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Make it simple, but significant. Don Draper For the last few months, I’ve been travelling throughout Australia, the USA, and Europe and found that travel reduces life to the essentials. My possessions have been limited to a suitcase and a carry-on containing clothing, toiletries, productive technology, and a notebook for my […]

My Life in a Suitcase

27 Aug, 2017 in 17 August: Simplicity tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraserauthor / #minimalism / #moments / #mylifeinasuitcase / #travel / family / friends / kinwomen / simplicity by Elaine Fraser

Let me fall if I must fall. The one I become will catch me. Sheryl Sandberg This year, I’m travelling for about eight months and I’m following Plan A–my itinerary. But, travel has a way of bringing up opportunities to switch to Plan B, or even the dreaded Plan X […]

What to do when your travel plans change

17 Jul, 2017 in 2017 July: Risk tagged #adventure / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #planb / #plottwists / #risk / #sayingyes / #sherylsandberg / #travel / kinwomen / women by Elaine Fraser

I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what’s happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it. Joel Osteen I sat on the top of a […]

What is Hope?

13 Jun, 2017 in 2017: Overwhelmed tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #hope / #overwhelmed / #prayer / #sunrise / kinwomen / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. Jane Howard Denise watched the young mums in their ath-leisure wear. They had takeaway coffee cups in one hand and mobile phones in […]

My Tribe

18 May, 2017 in 2017: Tribe tagged #authenticity / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #tribe / children / conversation / friends / friendship / kin women / kinwomen / motherhood / mums / women by Elaine Fraser

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am. Sylvia Plath You’re carrying your handbag, toys, bottles, folders, a briefcase, nappy bag, and whatever else your kids have demanded you carry for them. There are toddlers attached to you, […]

You Take a Breath

13 Apr, 2017 in 2017 April: Pause tagged #breath / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #frantic / #nespresso / #pause / #ristretto / 3 / family / kin / kinwomen / motherhood / women by Elaine Fraser

Living with Questions I have never been a person who has a creed or written down a set of beliefs that frame my life, but I do have core principles to which I cling dearly. Perhaps this is due to having parents who questioned everything, distrusted the establishment, and who […]

Living with Questions by Elaine Fraser

10 Feb, 2017 in 2017 Belief tagged #amazingrace / #believe / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #robbell / kinwomen / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser