03/01/2026
2025, you asked everything of me - and you gave me everything in return.
I started the year in Canada, back on skis for the first time in 32 years. I didn’t die.
In February, I created and facilitated a world-first LOTUSWEI Flower Essences & Energetic Kinesiology workshop series at - followed by facilitating an autism workshop with flower essences, work that continues to deepen my respect for the subtle intelligence of the body and the flowers. will forever be my teacher
I fulfilled a lifelong dream- Chelsea Flower Show with Kenya and my parents. I’m so deeply grateful for the trip. Mum loved it.
And then Paris - watching Kenya’s face as she saw the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
I watched Chris and Coops race through the 2025 Australian Off-Road Championship, and witnessed Coops finish 3rd in Australia- proud doesn’t even begin to cover it.
June gave me the outback - space, perspective, and reminders of who I am when there is nowhere to hide.
I did over 500 hours of client appointments & teaching, supporting people across Australia and around the world - a privilege I never take lightly. The girls that attended my workshops are the absolute best.
September took me to Charleston, South Carolina, facilitating three of my own workshops - travelling solo, driving on the opposite side of the road, s**t scared at times - but trusted my inner knowing.
I joined Scott as a practitioner at Menla Mountain Retreat in New York.
I watched Montana create a job & life that truly reflects who she is - and that, to me, is success in its purest form.
I climbed to the top of Saltankay in Peru on horseback - utterly terrified, convinced I might end up at the bottom of a ravine- and I did it anyway. Proof that courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s moving with it.
I stood in the sunshine at Machu Picchu, feeling both small and deeply connected all at once.
There were hard conversations across many spectrums of my life - the kind that clear pathways and make forward movement possible.
I watched my sister-in-law blossom back into who she truly is. I am so proud of her.
I spent precious time with my brother after years of busyness pulling us in different directions.
I watched my nephew finish primary school, I cant wait for him to start his new school.
This year included 65 flights and almost a third of it spent away from home. And when I wasn’t moving, teaching, facilitating or spending time with my parents , I was home, spending as much time as I could with Chris. My absolute rock. The steady, unwavering support behind everything I do, every single day.
And most tender of all -
I spent sacred time with Mum.
I watched Dad care for her with such gentleness and devotion.
And I will carry those final hugs forever - laying on her chest, feeling her stroke my hair, love flowing in both directions until the very end.
Through all of it, I wasn’t chasing perfection.
I was simply trying to be the best mum, wife, daughter, sister, auntie, friend, practitioner and boss I can be - showing up with honesty, heart and courage, even when it was hard.
2025 broke me open.
And in doing so, it showed me exactly what matters. 🤍
