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  • I feel lucky to love the skin I’m in.. not just because at times, it feels so uncommon — but also because it takes some serious work! 💪🏻 I’m always adapting my own routines and practices, in order to satisfy the 24:7 job that is maintaining and growing self-love and self-belief. Sometimes, loving the skin you’re in is as simple as indulging in a good self-care routine, right? For this, I look to @crabtreeandevelyn_aus and their sensational body range. Other times, however, the job requires we go a step deeper. 🙌🏻 To really believe in ourselves, we have to look at our own mindset, and even more importantly, be open to the steps required to change it. On that note, I’ve just uploaded my latest sit-down YOUTUBE video. This one is a topic super close to my heart; to who I am and the things I advocate. Head over and watch: 👩🏽‍💻 5 THINGS TO BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE TODAY. For even the most confident people aren’t necessarily born this way. Link is in the bio now! 🙏🏻
  • Name 5 things you’re proud of this week— GO! Here’s mine: 1. Being open to new opportunity and never seeing my path as decided upon, finalised or unchangeable. 🧘🏽‍♀️ . 2. Motivating myself to bounce back into my gym/workout regime. Despite how drinking and a plethora of late nights originally set me [and my energy levels] back a few days, I managed to push through the initial soreness and fatigue.. and well, we got there eventually. 💪🏻 . 3. Being loving and appreciative of @a_jaxcreative, despite how we started the week with a lil psycho tiredness tantrum. 🤷🏽‍♀️ What can I say, it happens to the best of us and I’m dramatic af when I want to be. 😆 The point is, I think I redeemed myself. . 4. Being a nice person. 😇 Do you ever just reflect and think, hey, I’m really not a bitch, am I? 🙂 Like when push comes to shove, I am a nice person. For the most part, I have nice thoughts. I’m not saying this isn’t common [I’m not saying it isn’t rare either] but I still feel like it’s worthy of being proud. . 5. By virtue of events and disorganisation, I didn’t eat too well this week. But I also didn’t beat myself up over it. 🍕🍟🌯 Rather, I enjoyed the opportunity! In today’s social/comparative/sometimes toxic climate around body image, perfectionism and clean eating, that’s pretty cool too. 💁🏽‍♀️ . Now, big or small.. tell me yours!
  • Okay.. 👇🏻 IT’S TIME FOR A CHAT. I’m more than used to being my own harshest critic, but damn, this week, we’ve taken it to a whole new level. I have not been kind, understanding, considerate or patient with myself at all. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I have doubted myself countless times; I have wondered if I am all my most foreign traits: lazy, unproductive, incapable, naive, naively confident, on a path to nowhere, etc, etc. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Isn’t it funny how it’s so easy to believe in yourself and to have faith in time.. until the moment when you really, truly need to trust in both? Then, you absolutely suck at your own ethos? I had a chat with myself yesterday [no, literally, I said some of it out-loud]. I told her: who are you trying to kid that it’s worthwhile to worry or to beat yourself up right now? You’re not lazy. You’re proactive. You’re not incapable. You’re smart. You’re driven. You create your ideal circumstances. You ALWAYS have. 🤜🏻 It took a while for my stubborn self to digest the information, but soon enough, it sunk in and my whole mindset changed. As of the last day, I’ve stopped worrying about the things I don’t have answers to right now. I’ve reminded myself of one of my greatest traits instead: that’s my ability to have confidence in myself and in my journey, whether it looks like my neighbours or not! On that note, I won’t spend any more of this week waiting for time to tell.. because bloody hell, we know how impatient I am! And some of these answers just won’t come overnight. So, I’m telling myself instead. 💁🏽‍♀️ That I am strong. That I am capable. And that I am bigger than my own self-doubt [because even the most confident of people experience it, folks]. On that note, imma refuel this capable being at me local, @shortstrawhawthorn, and be back to work! 🙌🏻 This week is NOT done, and so as of now, I’m reclaiming back the last few days of it! Just because you have a bad day doesn’t mean this is a bad life. Don’t let your brain tell you otherwise! See you on the other side of this tofu scramble 🧐☺️ xxxx
  • INSTAGRAM vs. REALITY. Chloe: “Why have I got such a hilarious friend?” Me: “I don’t know, but like, bask in it already?” . . Disclaimer: object may appear prettier, more put together and gracious by nature on Instagram. 90% of the time when I’m busy being a human being [and hilarious apparently], I don’t look like this. I make some pretty weird af, sometimes animated faces that I feel like enhance my comedic value. 🤷🏽‍♀️ In reality, they probably do nothing for my aesthetic value. All I can say is thank goodness I don’t rank the two equally. 😅 9 times out of 10, I’d rather be life-worthy than insta-worthy [exception being that one occasion every now and then when we wanna look cute, you know 😋]. Living isn’t always pretty nor am I. But hey, @a_jaxcreative still found a way to love me and I promise someone will do the same for you. 🙂
  • People often ask me whether I prefer being called McKenzie or Kenzie.. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Most often I respond that I don’t mind.. I’ll answer to both anyway. With that said, when I think about it, these days I resonate far more with Kenzie than her overly formal neighbour. McKenzie takes me back to all the times people have raised their voice at me, to being called Collin [not even Collins] because my first name appears interchangeable with my last — and likewise, to the many times people have added an “a” or forgotten to capitalise the “K”. I’ve often peered at that lowercase k, and thought, “well, I’m not sure who that is, but it’s certainly not me.” 😆 McKenzie just seems to be so full of drama! Kenzie, on the other hand, is not up for interpretation. She quite simply.. is the way she is. She’s my three year old self, the version that all my best friends [and boyfriends] have ever known. She is the second child in my family; the cheeky, daring and playful side in me. Kenzie is the one who paves the way to her own dreams. The one who believes in her every decision, and her every step, no matter the longevity of the path. Kenzie is the one that wears what she wants — and right now, that happens to be her own identity, right in the palm of her hand everyday. Thanks to @hanogram for reminding me of the identity I wear most proudly. Anyone else have a name with multiple identities? Who do you relate to most? 💁🏽‍♀️ P.S. wear your choice equally as proudly with my code “KENZIE” for 15% off your own personalised case. #hanogram #hanogramcases
  • After a weekend away with the girls, a fair bit of wine and little to no movement (aside from dancing), I’m straight back to @loveathletica to balance things out again this week! 🙋🏽‍♀️ A total of 3 rest days have passed, and whilst it’s felt good and undoubtedly, my body has needed it .. I also feel more sore and uncomfortable than I do when I’m working out almost everyday. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I’ve heard it’s a sign that you love working out when the hardest day of your routine is a rest day. Yep, this liiiiterally describes me and my attitude towards rest days. 😂 Hate taking them. And as a result, probably don’t take them often enough. Anyone else feel like they come back worse off? The opposite of nimble, ready and well-rested? Maybe that’s how it’s supposed to feel, maybe that’s when I need two rest days in a row. Who knows! 🤷🏽‍♀️ In the long run, it’s really not up for debate whether they’re good for me. We know this. You can’t be all grind all the time. Sometimes you gotta rest the peach too. ☺️ Not today though! I’m heading in for my mid-day sesh at the @loveathletica studio.. 🙌🏻 A place where feeling the burn is guaranteed [because let’s be honest, if I were to control things right now, it would NOT be a sure thing. I’d probably feel sorry for myself, opt for a slow walk on the treadmill and call it a day. 💁🏽‍♀️😆]. How are you ensuring you get moving this week? 👇🏻👇🏻
  • Written over the weekend: “My soul is so, so happy right now.. 🌻 Sometimes I forget what it is to be close to the water; how much contentment and clarity lies in a routine unfolding of the waves; in the slow, warm smile of a passerby. And in folk playing frisbee under the beat of the mid-day sun. 🌴 Feeling grateful to be indulging in a few of life’s greatest pleasures this weekend. A few too many wines with a few gorgeous gals. Dancing until 2am.. just to wake to golden sand and blue sky 50m across the road. Out here in Dromana, there is space and there is time. There’s just one way that feels natural to breathe: that’s deeply and slowly..” Happy Monday everyone.. 🙏🏻
  • Off on a girls weekend away to celebrate the birth of @themelbournelook.. ✨🥂 While I drink wine by the beach in Dromana, I can only hope you’re doing something similar somewhere else in the world this Friday night! If you’re wrapped up on the couch with a cool glass in hand, it’s fair to say you’re doing it right! Take the time to relax with the latest read, live now on Currently Loving. Introducing “ADULTING” HACK: IT’S OKAY TO GROW. This post lends itself to my experience of adulthood thus far — from the last-minute supermarket runs and the ironing piles that are far less cumbersome than expected. All the way to a reality of adulthood that I’d deem to be far harder: changing in the eyes of those who don’t wish to see it. Whether you’ve struggled to embrace change in others yourself, or experienced the disconnect with friends or family who see you as the person you were, as opposed to the person you are — this is for you. 🤜🏻 Link is in my bio now! I hope (as always) that you find something in my words that resonates. Happy Friday everyone!
  • Got convinced into another sweaty sesh at @bodhiandride in South Yarra this morning with @themelbournelook.. 💦 It’s 8.30am, I’m not sure how I’m still walking and yet, I feel capable. I feel empowered. I feel determined! 😎 Me and Chloe’s conversation after class sounded a little like this: “I very much thought I was going to vomit.” “There were moments I genuinely questioned if I’d make it through.” THIS is how much @bodhiandride pushes you. This is also the reason it’s one of the most rewarding workouts I’ve done.. well, ever! I’ve dreamt of those American-style training sessions, where the trainer is yelling in your ear: “WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE. WHAT TYPE OF DAY DO YOU WANT TO HAVE TODAY. I want you to get on your bike. And I want you to SEIZE. THAT. DAY.” 😆🙋🏽‍♀️ Y’all know that I’m a sucker for that very intense inspiration and thank the lord [or I might have had to move countries again], I’ve found it at @bodhiandride. Now to manifest those thoughts and that sense of achievement into the rest of the day! 💪🏻 It’s the last push for the week: let’s SMASH it!

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  • I feel lucky to love the skin I’m in.. not just because at times, it feels so uncommon — but also because it takes some serious work! 💪🏻 I’m always adapting my own routines and practices, in order to satisfy the 24:7 job that is maintaining and growing self-love and self-belief. Sometimes, loving the skin you’re in is as simple as indulging in a good self-care routine, right? For this, I look to @crabtreeandevelyn_aus and their sensational body range. Other times, however, the job requires we go a step deeper. 🙌🏻 To really believe in ourselves, we have to look at our own mindset, and even more importantly, be open to the steps required to change it. On that note, I’ve just uploaded my latest sit-down YOUTUBE video. This one is a topic super close to my heart; to who I am and the things I advocate. Head over and watch: 👩🏽‍💻 5 THINGS TO BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE TODAY. For even the most confident people aren’t necessarily born this way. Link is in the bio now! 🙏🏻
  • Name 5 things you’re proud of this week— GO! Here’s mine: 1. Being open to new opportunity and never seeing my path as decided upon, finalised or unchangeable. 🧘🏽‍♀️ . 2. Motivating myself to bounce back into my gym/workout regime. Despite how drinking and a plethora of late nights originally set me [and my energy levels] back a few days, I managed to push through the initial soreness and fatigue.. and well, we got there eventually. 💪🏻 . 3. Being loving and appreciative of @a_jaxcreative, despite how we started the week with a lil psycho tiredness tantrum. 🤷🏽‍♀️ What can I say, it happens to the best of us and I’m dramatic af when I want to be. 😆 The point is, I think I redeemed myself. . 4. Being a nice person. 😇 Do you ever just reflect and think, hey, I’m really not a bitch, am I? 🙂 Like when push comes to shove, I am a nice person. For the most part, I have nice thoughts. I’m not saying this isn’t common [I’m not saying it isn’t rare either] but I still feel like it’s worthy of being proud. . 5. By virtue of events and disorganisation, I didn’t eat too well this week. But I also didn’t beat myself up over it. 🍕🍟🌯 Rather, I enjoyed the opportunity! In today’s social/comparative/sometimes toxic climate around body image, perfectionism and clean eating, that’s pretty cool too. 💁🏽‍♀️ . Now, big or small.. tell me yours!
  • Okay.. 👇🏻 IT’S TIME FOR A CHAT. I’m more than used to being my own harshest critic, but damn, this week, we’ve taken it to a whole new level. I have not been kind, understanding, considerate or patient with myself at all. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I have doubted myself countless times; I have wondered if I am all my most foreign traits: lazy, unproductive, incapable, naive, naively confident, on a path to nowhere, etc, etc. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Isn’t it funny how it’s so easy to believe in yourself and to have faith in time.. until the moment when you really, truly need to trust in both? Then, you absolutely suck at your own ethos? I had a chat with myself yesterday [no, literally, I said some of it out-loud]. I told her: who are you trying to kid that it’s worthwhile to worry or to beat yourself up right now? You’re not lazy. You’re proactive. You’re not incapable. You’re smart. You’re driven. You create your ideal circumstances. You ALWAYS have. 🤜🏻 It took a while for my stubborn self to digest the information, but soon enough, it sunk in and my whole mindset changed. As of the last day, I’ve stopped worrying about the things I don’t have answers to right now. I’ve reminded myself of one of my greatest traits instead: that’s my ability to have confidence in myself and in my journey, whether it looks like my neighbours or not! On that note, I won’t spend any more of this week waiting for time to tell.. because bloody hell, we know how impatient I am! And some of these answers just won’t come overnight. So, I’m telling myself instead. 💁🏽‍♀️ That I am strong. That I am capable. And that I am bigger than my own self-doubt [because even the most confident of people experience it, folks]. On that note, imma refuel this capable being at me local, @shortstrawhawthorn, and be back to work! 🙌🏻 This week is NOT done, and so as of now, I’m reclaiming back the last few days of it! Just because you have a bad day doesn’t mean this is a bad life. Don’t let your brain tell you otherwise! See you on the other side of this tofu scramble 🧐☺️ xxxx
  • INSTAGRAM vs. REALITY. Chloe: “Why have I got such a hilarious friend?” Me: “I don’t know, but like, bask in it already?” . . Disclaimer: object may appear prettier, more put together and gracious by nature on Instagram. 90% of the time when I’m busy being a human being [and hilarious apparently], I don’t look like this. I make some pretty weird af, sometimes animated faces that I feel like enhance my comedic value. 🤷🏽‍♀️ In reality, they probably do nothing for my aesthetic value. All I can say is thank goodness I don’t rank the two equally. 😅 9 times out of 10, I’d rather be life-worthy than insta-worthy [exception being that one occasion every now and then when we wanna look cute, you know 😋]. Living isn’t always pretty nor am I. But hey, @a_jaxcreative still found a way to love me and I promise someone will do the same for you. 🙂
  • People often ask me whether I prefer being called McKenzie or Kenzie.. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Most often I respond that I don’t mind.. I’ll answer to both anyway. With that said, when I think about it, these days I resonate far more with Kenzie than her overly formal neighbour. McKenzie takes me back to all the times people have raised their voice at me, to being called Collin [not even Collins] because my first name appears interchangeable with my last — and likewise, to the many times people have added an “a” or forgotten to capitalise the “K”. I’ve often peered at that lowercase k, and thought, “well, I’m not sure who that is, but it’s certainly not me.” 😆 McKenzie just seems to be so full of drama! Kenzie, on the other hand, is not up for interpretation. She quite simply.. is the way she is. She’s my three year old self, the version that all my best friends [and boyfriends] have ever known. She is the second child in my family; the cheeky, daring and playful side in me. Kenzie is the one who paves the way to her own dreams. The one who believes in her every decision, and her every step, no matter the longevity of the path. Kenzie is the one that wears what she wants — and right now, that happens to be her own identity, right in the palm of her hand everyday. Thanks to @hanogram for reminding me of the identity I wear most proudly. Anyone else have a name with multiple identities? Who do you relate to most? 💁🏽‍♀️ P.S. wear your choice equally as proudly with my code “KENZIE” for 15% off your own personalised case. #hanogram #hanogramcases
  • After a weekend away with the girls, a fair bit of wine and little to no movement (aside from dancing), I’m straight back to @loveathletica to balance things out again this week! 🙋🏽‍♀️ A total of 3 rest days have passed, and whilst it’s felt good and undoubtedly, my body has needed it .. I also feel more sore and uncomfortable than I do when I’m working out almost everyday. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I’ve heard it’s a sign that you love working out when the hardest day of your routine is a rest day. Yep, this liiiiterally describes me and my attitude towards rest days. 😂 Hate taking them. And as a result, probably don’t take them often enough. Anyone else feel like they come back worse off? The opposite of nimble, ready and well-rested? Maybe that’s how it’s supposed to feel, maybe that’s when I need two rest days in a row. Who knows! 🤷🏽‍♀️ In the long run, it’s really not up for debate whether they’re good for me. We know this. You can’t be all grind all the time. Sometimes you gotta rest the peach too. ☺️ Not today though! I’m heading in for my mid-day sesh at the @loveathletica studio.. 🙌🏻 A place where feeling the burn is guaranteed [because let’s be honest, if I were to control things right now, it would NOT be a sure thing. I’d probably feel sorry for myself, opt for a slow walk on the treadmill and call it a day. 💁🏽‍♀️😆]. How are you ensuring you get moving this week? 👇🏻👇🏻
  • Written over the weekend: “My soul is so, so happy right now.. 🌻 Sometimes I forget what it is to be close to the water; how much contentment and clarity lies in a routine unfolding of the waves; in the slow, warm smile of a passerby. And in folk playing frisbee under the beat of the mid-day sun. 🌴 Feeling grateful to be indulging in a few of life’s greatest pleasures this weekend. A few too many wines with a few gorgeous gals. Dancing until 2am.. just to wake to golden sand and blue sky 50m across the road. Out here in Dromana, there is space and there is time. There’s just one way that feels natural to breathe: that’s deeply and slowly..” Happy Monday everyone.. 🙏🏻
  • Off on a girls weekend away to celebrate the birth of @themelbournelook.. ✨🥂 While I drink wine by the beach in Dromana, I can only hope you’re doing something similar somewhere else in the world this Friday night! If you’re wrapped up on the couch with a cool glass in hand, it’s fair to say you’re doing it right! Take the time to relax with the latest read, live now on Currently Loving. Introducing “ADULTING” HACK: IT’S OKAY TO GROW. This post lends itself to my experience of adulthood thus far — from the last-minute supermarket runs and the ironing piles that are far less cumbersome than expected. All the way to a reality of adulthood that I’d deem to be far harder: changing in the eyes of those who don’t wish to see it. Whether you’ve struggled to embrace change in others yourself, or experienced the disconnect with friends or family who see you as the person you were, as opposed to the person you are — this is for you. 🤜🏻 Link is in my bio now! I hope (as always) that you find something in my words that resonates. Happy Friday everyone!
  • Got convinced into another sweaty sesh at @bodhiandride in South Yarra this morning with @themelbournelook.. 💦 It’s 8.30am, I’m not sure how I’m still walking and yet, I feel capable. I feel empowered. I feel determined! 😎 Me and Chloe’s conversation after class sounded a little like this: “I very much thought I was going to vomit.” “There were moments I genuinely questioned if I’d make it through.” THIS is how much @bodhiandride pushes you. This is also the reason it’s one of the most rewarding workouts I’ve done.. well, ever! I’ve dreamt of those American-style training sessions, where the trainer is yelling in your ear: “WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE. WHAT TYPE OF DAY DO YOU WANT TO HAVE TODAY. I want you to get on your bike. And I want you to SEIZE. THAT. DAY.” 😆🙋🏽‍♀️ Y’all know that I’m a sucker for that very intense inspiration and thank the lord [or I might have had to move countries again], I’ve found it at @bodhiandride. Now to manifest those thoughts and that sense of achievement into the rest of the day! 💪🏻 It’s the last push for the week: let’s SMASH it!

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  • I feel lucky to love the skin I’m in.. not just because at times, it feels so uncommon — but also because it takes some serious work! 💪🏻 I’m always adapting my own routines and practices, in order to satisfy the 24:7 job that is maintaining and growing self-love and self-belief. Sometimes, loving the skin you’re in is as simple as indulging in a good self-care routine, right? For this, I look to @crabtreeandevelyn_aus and their sensational body range. Other times, however, the job requires we go a step deeper. 🙌🏻 To really believe in ourselves, we have to look at our own mindset, and even more importantly, be open to the steps required to change it. On that note, I’ve just uploaded my latest sit-down YOUTUBE video. This one is a topic super close to my heart; to who I am and the things I advocate. Head over and watch: 👩🏽‍💻 5 THINGS TO BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE TODAY. For even the most confident people aren’t necessarily born this way. Link is in the bio now! 🙏🏻
  • Name 5 things you’re proud of this week— GO! Here’s mine: 1. Being open to new opportunity and never seeing my path as decided upon, finalised or unchangeable. 🧘🏽‍♀️ . 2. Motivating myself to bounce back into my gym/workout regime. Despite how drinking and a plethora of late nights originally set me [and my energy levels] back a few days, I managed to push through the initial soreness and fatigue.. and well, we got there eventually. 💪🏻 . 3. Being loving and appreciative of @a_jaxcreative, despite how we started the week with a lil psycho tiredness tantrum. 🤷🏽‍♀️ What can I say, it happens to the best of us and I’m dramatic af when I want to be. 😆 The point is, I think I redeemed myself. . 4. Being a nice person. 😇 Do you ever just reflect and think, hey, I’m really not a bitch, am I? 🙂 Like when push comes to shove, I am a nice person. For the most part, I have nice thoughts. I’m not saying this isn’t common [I’m not saying it isn’t rare either] but I still feel like it’s worthy of being proud. . 5. By virtue of events and disorganisation, I didn’t eat too well this week. But I also didn’t beat myself up over it. 🍕🍟🌯 Rather, I enjoyed the opportunity! In today’s social/comparative/sometimes toxic climate around body image, perfectionism and clean eating, that’s pretty cool too. 💁🏽‍♀️ . Now, big or small.. tell me yours!
  • Okay.. 👇🏻 IT’S TIME FOR A CHAT. I’m more than used to being my own harshest critic, but damn, this week, we’ve taken it to a whole new level. I have not been kind, understanding, considerate or patient with myself at all. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I have doubted myself countless times; I have wondered if I am all my most foreign traits: lazy, unproductive, incapable, naive, naively confident, on a path to nowhere, etc, etc. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Isn’t it funny how it’s so easy to believe in yourself and to have faith in time.. until the moment when you really, truly need to trust in both? Then, you absolutely suck at your own ethos? I had a chat with myself yesterday [no, literally, I said some of it out-loud]. I told her: who are you trying to kid that it’s worthwhile to worry or to beat yourself up right now? You’re not lazy. You’re proactive. You’re not incapable. You’re smart. You’re driven. You create your ideal circumstances. You ALWAYS have. 🤜🏻 It took a while for my stubborn self to digest the information, but soon enough, it sunk in and my whole mindset changed. As of the last day, I’ve stopped worrying about the things I don’t have answers to right now. I’ve reminded myself of one of my greatest traits instead: that’s my ability to have confidence in myself and in my journey, whether it looks like my neighbours or not! On that note, I won’t spend any more of this week waiting for time to tell.. because bloody hell, we know how impatient I am! And some of these answers just won’t come overnight. So, I’m telling myself instead. 💁🏽‍♀️ That I am strong. That I am capable. And that I am bigger than my own self-doubt [because even the most confident of people experience it, folks]. On that note, imma refuel this capable being at me local, @shortstrawhawthorn, and be back to work! 🙌🏻 This week is NOT done, and so as of now, I’m reclaiming back the last few days of it! Just because you have a bad day doesn’t mean this is a bad life. Don’t let your brain tell you otherwise! See you on the other side of this tofu scramble 🧐☺️ xxxx
  • INSTAGRAM vs. REALITY. Chloe: “Why have I got such a hilarious friend?” Me: “I don’t know, but like, bask in it already?” . . Disclaimer: object may appear prettier, more put together and gracious by nature on Instagram. 90% of the time when I’m busy being a human being [and hilarious apparently], I don’t look like this. I make some pretty weird af, sometimes animated faces that I feel like enhance my comedic value. 🤷🏽‍♀️ In reality, they probably do nothing for my aesthetic value. All I can say is thank goodness I don’t rank the two equally. 😅 9 times out of 10, I’d rather be life-worthy than insta-worthy [exception being that one occasion every now and then when we wanna look cute, you know 😋]. Living isn’t always pretty nor am I. But hey, @a_jaxcreative still found a way to love me and I promise someone will do the same for you. 🙂
  • People often ask me whether I prefer being called McKenzie or Kenzie.. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Most often I respond that I don’t mind.. I’ll answer to both anyway. With that said, when I think about it, these days I resonate far more with Kenzie than her overly formal neighbour. McKenzie takes me back to all the times people have raised their voice at me, to being called Collin [not even Collins] because my first name appears interchangeable with my last — and likewise, to the many times people have added an “a” or forgotten to capitalise the “K”. I’ve often peered at that lowercase k, and thought, “well, I’m not sure who that is, but it’s certainly not me.” 😆 McKenzie just seems to be so full of drama! Kenzie, on the other hand, is not up for interpretation. She quite simply.. is the way she is. She’s my three year old self, the version that all my best friends [and boyfriends] have ever known. She is the second child in my family; the cheeky, daring and playful side in me. Kenzie is the one who paves the way to her own dreams. The one who believes in her every decision, and her every step, no matter the longevity of the path. Kenzie is the one that wears what she wants — and right now, that happens to be her own identity, right in the palm of her hand everyday. Thanks to @hanogram for reminding me of the identity I wear most proudly. Anyone else have a name with multiple identities? Who do you relate to most? 💁🏽‍♀️ P.S. wear your choice equally as proudly with my code “KENZIE” for 15% off your own personalised case. #hanogram #hanogramcases
  • After a weekend away with the girls, a fair bit of wine and little to no movement (aside from dancing), I’m straight back to @loveathletica to balance things out again this week! 🙋🏽‍♀️ A total of 3 rest days have passed, and whilst it’s felt good and undoubtedly, my body has needed it .. I also feel more sore and uncomfortable than I do when I’m working out almost everyday. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I’ve heard it’s a sign that you love working out when the hardest day of your routine is a rest day. Yep, this liiiiterally describes me and my attitude towards rest days. 😂 Hate taking them. And as a result, probably don’t take them often enough. Anyone else feel like they come back worse off? The opposite of nimble, ready and well-rested? Maybe that’s how it’s supposed to feel, maybe that’s when I need two rest days in a row. Who knows! 🤷🏽‍♀️ In the long run, it’s really not up for debate whether they’re good for me. We know this. You can’t be all grind all the time. Sometimes you gotta rest the peach too. ☺️ Not today though! I’m heading in for my mid-day sesh at the @loveathletica studio.. 🙌🏻 A place where feeling the burn is guaranteed [because let’s be honest, if I were to control things right now, it would NOT be a sure thing. I’d probably feel sorry for myself, opt for a slow walk on the treadmill and call it a day. 💁🏽‍♀️😆]. How are you ensuring you get moving this week? 👇🏻👇🏻
  • Written over the weekend: “My soul is so, so happy right now.. 🌻 Sometimes I forget what it is to be close to the water; how much contentment and clarity lies in a routine unfolding of the waves; in the slow, warm smile of a passerby. And in folk playing frisbee under the beat of the mid-day sun. 🌴 Feeling grateful to be indulging in a few of life’s greatest pleasures this weekend. A few too many wines with a few gorgeous gals. Dancing until 2am.. just to wake to golden sand and blue sky 50m across the road. Out here in Dromana, there is space and there is time. There’s just one way that feels natural to breathe: that’s deeply and slowly..” Happy Monday everyone.. 🙏🏻

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