Living Mojo

07/06/2026

For years I ate mountains of spinach thinking I was doing my body a favour. Turns out it was one of the most heavily sprayed things in my whole kitchen.

When you've been as sick as I was, you start paying attention to your toxic load in a way most people never have to. Every little thing your body has to process is one more job for a system that's already struggling. Food was one of the first places I looked.

Here's the part I want you to hear. This isn't about fear, and it isn't about a perfectly organic kitchen that costs a fortune. It's about being smart with your money and your effort.

Some produce soaks up far more spray than others. The soft, thin-skinned, leafy stuff is the worst for it. The thick-skinned things you peel are barely a concern. So you buy organic where it counts and you save your money everywhere else.

I've put the 2026 lists in the slides, plus the bicarb and veggie wash soak I use at home for the conventional stuff. Have a swipe through, then save it or screenshot it for your next shop. You can also check out my blog post: https://www.livingmojo.com.au/blog/twelve-foods-i-always-buy-organic-and-why

Small change, real difference. Your body has enough to deal with.

03/06/2026

My acupuncturist also happened to be my friend and neighbour. One afternoon, when I could barely get off the couch, she asked me something that stood me in my tracks. “If you listened, what do you think your body would be trying to tell you?”

I’d spent years chasing the next treatment, the next practitioner, the next piece of the puzzle. Looking outside myself for the answers. In that moment I realised it was time to truly listen to what my body needed.

To listen to the whispers, and definitely the screams.

The nutrition, the detoxing, the right protocols all still mattered. But my healing shifted when I stopped overriding my own knowing and started asking myself deeper questions.

I’ve saved 7 of those questions below. Don’t rush to answer them all. Write them somewhere safe and let them find you when they’re ready. One might land today, another might not make sense for six months.

There are no right answers. Just yours.

1. What truth did I learn the hard way, and how has it changed me?
2. If I could go back to the moment I knew something had to change, what would I gently whisper to myself?
3. What part of my healing journey has surprised me the most, and why?
4. Where have I overridden my own inner knowing, and what did it cost me?
5. What would my 80-year-old self thank me for doing differently today?
6. What did I most need to hear during my lowest point?
7. If my body could speak, without any fear of being dismissed, what would it want me to know?

Be kind to yourself. You don’t have to have it all figured out today.

02/06/2026

01/06/2026

Hopefully we see this landmark decision in the US, shift change in Australia’s stance. It’s been 15 years for me. It’s time for Lyme to be officially recognised. Come on, it’s time 🙏🏻

A huge stride forward for US Lyme disease and tick-borne illness patients

Today, RFK announced a series of major initiatives aimed at strengthening the US response to Lyme disease, Alpha gal syndrome, and other tick-borne illnesses.

The package includes:

✅ A multi-million-dollar tick control pilot program

✅ Up to $2.5 million in innovation incentives to accelerate new solutions

✅ Funding for research into Alpha-gal syndrome

✅ A new collaboration with the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) to help patients connect with experienced healthcare providers

While the US forges ahead, the Australian government remains bogged in denying the scope of the problem, refusing to support access to acute treatment to prevent chronic illness. Despite advocacy efforts and international expert guidance, it continues to endorse a clinical pathway that results in a dead-end diagnosis of “medically unexplained symptoms” for patients whose symptoms have progressed to a chronic and debilitating stage.

Thousands of desperately sick Australians, struggling without informed medical care or adequate social support, have waited decades for meaningful clinical research, up-to-date diagnostic tools, and effective treatment pathways. Meanwhile, lives continue to be lost as the government remains intransigent.

Today's announcement highlights the growing international momentum to address these complex, life-changing conditions.

Global progress is accelerating and it is only a matter of time before Australian patients share in its benefits. 🙏

Read the press release here:
🔗 https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-unveils-plan-to-combat-lyme-disease.html

01/06/2026

Motivation Monday, but not the kind that tells you to hustle harder.

For a long stretch of my illness, mornings were the hardest part of the day. I'd wake up already exhausted, body aching, brain in fog, and the idea of a "morning routine" felt like a cruel joke designed for well people with energy to spare.

What I learnt, slowly, is that a routine isn't about doing more. It's about doing a few of the right things, gently, so your day doesn't start on the back foot.

These are the three I come back to.
1. Mindset, so you're not at the mercy of whatever thought lands first.
2. Movement, the gentle kind your body can actually meet, a walk, some stretching, a few minutes on the rebounder.
3. Mindfulness, even if it's one minute of breathing before your feet hit the floor.

If you're not feeling well right now, hear me on this: pick one. Just one. A bad day where you did a single kind thing for yourself is still a good effort.

Save this, screenshot it, stick it on the fridge. And if you want help building a routine that fits your actual life and your actual body, that's what I do. Come find me at livingmojo.com.au.

What does your morning look like at the moment? I'd love to know 💚

01/06/2026

My boy. On stage. Doing the thing he loves. He was in a stage show of The Homecoming, and watching him up there reminded me of something I bang on about with clients all the time.

Purpose matters. Not the grand kind. The everyday kind. The thing that makes you lose track of time.

For him, it’s acting. For me, it’s this work. For so many of my clients, it’s something they’ve buried under years of putting everyone else first.

Happiness isn’t a destination. It’s a byproduct of doing things that matter to you. That’s the whole game.

So proud of you, mate.

30/05/2026

The last fortnight was a big one. Kate’s 50th, Didier’s birthday, a Fiesta Zumba class & birthday, op shopping the Manly markets and the Darwood sale, Nikki shining in Mamma Mia, and dancing it out at the Over the Back Fence disco party. Ava smashed two dance comps in the middle of it all, and watching her out there never gets old. All while we camped at Mum’s with new floorboards going in at home.

And to me, every one of those things is medicine. Markets, theatre, music, dancing, cheering your kid on with family and friends.

But I did all of this while not feeling my best, and somewhere around day ten my body started waving the little white flag. Many years of chronic illness taught me to read that flag. There was a time I’d have pushed through and paid for it for weeks. Not anymore. So this week looks different. Less doing, more resting, more cups of tea on the couch. That’s the mojo too, knowing when to refill it rather than run it dry.

Resting isn’t quitting. It’s the bit that lets you say yes to all the good stuff next time. If you’ve been running on empty and calling it normal, take this as your nudge. What’s one thing you can put down this week?

26/05/2026

I was school captain, a top gymnast, the girl with lots of friends. Looked like I had it all together. But underneath, I was just proving I was enough.

That perfectionism followed me for decades. It cost me opportunities I'll never get back, all because I kept waiting until things were "ready." Spoiler: ready never came.

Then my health fell apart and I learned it the hard way. The body doesn't respond to intensity. It responds to consistency. Small, repeated, almost boring. That's where real change actually lives.

So now I count every small step. The ten-minute walk. The early night. The thing I almost skipped.

Progress, not perfection. It's the name of the game.

New blog up now, link in bio. 💚

How perfectionism disguises itself as high standards and costs us opportunities. Learn why consistency beats intensity for lasting change.

25/05/2026

Progress not perfection ❤️

21/05/2026

My friend Bridget gave me this plant today. A succulent she’d lovingly planted herself, in a gorgeous pot she’d sourced.

She gave it to me because she knew I’d been grieving this week, and struggling a bit with some health issues.

Then she told me the part that got me. It flowers every year, right around the time of my Dad’s birthday. His birthday was on Monday. He passed two and a half years ago.

She didn’t have to think of my dad. But she did. And now there’s something living in my home that blooms when I miss him most.

Kindness like this costs almost nothing. A bit of thought. A bit of time. And it can mean everything to the person on the other end.

With tv stars of the world. We all need this. Be the one who thinks of someone this week.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Just like . Love you gorge! ❤️