Essays

(#10) Before I Begin Part 3: Belonging

You - I - we belong here, no matter what Imposter Syndrome has to say. So let's fucking dance.

Feb 20 •

The Language of Strangers: a love letter to weirdos...

... and to our stories that connect us ✨ With a special note from best-selling British author, Beth Kempton ✨

Feb 13 •

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(#9) Before I Begin Part 2: Rituals

Whatever the fuck it takes to remember the value in creating still exists

Jan 23 •

Poetry & poinsettias: joy + grief + creativity in December

An end-of-year love letter for all readers of The Joy Rise

Dec 29, 2024 •

How I wrote my way home

December, homecoming, and the places that make us

Dec 10, 2024 •

(#7) Before I Begin Part 1: Feeling sick about writing - is it anxiety? Nerves? Or, excitement?

Introducing a special 3-part summer/winter series, on prepping to begin writing a new novel

Nov 28, 2024 •

(#6) Creativity in overwhelm

Grief, courage, hope + compassion for our inner critics

Nov 13, 2024 •

(#4) Rock bottom + deep time + creativity + 8 words that changed my life

Clinging white-knuckled to curiosity kept me going: what might be possible if I didn’t make every decision in my life from a place of fear?

Oct 16, 2024

Creativity, Joy, Grace: a light left on

Podcast out now, recorded live at Sydney City Recital Hall with Sydney Writers Festival

Sep 20, 2024 •

(#3) "How do I get creativity to come back and feel like 'me'?"

Tending the dormant seeds of our creativity

Sep 5, 2024 •

Aunt Erin's Painted Cake: the power and joy of embodying imagination

Or, learning how to leap into our own Mary-Poppins-chalk-drawings of belonging

Aug 29, 2024 •

Input is output: creativity is contagious

the art we absorb <<<>>> the art we make

Aug 22, 2024 •

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