Selectively Juggling

What is your favourite restaurant? I really don’t eat out at too many restaurants. However, having said that, it would need to be a Japanese, Vietnamese or Thai restaurant. I prefer to eat at home, I’m a decent cook and have multiple allergies and food intolerances, plus I haven’t eaten meat for more than half…

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Hopefully published and having successfully held an exhibition. Having the courage, conviction and self-confidence to step out from behind my own shadow.

What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? My family: Seeing my children blossoming into their authentic selves. My three kids are all uniquely different from each other. My daughter: My daughter has a rare disability, which manifests itself in physical and cognitive ways, such as a benign brain tumour and moderate intellectual disability.…

Describe something you learned in high school. Whilst in high school I continued to learn that I was somewhat different to my siblings. How? Pretty obvious when your parents who were struggling through their individual and collective grief, and living below the poverty line, moved heaven and earth to move me to a catholic girls…

Describe one positive change you have made in your life. I’m in the field of helping people address their fears, trauma, loss, anger and unmet needs and dreams. However, I haven’t always heeded my own professional advice. That all changed within a crystalline moment , when I realised I was coauthor of my life. If…

What book could you read over and over again? To be perfectly honest, I’m not much into rereading fictional prose. I’m much more likely to reread works of poetry and non-fiction academic books and journals . With poetry my interpretation can change over time, hence poetry can always retain an air of relevance and meaning.

If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? I’d be a mishmash of the ethereal healer archetype. My character would live amongst the primordial forests and waterways, deep in a wooded area. I’d be highly skilled in the healing arts, with an unparalleled knowledge of plants, herbs…

What animals make the best/worst pets? For me it’s alway been about the human-dog connection. Dogs have an incredible ability to show love, emotion, empathy and intelligence. They are the great vaults of human secrets. On a side note I have had the pleasure of living on a farm from ages 6 to 13. During…

When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? From very early childhood till age 13, I longed to be a geologist. I loved science, rocks, fossils and the thrill of digging and unearthing unique finds. I had a bag I would take on my local neighbourhood expeditions, in it…

Too easy, I’d take on the role of a wanderlust traveller. I’d gleefully pack my bag, my camera and my imagination and head off into the wild unknown. I’d gladly let go of the chains that bind me to my chosen profession. Professional responsibilities that sometimes strangle the creativity and free spiritedness from my soul.…