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Something new is arriving tomorrow… The very first Lucky Packet Post! May’s theme will be revealed and as the day get co...
30/04/2026

Something new is arriving tomorrow…

The very first Lucky Packet Post!

May’s theme will be revealed and as the day get colder in South Africa, this one is for the slow, quiet days.

If you’re on the waiting list,
you’ll be first to know (and have first dibs).

Only 25 packages available.
Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Join the waiting list 💌

Link in my bio.

28/04/2026

Do you remember how seriously we took our sticker collections?
The favourites you’d never use.
The ones you were saving for the “perfect” page.
The quiet joy of choosing, keeping, arranging.

It was never just about the stickers.
It was about slowing down long enough to care about small things.

They lived in albums, tucked between pages, kept for “the right moment” that never really came.

Back then, stickers weren’t just decoration.
They were tiny pieces of joy.
Little things you chose carefully.
Little things you kept.

Stickers are definitely making their way into the first Lucky Packet Post next month.

There are only 25 available for the first drop in Cape Town.
If you want early access, comment “POST” and I’ll send you the link to the waiting list or go directly to my bio 💌

Snail mail isn’t dead.We just replaced it with things that are faster and somehow mean less.I posted about mixed tapes, ...
26/04/2026

Snail mail isn’t dead.

We just replaced it with things that are faster and somehow mean less.

I posted about mixed tapes, handwritten letters and old-school stationery this week and the response was immediate.

Because it meant something.

It took time.
It required effort.
It wasn’t designed for an audience.

This week’s essay is about that -
why we’re all craving slower, more tactile ways of living and creating again.

And maybe why it’s not too late to return to it.

Also: I’ve quietly opened the waiting list for something I’ve been working on behind the scenes 👀
If you’ve been missing this feeling… you’ll want to be on it.
Details for Lucky Packet Post will be coming soon, but in the meantime, sign up to the waiting list.

Links to both my essay and the waiting list are in my bio.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how different things used to feel.Not in a “everything was better before” kind of way but...
23/04/2026

I’ve been thinking a lot about how different things used to feel.

Not in a “everything was better before” kind of way but in a slower, more present kind of way.

We didn’t have instant access to everything.
So we paid attention differently.

We held onto small things.
We made meaning out of ordinary moments.
We gave things time.

Now everything is faster, easier, more efficient.

But sometimes I wonder what we lost in that trade.

Not everything needs to go backwards.

But maybe there’s space to bring a little of that feeling back into how we live now.

I’m exploring that in a small way & I'm excited to share more with you soon...

This didn’t start as an idea.It started as a feeling, a longing for the past.A quiet kind of missing for something slowe...
21/04/2026

This didn’t start as an idea.

It started as a feeling, a longing for the past.

A quiet kind of missing
for something slower, more intentional, more human.

For a version of myself that used to sit down and write without rushing or distraction.
That found meaning in small things.
That didn’t feel the need to capture everything instantly.

For a long time, I thought it was just nostalgia.

But the more I researched and spoke about it, the more I realised
so many of us feel this.

We’re more connected than ever,
and yet something about it feels lacking.

Less held. Less considered.

I don’t think the answer is to reject the world we live in.

But I do think we’re allowed to create small pockets within it where things are slower, more intentional, more real.

That’s what I’ve been quietly building.

I’ll share more soon... watch this space. 💌✏️


There was a time when waiting was part of the experience.You’d send a letter and not know when it would arrive.You’d tak...
20/04/2026

There was a time when waiting was part of the experience.

You’d send a letter and not know when it would arrive.
You’d take photos and only see them days later.
You’d write something down and sit with it before anyone else read it.

Nothing was immediate.

But everything felt simpler & more wholesome.

Now we live in a world where everything is instant.
Replies, photos, thoughts, feelings.

And while it’s easier,
I’m not sure it’s deeper.

There’s something about slowness that invites presence.
Something about waiting that makes things matter.

I don’t think we need to go backwards.

But maybe we can choose, in small ways,
to stop rushing everything.

To take our time again.





I thought I was doing better.You know - journaling, slowing down, choosing peace - all the things.And then I went to a n...
19/04/2026

I thought I was doing better.

You know - journaling, slowing down, choosing peace - all the things.

And then I went to a networking event.

Which was fine.
Until I couldn’t find my car.

And then I couldn’t find the exit.

And then had a full internal spiral in a parking lot like I was starring in a low-budget psychological thriller called “She Should’ve Stayed Home.”

But here’s the thing:

It wasn’t about the car.

It was the noise.
The people.
The pressure to be “on.”
The quiet feeling of not quite belonging.

This week’s essay is about imposter syndrome, overwhelm and the very humbling reality that:

You can be doing better and still have moments where everything feels like a lot.

Also, I'm learning that not every space is where you thrive and that’s okay.

New essay: I Thought I Was Doing Better (And then life happened) is out now. Link in the image provided.

What’s the most random situation that’s ever pushed you over the edge?

18/04/2026

I don’t remember when it stopped.

When we went from pages…
to paragraphs…
to one-line replies.

When writing something meaningful started to feel like “too much effort.”

When “I’ll reply later” became never.

Nothing dramatic happened.
No big ending.

Just a slow shift into convenience.

And now we can reach anyone at any time
but somehow say less than we used to.

I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately.

About what we lost in choosing speed over intention.

And what it might look like…
to start again.

I don’t think we talk enough about what we lost when everything became instant.When I was a child, my best friend lived ...
17/04/2026

I don’t think we talk enough about what we lost when everything became instant.

When I was a child, my best friend lived in a city 12 hours away from me.
So we wrote letters.

Not because it was trending or aesthetic
but because it was the only way to stay close.

You had to sit down.
Be present.
Say what you actually wanted to say.

There were no quick replies.
No distractions.

Just you, your thoughts and the person on the other side of the page.

Now we can reach anyone at any time
but it rarely feels the same.

I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately.

About slowness.
About intention.
About what it means to really connect.

Maybe we didn’t lose it completely.

Maybe we just stopped choosing it.

Happy World Art Day 🎨Art has saved me more times than I can count.From dramatically singing along to my favourite songs ...
15/04/2026

Happy World Art Day 🎨

Art has saved me more times than I can count.

From dramatically singing along to my favourite songs like I’m the main character
to crying quietly in galleries
to falling in love with black and white photography
to writing my way through everything I don’t know how to say out loud.

Art has filled my soul in ways nothing else can.
It’s therapy. It’s escape. It’s expression.

It’s also slightly embarrassing how emotional I can get over a good sentence.

Highly recommend.

I changed one small thing in my routine this week.Not a full reset.Not a “new era.”Just one thing.And it was enough to m...
12/04/2026

I changed one small thing in my routine this week.

Not a full reset.
Not a “new era.”
Just one thing.

And it was enough to make me feel like a slightly different person.

Which is both encouraging and a bit alarming.

Because it means:
You don’t need to change your whole life to feel better
but your routine might be doing more damage than you think.

We keep thinking we need:
a holiday, a break, a full escape.

But sometimes?

You just need to interrupt the pattern.

My latest essay: A Small Change Is Not a Small Thing is now available to read for free on Substack including brand new journalling prompts.

Also I’ve been working on something slow, tactile and intentionally offline 👀
If you’ve been craving a way to reconnect with writing and love stationery, more on that soon.

When last did you change anything about your routine?

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