Selectively Juggling

What’s something you’ve done that your past self would be proud of? At age six I laid sobbing in bed, gripped with the existential threat of one day losing my parents. Thankfully that highly precocious moment of realisation was balanced with a life filled with my parents love and guidance. Fast forward to eight years…

What’s the best online course you’ve ever taken? The best online courses are those that have helped shape and inform my clinical practice as a social worker. Especially trauma-informed care, neurodivergence and comorbidity, intellectual disability and dual diagnosis. There are too many to list, I love online courses and webinars that address pertinent topics, such…

Which celebrity would you love to meet, and what would you talk about? The only celebrity I would want to meet is David Attenborough. At 100 he would have amassed an incredible knowledge and understanding of humanity, society and where we are struggling and doing well. I’d simply sit and ask to look through his…

What are your strategies for SEO? At this moment in time I have absolutely no strategies in place. Do I need to? Not sure – I’m more a “those who need to find me will find me” kind of girl. Naive? Ignorance? Or a little of both. Perhaps it doesn’t really matter! After all I…

What’s one thing you know now that would have saved your younger self a lot of pain? That’s a pretty tough order, trying to whittle things down to just one thing. Ok, after two minutes of exhaustive soul searching, and reviewing my memory banks, I’ve decided that one is not enough. Being the rebel that…

What’s the weirdest movie you’ve ever watched? Weirdest? Strangest? Most bizarre? These are all superlative adjectives that best describe most of the genres I enjoy watching. I love fantastical, mythical and often genre bending movies, so long as they are well written and beautifully believable. I enjoy sci-fi fantasy, I can get swept away in…

Tell us about your morning routine. I don’t just need to be awake, but up and hitting the ground running by 7am. Good morning cortisol! Being a parent to a daughter with a rare disorder and disability means making sure that she’s up, has her epilepsy and benign brain tumour medications. Almost as important is…

What’s the best way to meet new people while traveling? Simply by being genuinely open to new experiences, learning and understanding. This means not being too judgemental, or comparing your country with the one your travelling through. A warm and compassionate personality is also a must. I think travelling with a sense of gratitude and…

What’s the most underrated life skill? Underrated by whom? Me? Society in general? I’d have to say it’s the quiet, unspoken and taken for granted life skills, like active listening and adaptability. So putting those two together I arrive at the ability to discern what is essential and what is not. What does this look…

What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by? I personally believe that the way to navigate life’s tides isn’t about standing atop a soapbox, proclaiming grandiose promises of “I’m going to be perfect! I going to achieve my goals! I’m going to never stuff up or make mistakes”. No, I choose to humbly, and…