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31/12/2025

I guess it's time to say something profound for the start of another year but I'm not sure I can do it wearing these!!!!!
(yes, these are the earrings I'm wearing out tonight!)

I know there's a few of you who have been following my journey over the years, and I really don't talk about my personal life on here much anymore, but 2025 has been a year of letting go and 2026 is the year of living my best life.

The shop is absolutely staying put and not going anywhere, but I sold almost all my belongings (including my house) in 2025 and in a couple of weeks I'm driving to Brisbane to start a whole new adventure filled life.

I am joining the company who do all our IT work in their head office, and wow, do we have some really cool s**t planned for 2026 for Shop Naturally.

Nothing will change with the daily running of our warehouse. I have an amazing warehouse manager who is staying exactly where she is now with my team. I work remotely already, so the postcode won't make a scrap of difference, except the weather will be warmer and I'm going learn the cello from a very clever woman who belongs to the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

2025 has been a rough year for a lot of people (myself included), so let's send her off with a bang, thank her for letting us survive, and take the lessons we learnt in to a fresh new year.

My word for 2026 is EXPERIENCES. I'm grateful to have my health back to allow me to go and do this.

(PS: I will get a newsletter out in a few days and we have been here picking and packing your orders the whole time - we just felt the need to stop talking about "stuff" for a couple of weeks and just breathe)

22/12/2025

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Got all your Christmas Shopping done yet?
Sit down with a cuppa and relax if you have.

03/12/2025

Don't run out of your bulk laundry & kitchen products over the holiday break. Order yours now. Save 20% when you order 8L or 15L bundles.

03/12/2025

Let me help you choose a Kalimba as a gift for someone this christmas or a gift for yourself.

17/11/2025

Weleda Skin Food Body Butter and the entire Weleda range are 30% off. Click on the banner on our front page to see what else is 30% off.

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17/11/2025

Click on the banner on our homepage to see over 1,000 products in store at 30% off. Strictly limited time, don't miss out.

21/09/2025

I ❤️ Andy Cooks. Who doesn't right? Andy cooks if you haven't seen him. 2.7 million people can't be wrong! Not long ago he did a video on cooking potatoes with Beef Tallow vs Duck Fat. I'm staying with friends right now and there's an 'Andy Cooks' right here in the house and his specialty is roast dinners. I threw out the challenge to swap the duck fat for a jar of our beef tallow and they were friggin' delicious!!!
Andy's video - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1184199666763681

You can save $10 every day (which is 20% off) on the 1 litre jar right here. https://www.shopnaturally.com.au/product/thrive-tallow-100-grass-fed-tallow-1-litre/

19/09/2025

I just fell in love with the Olive & Bee Lip Balm. If you have used the Intimate Cream, it's designed as a lubricant, and while I have been using it as lip balm anyway, the consistency of the dedicated lip balm is thick and rich, creating the perfect barrier to protect your skin. Same 2 ingredients, totally different feel.

Do you need a better lip balm than what you're currently using? This may be the answer.

24/08/2025

These SPF15 Dr Organic Lip Balms are 20% off along with the whole range until Thursday. Want one free? This was our newsletter deal this week. Leave a comment if you're not on our mailing list and you want the code.

06/08/2025

A new ULTRA FINE Celtic Sea Salt has been added to our range. It dissolves instantly in water. If you're adding it to water to drink or you want no texture or visible trace, this salt is a powder like consistency and is available now.

27/07/2025

Are you a newsletter subscriber? This is our newsletter exclusive gift, released this morning. What is it? It's a handheld tongue drum that sounds angelic when you play it. No musical skill required. Leave a message if you want more information.

25/07/2025

Full disclosure, I haven't fact checked this one yet but thought someone might find it amusing enough to check it for me. Happy Friday night!

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Female frogs are faking their own deaths to escape aggressive males

Researchers observing the breeding European common frog (Rana temporaria) found that females sometimes enter a rigid, motionless state known as tonic immobility when overwhelmed by mating attempts.

Legs outstretched, body still – it looks like they’ve dropped dead.

Why go to such extremes?

In these species, breeding happens in a short, intense window with far more males than females. That imbalance leads to competition – and in some cases, dangerous dogpiles of males clinging to a single female. It can be so extreme that females risk drowning during mating.

To survive, females have developed a set of behaviors to avoid unwanted mating: twisting, distress calls, and in rarer cases, tonic immobility. It’s not a conscious decision – more like a last-resort reflex to escape.

Scientists say this is the first time death-feigning has been documented in frogs as a sexual avoidance strategy. And given the intense selection pressures in other frog species, similar behaviors may be more common than we thought.

Learn more:
Rascoe, Ayesha. “Research Finds Female Frogs Play Dead to Avoid Mating with Males.” NPR, 5 Nov. 2023,