Lately I’ve been immersed in the extraordinary beauty of opals. No other stone can deliver quite the character that opals can. Don’t get me wrong – I love many gemstones, but I believe that when we’re…
Are you beautiful? Do you find that a provocative question? Perhaps it hits a nerve that has you listing the ways that you’re not, yet, beautiful. Or perhaps you shy back due to modesty… We don’t…
From when I was a teenager until well into my thirties I believed the usual amount of guff we women are fed about our bodies and their general unworthiness. Too fat, too skinny, thighs too big,…
I’m prepared to admit that I’m a jewel snob. And I’m also going to be a cranky pants. I’ve had enough of bracelets stamped with your ‘bespoke’ word, like ‘love’ and ‘peace’ and ‘harmony’. And maybe…
I’ve heard a few people comment lately, following a period of challenging illness, that in the end they discover they are not their bodies. They are something more transcendental, more unfettered and free. I always feel…
The power of your intentions. One of my favourite books The Intention Experiment by Lynne McTaggart, is an in-depth study of just how much of a difference intention can make. It’s a fascinating read if you…
Back in 2009 when I was a phd student, and exploring the science of consciousness, I put myself forth as a guinea pig for several experiments conducted by other students at the Institution I attended. Electrodes…
When I was about 10, I wrote my first novel, an epic adventure about a warrior princess. Painstakingly hand written in book format, I drew the cover design (on her chariot leading the troops – I…
When it comes to materials and materiality I am on a mission – to restore the value of material things, to re-align our thinking about materiality. By this I mean not only how we relate to…
I first came across the journals of explorer and naturalist Dr Diane Nhele Keynes in 2005. In the 1930’s, she made several journeys to the New Hybridies, an obscure island chain somewhere in the Pacific. While…
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