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21/09/2025

If you've ever lost a whole weekend replaying a "hi" that you said weirdly, this one's for you.

Welcome back to week 3 of my mental health awareness listicle-slash-cry-for-help.

This week's theme: social anxiety.

If social anxiety were an Olympic sport, I’d be bringing home gold for avoiding the staffroom.

September is Su***de Prevention Month, but I’ve been struck by how little conversation there is about mental health on social media. It’s easier to scroll through gossip and judgment than sit with the heavy stuff. But avoidance doesn’t mean it isn’t there.

So I’m curating my feed with the same care I curate my classroom and creative spaces: less doomscrolling, more meaning, more humanity.

This week’s newsletter also includes journaling prompts for anyone who’s navigating social anxiety (or simply tired of forced small talk).

Sign up for free via my bio or the link in the image provided.

***depreventionmonth

19/09/2025

An amazing Charity Book Sale is on now at Cavendish Square - Books With Heart 📚 All proceeds go towards helping vulnerable animals in local shelters. Yesterday I scored 2 Nigella Lawson cookbooks for under R200.

Support your reading habits and make a difference for our furry friends. A true win-win! 🐾

14/09/2025

Week 2 of Reasons Why Mental Illness Sucks is here.

Overthinking isn't a side effect, it's a lifestyle.

We're now at reasons 11-20 because if we don't laugh, we'll cry. (Well, we'll do both to be honest).

Read this week's Substack newsletter if your brain insists on running marathons at 3am. Link in the image provided.

***depreventionmonth

10/09/2025

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day.
This morning, without knowing the date, I found myself playing Tomorrow from Annie. Now I understand why.

I’m remembering my friends James and Dane - two beautiful souls, gone far too soon, who will remain forever young in my heart.

At 8pm tonight, people around the world will light candles in their windows to honour those we’ve lost and to stand with su***de survivors. I’ll be lighting mine for James, for Dane and for everyone who needed more tomorrows.

If you’re struggling, please just hold on for one more day, one more hour, one more moment. The sun will rise tomorrow and so will you. You are needed here. 💛✨🕯️

***dePreventionDay ***deprevention ***depreventionmonth

09/09/2025

September and October are mental health awareness months and with everything that's been happening in 2025, this year hasn't exactly been a spa retreat.

Instead of adding another carousel of pastel-coloured self-care tips to the woo-woo void, I'm making a weekly list of 100 reasons why mental illness sucks (but in a way that will hopefully make you laugh or at least crack a smirk across your face).

Here's highlights from week 1: The Starter Pack Of Suffering.

Which one do you relate to most?

***deawareness ***deprevention ***depreventionmonth

07/09/2025

We ghost people when we don't know what to say. We change the subject. We offer cliches instead of genuine care.

September is Su***de Prevention Month. October is Mental Health Month. Two of the biggest markers on the calendar but also two of the hardest conversations to have.

This month, I'm trying something different. I'm writing a list of 100 Reasons I'm Not Okay (And Neither Are You). Ten reasons a week - equal parts sarcastic, messy and true.

Because mental health conversations don't always have to be trauma dumps. Sometimes laughter keeps us tethered together too.

Read the first 10 in this week's Substack newsletter - link in my bio or at the bottom of the image in this post.

***deprevention ***depreventionmonth

05/09/2025

Just wrapped up an inspiring few days at the WHX Thrive Conference at CTICC.

From seeing some of my sporting heroes like Bryan Habana and Dricus du Plessis, to connecting with world-class exhibitors and thought leaders in mindfulness, mental wellness and healthy living - it was nothing short of phenomenal.

Grateful for the conversations, connection and future collaborations that were sparked here.

Watch this space… exciting things ahead!

31/08/2025

What a month it has been.

Together we’ve honoured the voices of women who dared to live, create and speak truth. We’ve also celebrated the living women who continue this legacy - those of you who finished In Her Own Words and The Artist’s Way with me this month. Congratulations!

To everyone who opened these letters each week: thank you. Knowing you’re out there, reading, reflecting and carrying these words into your own life has kept my writing alive.

For now, I’m closing this Women’s Month series with gratitude in my heart and blossoms on the trees outside my window. 🌸

24/08/2025

Lately I've been disappearing into classic cinema - those velvet-seated sanctuaries where you could laugh and cry as freely as you needed.

So this week's guest in my Creative Letters series is none other than Audrey Hepburn. She reminds us: "Sometimes strength looks like surviving. Sometimes it looks like being gentle in a world that wants you hard".

We're also halfway through In Her Words, my 21 day e-journalling course and this is your reminder that you have just one week left to join us.

Read all about Audrey and the beauty of cinema in this week's edition of my Creative Letters series over on Substack. Sign up for free via my bio or at the link in the image provided.

21/08/2025

When your mind says:
"It’s not worth it."
"You’ll just quit again."
"Nothing you write matters."

Write anyway.
Write through the resistance.
Write past the lie.
Write until it runs out of breath.

That’s how we reclaim ourselves.
That’s why In Her Own Words exists.

You can sign up until August 31st. You can go as slowly as you want without any pressure to share. Just you, your thoughts and your journal.

Join us and reclaim your voice.
The link is in my bio.

17/08/2025

This week in my Creative Letters series over on Substack, we’re joined by the timeless voice of Marilyn Monroe.

So often, the world saw only the blonde, the beauty, the starlet. But behind the camera lights lived a woman who wrote poetry, who ached to be taken seriously, who longed to be seen in her fullness.

In her words and in her life, we find echoes of what it feels like to be misunderstood, “othered,” or softened by a world that demands hardness. This one is personal to me - I’ve walked that path too.

💌 The full newsletter is on Substack and it's free to subscribe.
📖 In Her Own Words is still open for Tier One sign-ups until August 31st.

✨ Link in my bio.

12/08/2025

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