When I wrote my first book, Spirit Being Human – Discovering Resilience After Trauma (2023), I had to journey back in time. I laid my life out on the floor—year by year—using old journal entries and artwork that symbolised my fifty-four years on this earth. Each year carried memories. Each memory stirred stories, images, and truths I had tucked away …
Spiritual Accountability
We are all held accountable for our choices, behaviours, and actions in this life—spiritual beings experiencing a very human world. Lately, I’ve felt that this accountability is beginning to ripple outward, reaching even those in positions of power. With the constant stream of fake news, conflicting narratives, and real-life horror stories in our feeds, it’s becoming harder to discern what …
The Power of Letting Go: A Journey of Downsizing, Transformation, and Acceptance
The idea of “letting go” is often romanticised as a serene, calm process, one in which we simply release things that no longer serve us. But what happens when the things we are letting go of are tied to our dreams, our work, and our future? The act of downsizing and moving on from something as significant as a sprawling …
My Past Lives: A Journey Through Time
My first encounter with past lives was during a weekend rebirthing retreat held in Blue River City back in the late 1980s. I was part of a group of about thirty strangers, all of us there with a shared desire: to become better people. The retreat was centred around breathwork, but various yoga and psychotherapy-based activities were woven throughout the …
Found Objects and the Search for Healing: A Pilgrimage to Granite Island
Some journeys are taken with your feet, others with your heart. Ours was both.On a recent pilgrimage to Granite Island, Carrie, Anna, and I set out with a quiet hope—to heal the wounds left behind by the violent, unresolved loss of our island sister, Melinda. We weren’t seeking answers, exactly. We were seeking connection, meaning, maybe even a sign that …
Cold Case Journey – Part Three
Carrie had disappeared from sight, rounding the curve of Skipper Creek inlet behind a sand island thick with mangroves. This mound of sand and greenery sat right in the middle of the freshwater stream flowing down from Skipper Creek. Nearby, a tall paperbark tree provided a small patch of shade for us. The locals had told us that, just a …
Cold Case Journey – Part Two
As Carrie, Anna, and I walked toward the foreshore of Scotsman’s Bay, the shade from the enormous Moreton Bay Fig trees was a welcome relief. The late morning sun in the tropics was becoming uncomfortably warm for us southerners. Beneath the cool, dark green canopy of the second fig tree, I noticed a strategically placed information plaque. Grateful for a …
Keep Digging! Part Three
For forty years, we never had access to all the facts surrounding the horrific murder of our dear island sister and friend, Melinda White. To this day, Carrie and I are still trying to uncover what really happened on New Year’s Eve at the Mala Bay Cabaret in 1984 on Granite Island. As one of Carrie and Mel’s best friends …
Keep Digging! Part Two
Sometimes, life feels harder than usual, especially during astrology’s infamous “Mercury in Retrograde.” Yesterday marked the end of one such chaotic three-week stretch, and I couldn’t have been more relieved. It had been one of the most confusing times in recent memory. Amid this cosmic chaos, my ongoing quest to uncover records about Melinda White’s 41-year-old murder case was hitting …
Wellness Retreat Business – It never came easy
Recently, Ron and I hosted a one-day retreat at our property, and it was a significant reality check for me. Since my early twenties, I had always dreamed of owning and running a wellness retreat. I dedicated years to studying and practicing massage therapy, art, drumming, and yoga, all with the vision of one day creating a wellness retreat business. …
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