Yearly Archives: 2021

I don’t know whether you are like me, but I am a doer-girl. A girl who has always loved being busy and engaged with others. It’s not that I fear being alone or on holidays. Yet even then, I love a good fun schedule of activities organised, and if I […]

Turning up for rest

21 Jun, 2021 in June 2021: Turning Up / Radio Scripts tagged be present / rest / socialmedia / stillness by Penny

Over a pot of steaming pasta sitting in a strainer, my phone rang. Oddly enough, it was a Perth number I thought I knew. As I stirred in the butter to make mac & cheese, an offer for totally unexpected casual full-time work was laid on the table. The answer […]

Turning Up to the Mental Load We Carry

18 Jun, 2021 in June 2021: Turning Up tagged mental load / parenting / working by Mish Pope

Recently when the death of my father took my breath away, I was impacted by a very simple act. The community of friends and family who just showed up. I had flowers delivered, boxes of fruit left on our porch. Meals made, children babysat, and people walking into our lounge […]

Grief: Just show up.

14 Jun, 2021 in June 2021: Turning Up / Radio Scripts tagged community / Covid-19 / grief / loss by Amanda

Maybe life isn’t about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it’s about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it. Hannah Brencher There are many arenas in life that we show up for consistently. Where we don’t have a choice. Parenthood makes you show up. Even when you’re running on two […]

Show up for Life

11 Jun, 2021 in June 2021: Turning Up tagged #elainefraser / legacy / showupforlife / storypromise / turningup / writer by Elaine Fraser

When I was at university back in the late 1970s, I desperately needed a job and thought I had hit the jackpot when told I had been hired. The job you ask? Well, it involved selling flowers and stuffed animals to late night patrons in city restaurants and pubs. Oh […]

Keep turning up

7 Jun, 2021 in June 2021: Turning Up / Radio Scripts tagged #integrity / courage / responsibility by Kelley

We are in the thick of it. The very centre. And while centres in general are mostly very good (the middle of a good book, say, or a jam doughnut) the thickness we’re in is parenting teenagers, and that’s less (consistently) delightful. And it is hard to keep showing up […]

Don’t take it personally

4 Jun, 2021 in June 2021: Turning Up tagged parenting / teenagers / wisdom by Em Hazeldean