Yearly Archives: 2016

Honesty is always my best policy, but to be honest here is to be extremely vulnerable. My name is Amanda and I have wrestled with doubt over the last few months and some days it actually won. There are many reasons for the wrestle, there have been circumstances beyond control, […]

reinventing my courage

25 Jan, 2016 in Jan 2016 by Amanda

I like to think I’ve got quite a good handle on this ‘reinvention’ thing. I make respectable resolutions every year. I incorporate ‘on trend’ into my wardrobe and house. My Instagram feed is seamless and rather aesthetic, no? Folks, I’ve got it all together, right? Nope. As I grow up […]

reinvention unseen

20 Jan, 2016 in Jan 2016 / Uncategorized by Em Hazeldean

I’ve had a breakthrough. Admittedly it’s a first-world kinda breakthrough – but a breakthrough nonetheless. My iphone storage had been almost full for the best part of a year and I couldn’t figure out how to clear it out. Taking photos was a frustrating endeavour, taking videos was almost impossible. It was […]

Clearing out the hidden stuff.

18 Jan, 2016 in Jan 2016 by Esther Murray

Bespoke —architect -designed—these words conjure up images of something different from the norm, something unique and worth paying more for. This was the sort of life my husband and I dreamed of. Ten years ago I quit teaching and took up writing full time. Four years ago, my husband quit […]

Design A Life

12 Jan, 2016 in Jan 2016 tagged #designalife / #newyear / #reinvention / #reinventyourlife / kinwomen / no regrets by Elaine Fraser

It is school holidays and in the mornings two fairies greet me, fluttering their way into the bedroom to sprinkle me with their fairy dust and awaken me. By breakfast I have two brave adventurers, sailing their way across the playroom floor on their sofa ships, landing on islands and […]

on mermaids and reinvention

10 Jan, 2016 in Jan 2016 / Uncategorized by Jodie McCarthy

Dear 2015, With no one around I sat comfortably, content and excited to meet you. You didn’t arrive with shouts of cheer instead it was a quiet, “Hey, I’m here” and you carried great plans for adventure and growth. It didn’t take me long, as I was getting to know […]

Impressed by a Hurricane

9 Jan, 2016 in Jan 2016 by Jo-Anne Gordon