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The Almost Hippy, Butler (2026)

23/12/2022

Tis the season

29/04/2022

I’ve just started reading Daisy Jones & The Six and when I saw this quote I had to stop and write it down.

The past 18months I’ve had numerous conversations in my DMs about people looking for inspiration. Looking for motivation. Looking for permission. And on the flip side, others telling us they’re here to inspire people & show others what’s possible.

Im not sure if this is typical Generator vibes & trying to deal with energy leaks, but I ain’t here inspire anyone but myself.

I’ve watched so many give over their power the past two years. No surprise really, from the sheer exhaustion of the constant narrative that everyone else is the expert on what we should and shouldn’t be doing.

We’ve become people who question ourselves. Who have lost that trust in our ability to make decisions. Externally seeking inspiration from everywhere else to validate or push us into action.

Sometimes I wanna just send everyone a copy of The Alchemist and tell them the treasure has never been “out there” for them to find, and it’s been in them the whole time.

Or I wanna tell them “hey, there’s nothing wrong with you cos that latest business course didn’t blow up your business”. You don’t need to just “find another course” or work more on your mindset to take action.

Maybe you just need a break?
Or therapy?
Or a trauma informed coach?!
Or a cacao with a friend & a hug!
And NOT a new email strategy.

There’s that saying that society wants women to work like they don’t have children but mother like they don’t also work.

Same thing. Some of y’all are expecting to deal with the impact of the last two years as if there hasn’t been any impact of the last two years!

I know this quote is about song lyrics and being a creative muse, but this is where my mind went when I read it.

I’m not here to inspire someone to create or take risks, I’m here to BE the someone who creates and take risks.

I know for a fact that so much of what we all search for. we already have it. And maybe all we need is a reminder.

Maybe stop searching for an external magic strategy or inspiration and just remember - YOU are the someone who is gonna change your life.

End of fu***ng story.

22/02/2022

Being offended does not equal hate speech.

I find a lot of s**t said is offensive. I think a lot of people need to learn how to fu***ng communicate lol (for reals though 🙄) But despite how much I disagree with something someone says, I will always support their right to say it.

The thing that I actually find MOST offensive is this idea that another person needs to filter what information/opinions I am exposed to. As if I am completely incapable of discerning for myself what I do or don’t believe. Who I enjoy listening to. What I am interested in pursuing further. This arrogance that people are too stupid or too emotional to handle any information.

It scares me that free speech, TRUE free speech may become something my kids only hear about and never truly experience.

I learn the most from conversations with people who disagree with me. I have conversations where I realise we both want the same outcome but have completely opposite views on how is best to get there. We both recognise we are just humans navigating this world based on our lived experiences and the information available to us. Neither wrong nor bad, just different.

With rampant cancel culture as the ultimate silencer, I fear my kids may never know what actual free discussion looks like when people fear saying the wrong thing so say nothing.

Not getting offended by every single thing & giving others the same freedom to speak that I expect for myself - has been the most impactful & freeing thing I have learned the past 2 years.

I still get mad 😡 (so mad haha) reading stuff. I still think WTAF is this rubbish - frequently. I still hear or read things and think - damnnnnnn, this mo********er need jeezus. I still find things offensive, mutter to myself that I think someone is wrong or an idiot lol.

But I ALWAYS remind myself that they’re free to say what they like, and I’m free to roll my eyes and scroll on. Or try to converse in the comments (never works haha)

I am confident that many will look back over the past few years especially & realise we have lost our way with how we communicate with each other. Good news is, it’s always within our own power to change ✌️

10/02/2022

If we have learned anything these past 2 years, it should be how fast things change. Our govts flip flop more than havianas. So watching people break life long friendships, bonds, relationships as a reaction to what the current idiots in charge are saying - BLOWS MY MIND.

It won’t be like this forever. It might be worse. It should be better. But like everything, this too shall pass.

If you’re finding yourself tempted to make a permanent decision or ultimatum. Is it worth it? For this f**kery?? Really? Are you gonna be able to repair those relationships you’ve thrown away just so you could cling to an ideology instead? We are always one election, announcement, “expert opinion”, another mandate or no mandate away from everything changing, AGAIN. So is it worth it?

I vote no. It’s not worth it. And considering I’m a kiwi citizen in Australia it’s the only bloody vote I CAN make here 😂😂

So turn off the tv & go call a friend ✌️✌️

31/01/2022

My girls are finally both at school!! And I am just sitting her reflecting on this bittersweet moment.

The past 7 years I have juggled my babies, breastfeeding and FIFO rosters while building my businesses online.

I’ve done the all nighters and power hour through naps and responded to emails while at ballet lessons or playcentres.

Every time I felt myself white knuckling it through another busy period or another creative surge I always reminded myself that “this too shall pass”. Those early years that was my mantra!!

My babies would both be at school one day and I would have more time. I’d be able to “get to” those non urgent but important things I’d put off. Tidy up the nagging areas of my businesses while my girls were at school and hubby was at work.

I felt like this time I’d be able to get to know myself again while I had an actual moment. Hubby & I would joke about having too much time on our hands. Going on day dates and enjoying his week home.

Today didn’t quite work out like that. I don’t want to talk about restrictions or rules cos God forbid anyone misses the chance to yell in my comments that “you HAVE a choice, YOU chose this, just SHTF up and do what you’re told” lol. I know some of y’all hate missing those opportunities haha.

No, I just wanted to say.

This too, shall pass.

I see my husband stressing out. I know he worries that his personal medical choice is affecting his family. I know he feels a bit lost at times. I know my girls are confused why we can’t go to certain places.

But, as always, this too shall pass.

I’m grateful for past me that never waited to push start on her ideas. Imperfectly but started anyway. Who took this mantra and ran with it. And while it got me through so many roller coaster emotions the past 7 years I know it’ll get me through the next 7.

Shout out to all the mamas out there adapting and making it work. The only thing I know for sure, is that THIS TOO SHALL PASS, and the only thing I can control is how I react to it.

And I dunno about you, but I’m choosing to thrive through this. To take any fear & nervousness and turn that into the most lit AF can’t touch me energy. I’m bringing a whole lotta love & light and F*CK YOU in 2022 😜xx

17/12/2021

I shared this in my stories a few days ago and feel like it needs a permanent home on the grid.

Repost

03/09/2021

My mumma was an avid gardener! I swear she could grow anything, anywhere. It’s number 4012 of the many many skills I wish I learned from her 🥴 But like everything else, I thought, there’s either - plenty of time, I can always buy that, or I won’t need that.

Spoiler alert
there isn’t always time
you can’t always buy everything
and you never know what you’ll need

So if you can learn a skill - do it. And do it yesterday.

As well as trying my hand at growing an edible garden, that list also includes things like travelling the South Island, NZ. We decided to travel all around the world instead, because, you know, we can ALWAYS do our own country any time. Then 👋hello 2021 🥴🥴

Learning Māori
Playing the Ukelele
Sewing
Always cooking the perfect amount with perfect timing so everything is hot at the same time (honestly HOW)

And now here I am at 39, learning from the internet instead of my mum, planning trips around WA cos I can’t even go home and I still have to google “how to roast a chicken” EVERY SINGLE TIME lol.

Growing up with mum who could just DO everything - I took for granted that this s**t ain’t as easy as it looks.

So unlike me, my kids are gonna have to learn from a complete novice. Someone who googles “gardening for dummies” and then has to change it to “gardening to dumber dummies”cos I still don’t quite get it lol 🥴 But like my friend .joey said today - we are giving it a red hot crack. So I at least picked that attitude up from mum.

So, say hello to our little seedlings. They took a while and we MAY have drowned some of them and who knows which ones will survive planting!! Either way - it’s gonna be a win or a lesson, and both are a perfect outcome.

The crazier the world gets (and let’s be honest, s**ts getting fu***ng wild out there) - the more we focus on what we can control. Our own four walls and what’s going on in here.

And if NOTHING else, my girls will at least be able to roast a chicken & grow tomatoes without the damn internet 😂😂😂😂

What teachings are going on in your home during these crazy ass times? 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

30/08/2021

We spent the weekend shopping local and getting to know a bit more of our local area! We went strawberry picking literally 15mins from my house!

I am definitely someone who prefers the convenience of fruit box & meat deliveries but with so much of the country locked down, I am making the effort to get to know those businesses around me.

We went to two local venues for birthday parties, ate out at two local cafes and when I got a craving for hot chocolate I didn’t do a sneaky drive thru, and instead made sure I stopped and picked another local coffee house to get my non-caffeinated beverage.

Small businesses are such an important & integral part of communities so Im taking the opportunity of every week they’re open, to support them as much as I can.

I’m still ordering my meat delivery online today but little steps! Perth locals NOR, I’d love to know some more small local businesses I should be visiting! And AUS wide some of your fave online ones!

30/06/2021

Is it just me, or do our kids always remind us they’re listening, at the most in opportune moments lol.

As much as I wanted to hold her down and run that brush through her hair, I don’t. Cos that would make me a hypocrite. I can’t tell my kids every morning & every night that NO ONE gets to touch them in any way that they disagree with - and then get mad when she asserts those teachings. Even if it is on me lol.

So don’t give me the side eye please mum-squad. My kid has a bit of a wild do, but I’m teaching her when she says NO, STOP, then the adults stop.

She also doesn’t like kisses anymore and we are only allowed “huggles”.
Raising these little queens 👸🏽 sure ain’t for the faint hearted ❤️✌️

I love that I can be simultaneously proud annnnnnd annoyed haha. What lessons do your kids turn around on you? Share them with me below so I know I’m not alone. 👇🏾

15/06/2021

OMG, I always wanted to be on a quiz show ever since watching White Men Cant Jump!

I think this may be the closest I ever get lol. But 7 outta 10 ain’t too shabby.

If I do some doTERRA reels who wants to play?!

28/04/2021

Do you wanna know the REAL reason I went low tox 5 years ago? It’s probably not what you think.

I realised recently. Even though I KNOW the benefits of lowering the toxic load of our home environment, from perfumes to cleaners to candles, it wasn’t actually the main reason why I decided to grab my starter pack of oils 5 years ago.

The truth is - I needed a WIN. Becoming a mother hit me like a MACK TRUCK. I was flailing for a bit there. I always grew up with knowing a holistic view on health, in the way that true health is made up of many pillars. Not just what size jeans you fit into.

Your mental health, physical health, spiritual health, financial health and environmental health. And let me just say, I was fu***ng struggling on all 5, and had my whole life. But after birth, I wasn’t sleeping much. I wasn’t fuelling or moving my body, while also being depleted from BF’ing. I was apathetic. I wasn’t working and missed the security of having my own money. And I sure as hell wasn’t bothered with the chemical s**tstorm I was creating in my home.

So, when I decided I wanted to improve things. I chose to clean up my environment first. I made the switch to go low tox. For so many benefits but also cos it was the EASIEST. It literally needed the least amount of time, effort, mindset change & cost. It was something I could achieve quickly & that reminder that I don’t have to do it ALL and just start one area at a time.

I wasn’t at the stage where I was ready to get on that up & down roller coaster that is physical/mental/spiritual health. I cleaned up my house. And over the 1-2 months it took to completely overhaul our home, it gave me the confidence and catalyst I needed. It’s hard to be apathetic when you’re so pumped about the IMMEDIATE changes you can see. I was proud of myself. My financial health also quickly improved as a side benefit!

It’s great to talk about green washing & endocrine disrupters but I also think it’s important to share that of ALL the ways I wanted to help myself, THIS was the easiest & the WIN I needed!

And that one decision completely changed our life ✌️🥰
Let me know if you relate 👇🏾

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