building on and maintaining your own lane is still super important. What does this mean? Go out with your girlfriends/mates! 👯‍♀️ You can’t ever expect one person to be the source of your entire happiness, and it’s unfair if your partner expects to be. To me, each person brings something different to our lives, and fulfils a certain aspect of who we are. It’s okay to want to dedicate time to them all. Work on your own goals as you would if you were single! 💪🏻 I often ask myself if I’d do things differently if I wasn’t in a relationship. I think it’s a great way to check in with yourself, and to ensure you’re not sacrificing anything too important. Sure, there will be times when your life or actions look different. This’ll always be the case when you bring someone into your life. Regardless, make sure you’re still dedicating some time to YOU, the individual — not only towards you, the girlfriend/boyfriend. Similar to the above, don’t be afraid to spend time apart. In my experience, this almost always makes you stronger and more clear-sighted in your relationship. 🙌🏻 Truth: you CAN be in a relationship and still work on your stability and happiness alone. Say yes to opportunity that doesn’t necessarily involve your partner. No matter what happens, you’ll thank yourself for growing an ability to self-support. These are just the lessons I’ve learnt so far! If you’re in a relationship, or have been in the past.. what do YOU do to balance independence with commitment?👇🏻
  • BEING EXPERIMENTAL 🤷🏽‍♀️ .. I’m not good at it. How I prefer to approach most things in life, with an open mind and non-judgemental attitude, is certainly not the same when it comes to the way I eat. In this case, I tend to be very stubborn and narrow-minded. It’s a rare occasion that I am A) spontaneous, or B) willing to try new things. I like what I like and that’s about it. 🤦🏽‍♀️ If you’ve ever questioned how much I rave about smoothie bowls or share photos of avo smash, it’s because this is quite truly.. all I ever order. Since we met, @a_jaxcreative has been trying to push me to experiment with various Asian and Indian dishes, in order to expand my food horizon. I’ll be honest, he’s had little success until just recently. 🤫😊 Discovery of my love for Japanese tofu has made me re-consider a range of foods, as well as my entire approach. I’ve finally been applying my YES man mentality.. to what I eat too. In order to push myself not just when I’m out, but also when I’m at home, I’ve headed to the Chilled Deli section at @woolworths_au Camberwell and picked up my choice of Woolworth’s Chilled Meals: Roasted Cauliflower, Pumpkin and Coconut Curry. 🙌🏻 Take it from me, this has been a daring move. With that said, when it’s this convenient and I’m working from home, I have no excuse! 👊🏻 It saves me MORE time than making one of my go-to lunches, it’s healthier than something I might go for on a whim [this one counts for TWO of my daily vegetable servings and is made of zero artificial ingredients]. And finally, it actually feels and TASTES good to try new things! Hopefully, this is just the beginning for me! I’ve avoided it for long enough, after all! Are you a YES man when it comes to what you eat? Or are you picky? How do you encourage yourself to be more daring? #WWChilledMeals #ad @woolworths_au
  • MID-MORNING COFFEE CHATS ☕️👇🏻 .. you won’t believe what happened on my way to an event last night. I was heading to @minhminhsaigonsoul to celebrate their 21st birthday, and like always, I was walking. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Minh Minh just so happens to be up the road from me, but as if that matters — y’all know, I’d be walking either way. So I’m strutting along — no, really, I am. ☺️ I have headphones in my ears and I think I’m listening to Drake, which is a stark contrast to the @prettylittlething dress and boots I’m wearing. The point is, in my head, it works. I’m watching folk who pass by, heading home from work. 🦒 People in their cars, starting to get slightly frustrated with the traffic. I spot a cyclist on the road coming the opposite way. 🚴🏻‍♂️ I think nothing of it, keep walking. Next thing I know, someone’s coming up alongside me, so I think, oh, I better make way. ✔️ Then I realise this person is trying to talk to me. I take out my headphones and I realise.. it’s the same guy that was riding his bike. So he literally rode past me, turned back, dismounted and caught up to me, all to say— . “I don’t usually stop strangers like this, but you have really great style.” . I was shocked, laughed and thanked him. He went on. . “I’m a French architect named Philippe [I’m actually not sure what his name was, but Philippe sounds about right]. I moved to Australia from France. What’s your name?” . I told him and we spoke for a couple of minutes. 🙂 I worried that he might ask for my number — not because I’m cocky like that, but why else would you change directions and dismount from your bike to compliment a passing woman? When I said I had to go and that it was lovely of him to stop, he seemed so pleasantly satisfied. 👋🏻 With a huge smile on his face, he turned and he waved. I’m not sure if he wanted more from the interaction initially, but I loved that he appeared so content with the outcome anyway. Why he did it? Perhaps it was the neck scarf that you rarely see on young Australian women; the beige tones that reminded him of classic, Parisian style. I hope so! 🤫 I also hope I’m more like Philippe. On that note, let’s ALL be more like Philippe this Wednesday!

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