Flip It

As I close Season 2 of Flip It, I’m sharing a reflection on something that’s shaped so much of my storybook so far - my instinct to hold others up, often before myself.  This episode is about finding more of a balance, about recognising the quiet cost of people-pleasing, and acknowledging the rewards of returning to yourself, not in defiance but with care and curiosity. So, if you’ve ever won...

When parts of your childhood are lined with darkness, it can be hard as an adult to release yourself from the fear that was cast upon you. You can end up travelling through life carrying the weight of your past traumas, comparing yourself with everyone you meet.  But, if you can surround yourself with people who make your heart smile, then you too will find the freedom that comes with seeing...

Life is unpredictable and as much as we try, we can never truly be in control. Everything changes and it is those changes that can make or break us, if we allow them to.  The challenge is to cultivate the ability to truly accept whatever comes, because it is only by accepting change that we can truly live and experience life with freedom.  When life is going well, acceptance comes easily...

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of addiction and mental illness, including eating disorders. Please listen with care. Who am I? It's a question that has swirled around in my head for many years and filled endless pages of my journals.  Never feeling like you fit in the world or with yourself feels incredibly lonely. Like some kind of disconnect you search to fuse together th...

How often do you pay attention to the words that swirl around in your head day in day out? The ones that constantly speak to you like a never-ending stream of conscious chatter. And if you are wondering what I am talking about, take a moment to pay close attention to the one voice that is speaking to you right now - the one asking you if you have such a voice!  This is the one that asks and a...

Valuing how successful you are based on how much is in your bank account or how many followers you have on social media, is one way to ticket to feeling completely unsuccessful.  Success can never be found in something you can buy, get or be given - because the goal posts you set will always move. But when society pushes a narrative that bigger is better, how can you let go of external pressu...

When was the last time you felt ‘alive’ - truly alive? The kind that awakens your soul and spirit with a flurry of butterflies.  Perhaps you can’t remember and instead feel like you are living on autopilot - just going through the motions of life. Some might call it ‘existing’ but for my guest this week, their experience of feeling a constant “restless emptiness” became almost too much to bea...

Feeling as though you are different and that you don’t quite ‘fit,’ can leave you questioning yourself and battling to find your place in the world and your purpose. And when your entry into this world isn’t one where you are loved and nurtured by the two people who created you, that feeling of being the odd one out, is ever more present. You may find yourself looking for your purpose in all kinds...

I have been at a complete crossroads for a little while now. I describe it like one of those you find in the outback of Australia. Where you can see for miles and miles either way, yet you have no idea what might be on the horizon of either – so you just stay sat in the middle sweating it out under the scorching sun, until you fall into a complete and utter burnout. And burn I did.  You see, when...

What comes to mind when you hear the word 'abandonment.' Perhaps, it takes you back to a difficult time and place in your childhood. Maybe you recall a story you heard on the news of a baby being left on the doorstep. Perhaps it reignites the pain you felt when your partner left you for someone else. Or maybe the humiliation you felt the time you spoke up at work and were immediately shut down. No...

Have you ever looked at someone else's life and wished it was yours? Maybe you feel stuck, unfulfilled and as though you are just going through life on autopilot. Or perhaps you have a longing for something more, but think that it’s all too late for you.  We are conditioned to think that the way to win at life is to have a 2.4 family, a stable job and a nice house with a garden, so why is it that...

It’s something so intrinsic to our very being, yet at the same time, almost impossible to define.  From the moment we enter the world, to the moment we depart it, love is the one thing that we all search for. Like the air we breathe, we cannot live without it. We seek it in people, places and things, yet the purest form of love surely demands nothing in return and must be nurtured from within firs...

Content warning- This episode contains mentions of eating disorders. Welcome to Season Two of Flip It!  It feels so wonderful to be back, and to be sharing more stories and voices, from more incredible humans.  And so to begin the next Chapter of Flip It, I have, after some gentle encouragement from you, decided to start flip the script and begin the season by sharing my story.  So, I hope that wh...

I’m thrilled to share, that the new season of Flip It is here! Kicking off on January 20th, this next chapter is filled with more stories and voices that will make you laugh, cry and offer you powerful insights to help you navigate the beautiful messiness of life. This season, we’ll explore themes like love, surrender, survival, acceptance and success. Through heartfelt guest interviews and my per...

There are no words to describe it.  Heartbreak is like an explosion of your soul. It shatters every part of you, leaving you in pieces that you have no idea how to put back together.  You can read, watch and listen to as many stories as you want, but nothing can prepare you for the brutality of heartbreak. You will never be the same again. Your heart won’t ever be the same again, but you will be o...

There has to be a reason why we risk having our hearts broken over and over again, when the experience is enough to leave you fighting for survival.  The narrative of heartbreak is woven into our life from childhood. The cartoons, books, TV shows and films we are exposed to are littered with stories of love and loss. From Disney’s 'Beauty and The Beast' to Shakespeare’s 'Romeo and Juliet' and ever...

It’s a story we could all write, it’s a script we have all read and it’s a page that all of us will turn again. The plot is centred around the universal experience of Rejection.  Why me?  What’s wrong with me?  Why wasn’t I enough?  What was it about me that they didn’t like?  The sting of rejection can wound the most resilient of souls and can leave you questioning the very fabric of your being....

Most of us go through moments of feeling as though something isn’t quite right - as though perhaps we have taken the wrong path. But when the path you had been walking suddenly hits a dead end without warning, it can leave you completely and utterly bewildered.  When we feel lost, we can feel a million miles away from where we once were or where we want to be. We look for the answers in places, pe...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes discussions about rape, sexual assault, abuse, suicide and mental illness. Please listen with care. Not feeling like you matter, that you don’t fit or that your voice deserves to be heard is a familiar feeling to many of us.  Afraid to stand out, we conform and squeeze ourselves into the narrow margins of societal norms. But, history has shown us that every t...

Solitude has a long history and has been documented in stories, art and in real life for centuries. Perhaps our interest is not that surprising given that we spend one third of our waking life alone.  Yet the way we view solitude today is often tied to negative narratives and preconceptions that perceive anything other than human connection as something to avoid. But solitude and loneliness, as I...

Content warning: This episode features discussions of abusive relationships and suicidal ideation. Please listen with care. How much time do you spend alone?  It’s a question I have been asking myself over and over again. Well actually it’s a question everyone around me has been asking over and over again. It’s got to the point where I have become so self-conscious that I find myself justifying my...

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of addiction and mental illness, including eating disorders. Please listen with care. There are more than 8 billion people on this planet and by the time your head hits the pillow tonight, that number will have risen by several hundred thousand more.  It’s the enormity of this planet that has always made me wonder why we cross paths with people at...

To be perfect means to be without blemish, fault or weakness, an ideal that many deem to be a goal worth pursuing at any cost. Yet the cost for most of us is high, because contrary to popular belief, perfection only exists in the vacuum of carefully curated social media posts that we have come to simultaneously love and hate.  The price we are willing to pay for the unattainable is high and accord...

The hashtag ‘wellness’ has over 70 million posts on Instagram and is an industry worth trillions of dollars. Influencers, celebrities and major brands have infiltrated our lives with their carefully curated and very glossy social media posts.  In pursuit of being a new and improved version of myself, I have in the past found myself falling for the unattainable ideals that the wellness culture prom...

What does it take to really forgive someone? What happens to your brain and body when you do or don’t? Why is it important to practice forgiveness in our everyday situations and how can our hearts help to heal our past wounds?  Not easy questions to answer and is why I am so glad to have had the opportunity to sit down with my second guest in this exploration of forgiveness. Dr Robert Enright has...