Some exciting changes are coming to Just Like You! As many of you know, my own journey of releasing 23kg has led me to develop the weight alignment programme Living Light 5:2

While it’s a bittersweet decision, I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to shift my focus and priorities to new and exciting opportunities.

Last Thursday this awful feeling culminated in what I can only call a brain freeze. We had nothing
out for dinner and I literally couldn’t decide or even think about what to create.

As I sat down for a lunch of leftover pumpkin mash, sausages

I want to share the reality of life as a solepreneur and the challenges that businesses in 2023 face.

The gift in this exercise has been that I have been magically transported back to the 1970’s. To the sights, smells and sounds of a bush clad pottery shed where two amazing, beautiful wahine…

A kind and dear friend of ours has recently had a major, life changing medical event.  This  event has reminded me and I am sure many of our friends that this thing called life, is not a dress rehearsal.

Our pets really do leave an impression on our hearts.  The unconditional love they give and all they ask for in return is warmth, kai and love. 

Today is the twelve year anniversary of my dad’s passing and 2 days ago it was the ten year anniversary of my sister Toni’s passing.

Play the ball not the person people.  Let’s get beyond skin pigmentation, gender and physical judgements.  It should not matter one iota what the person looks like but what they are saying and what they stand for.

For many years my inner critic ruled the roost and my self belief was for want of a better description low.

There were a couple of unexpected bonuses that made my weekend. 

I can remember as a young girl, collecting rose petals, adding them to water and creating “perfume” for mum.  Feeling so proud as I handed my creation over to her – presuming that she would wear it and smell as devine, as the roses they had been collected from.

I enjoy listening to blogs, especially when I am driving.  Often it will be on the drive home from Invercargill when I am feeling a little jaded and introspective after a day in town.

If I had a dollar for every time I have heard “work on your business, not in it” I would be a rich
woman, well possibly not rich but I would have earned some coin.

After showering this morning, I began my morning skincare ritual. Toner. Facial oil.  Massage with a Gua Sha stone. Moisturiser with an SPF. Eye cream.

Do you have a dream job, goal or a calling that just sits there in the back of your mind, chirping away?

We are in lockdown again and things feel surreal. I was shocked to see the special briefing that was held …

It is as if the Kaikaranga is calling me back home and I can no longer ignore her cries.

Change can be difficult to deal with and at times address but I believe it is an important part of our continued growth and development.

Tonight, Pete and I are attending the KUMA (Te Kupeka Umaka Māori Araiteuru) Māori Business Awards in Waihopai/Invercargill.

Sometimes ideas, words and blog stories are nowhere to be found and on other days, like this morning they are literally screaming in my head to get out.

When you’re a new business starting out, sometimes it can be difficult choosing a name.

This week I was blessed to be visited by Faumuina and Tim from: https://www.flyinggeesepro.nz

Last week I shared about how close I was to burnout. I was scared to share this. Worried that people would think that I was weak and maybe I wasn’t a good, safe bet. Don’t order earrings from that wahine – she’s going to fail.

Are we there yet as wahine and is there an urban/rural rift?

I like to frequently set and re-evaluate goals.  They can be personal or business ones or both.  I often write them in the notes section

It’s official I am a crone. There are said to be 3 stages in a woman’s life. The maiden, the mother and the crone.

Why has it taken me so long to spend Waitangi Day on my own marae? Yesterday we had the pleasure of attending Waitangi Day celebrations