The Wild Orange Tree

30/10/2025

22/10/2025

Really honoured to be asked to be a key speaker and panel member for the Spotlight on Continence event that is happening today.

It is currently exciting times in Australia for pelvic health and the role that occupational therapists can play.

The other week I was the co-author with on an article published in the OTA Connections Magazine highlighting the gaps that occupational therapists can fill for clients experiencing pelvic health challenges such as leaking, prolapse or pain - and the frameworks that we need to promote the OT role.

Overnight the OT Association from the state of New York published their position statement on the role of OT in pelvic health, adding to the existing document from California.

We have so much international precedence, and a growing published evidence base specific to occupational therapy, that support the need for occupational therapy in the continence and pelvic health space.

Love bringing this support to the women and mothers who I work with; and love seeing so many others joining me in this space too 🧡🍊

20/10/2025

Finding joy and a smile in the little things.

Today it is my daughters Lego flowers 🧡

Despite the messiness.
Because of the messiness.
Within the messiness.

What is it for you?

16/10/2025

This is final reminders for my upcoming Wollongong trip!

I still have a few appointments available that are open to new or existing clients.

If you are a woman or mother looking for support as you navigate a feminine transition, I’d love to be a part of your team.

These sessions are 1.5 hours long and focus on helping you get out of your head and come home to your body.

A free connection call is available if you have questions, or you can book your appointment by sending me a DM or booking online through my website or link in my bio.

I’d love to see you in the Illawarra next week 🧡🍊

15/10/2025

I had the pleasure and honour of speaking to a group of new mums.

One of them had an older child too. And reflecting on my experience of mothering I could name the mothering truth that all mothering is hard. There can be seasons where more ease comes in but it’s actually all hard and challenging in different ways.

Yet so often we can find ourselves looking to the future.

Waiting for the next.

Thinking things will be better when they…
Sleep more
Start solids
Grow into the next size
Toilet train
Learn some words
Start day care
Start pre-school
Start school….

You get the idea. And if you are like me you have been there and done that.

Waiting for the future and not being so present in the the here and now.

I believe motherhood is an invitation to name our truths. And also get curious about what we need in the here and now to thrive.

To be present with what is, in all of its messiness.

To wonder about the future with curiosity rather than survival instinct.

What do you need to bring you to the here and now?

09/10/2025

I love this zen proverb, and I’ve shared it with many clients 😜

There is also a version that says you should meditate for an hour every day, unless you are busy you should meditate for two…

So what does this mean for mothers?

Even in my later stage of mothering I don’t have capacity for two hours of meditation in my day.

But it is a beautiful reminder that when we tend to ourselves we can show up better. And when the demands on our time and capacity increase, we need to lean in even more to what grounds us and helps us come alive.

In fact I don’t actually think that meditation is always the best option for mothers. Rather than creating calm and a settled nervous system, it can keep us stuck in a functional freeze or shutdown state. Still inactivated to make the shifts that we need.

So often mothers need movement and action, to integrate our experiences and emotions. To activate the rightful rage and irritation. To support us to be responsive and not stuck.

But the message is the same.

What does it look like for you to say “me too” today?

And if it is a tough day, how can you lean in further.

To the tiny and small things that nourish you and create circuit breakers, or maybe there is opportunity to receive a larger chunk of time to tend to yourself.

What parts of you are resisting?

And what parts can you lean into to help you show up for you?

08/10/2025

Mothering can feel really heavy.

Because it is at times.

But maybe it isn’t the heaviness that is the problem. Maybe it’s because we are expected to carry it alone.

Maybe the solution is to consciously and intentionally choose to put some things down for now - leave it in a safe space for now to rest. Or ask for help to carry the load that exists.

How do you acknowledge the reality of your load?

And what can help you carry it today?

02/10/2025

If you haven’t seen yesterday’s post got and check it out.

It explains this interest in our teenage parts.

But how can we connect to those maiden parts of ourselves as mothers? Here are a few ideas…

🧡 Grab your old photo books and take a look at memories of those teenage years

🧡 Think about your teenage experience and notice when your rebellious, non-conforming, anti-authority or rule pushing parts did or didn’t join your team. What were these parts responding to? And notice how they were trying to help you.

🧡 Look in the mirror and see you if you can see the teenager part of you within. Bring her compassion and even a big hug.

🧡 Ask those teenage parts how they feel about mothering. They have probably aligned with Team Mum and when given permission will be rather critical of the expectations placed on the motherhood role. Let them know you agree with their rightful rage ☺️

🧡 Invite those parts to take on the role of keeping you accountable to your values. To the actions that will let you live alignment with the ways you want to be in the world as a mother.

I’d love to hear what happens for you if you have a go at connecting to your teenage parts as an ally in motherhood 🧡🍊

01/10/2025

Are you a rebel with a cause?

These themes of heaviness, violation and the possibility of using our teenage parts has come up a lot in sessions lately.

And I love this inter-connection between the perfect myth and parts based approaches.

Naming a reality, making sense of it, and getting curious about what internal resourcing we can draw on to live in alignment with our values.

What comes up for you when you think about your inner teenager parts?

Can you connect with them easily, or have they been hidden for a while?

What might it look like for you to bring them some self compassion and invite them in as an ally for your mothering journey?

30/09/2025

17/09/2025

This is the essence of a matricentric approach.

Not because children, fathers and others aren’t important. They deserve support too.

And when we have well mothers, we usually have well children, families and communities.

We live in a culture that deprioritises the individual needs and value of mothers, yet depends on the work that we do.

We still have a lot of collective and individual work to shift the overall health and wellbeing outcomes for women and mothers.

And I’m here for it 🧡🍊

16/09/2025

How do we find ourselves within motherhood?

I’ve spoken to a lot of mums this week about identity and discovering who we are on the other side of birth and mothering. And for some it’s also rediscovering themselves on the other side of a neurodiversity diagnosis too.

As an occupational therapist I come back to being and doing.

I love sitting in spaces with people to help them find safety and ways to be present with the inner self. To get curious about the stories held in the tissues, and what it means to mother and live from their centre. The being is really powerful.

And sometimes we find ourselves in the doing. In doing something new. By doing in different ways. By saying yes to something we would usually say no to. By experimenting and checking to see if those actions do feel like alignment.

Twelve years on I feel like I am still reclaiming my style in what I wear. It’s the superficial things, but oh those days of curated and trendy outfits I had pre kids ☺️

And I’m currently doing the doing of buying some different clothes. Thanks to my friend Jo over at for encouraging me to give this dress a go (and yes it has pockets). My op shopping bestie 😜

How you are finding yourself right now? Is it through the doing or being?

I wonder which path is leading you home 🧡🍊