Stop Judging: Everyone has a story, humans are onions after all.

I promised myself I would post on this blog, even if I felt I didn’t have anything particularly valuable or … More

Dear Maia: We’re going to be very very okay

“Grandma is a badass.  She is a brave, strong, remarkable woman with the biggest heart. And she raised a brave, … More

Dear Maia: This might help you, Love from Mummy

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln I wanted … More

Dear Reader: There is no rush, you are still young

“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.” ― Lao … More

National Youth Theatre Creative Leadership Training Part I: Self-Reflection, Identity and Motherhood

I didn’t want to go. I wasn’t feeling myself and the last thing I felt like doing was attending the NYT … More

Confessions of a Single Mother: Bedroom Dancing, A State of Flow and Finding Oneself

I am sat outside, on a bench, in the back garden with Maia. The birds are tweeting – a lot … More

Confessions of a Single Mother: Lessons from My Little Social Bumblebee

 “Hello my name is Maia, whats your name?” Maia is now four and a half, and becoming quite the little … More

Sleep Will Come: Anxiety, Insomnia and Doing our Best

“Most of the time the problem is not the problem—the problem is the incredible amount of over-thinking and over-analyzing you’re … More

Life Update: Acting, Motherhood, and the Pursuit of Creativity

“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead.”  ― Susan Sontag It’s mid-March. … More

Copenhagen: Woodah Hostel

It’s 17:00, Maia is downstairs having pasta with her Grandma. I decided I would either tidy the toys up in … More