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Another year of dust and fire 🔥 It has taken me months to sit and look through my pics from this years Burning Man. This year has been intense; the Burn is like taking a magnifying glass to your life and emotions. . I never take many pictures during, but these give a little taste of what I love so much about it: the incredible art that is created and shared; the massive smiles we’re wearing as we struggle and discover, and the beautiful humans who bring it all to life. . I don’t know how I got so lucky to experience this magic, but I’m so grateful for it. Here’s to a year ahead full of wonder, amazing relationships, and bringing the beauty of the Playa to the rest of our lives 💕🌈🔥 . . . #burningman #burningman2019 #fuckyourburn #industwetrust #7sirenscove #sevensirenscove #camping #burning #elpulpomecanico #BM #Nevada #desertlife #aussieburner #blackrockcity2019 #blackrockcity

Today is six months since I had a full ankle reconstruction. Just spent a bit of time reflecting on the journey of the past year: from the injury (dammit @ballowski!) to the surgery, to significant amounts of rehab... . I just watched a video of my first steps out of the house on crutches in the boot and cried remembering how bloody hard it was to walk just 100 metres. . And then I remember how @josephineflamer looked after me for weeks, and how @nicolahazell & @pipacaraujo visited and did my laundry and brought food and hugs; how @alexzanoni, @alepatnz, @lilyk_nz (& Ben!) came and packed up my apartment. @mwerner2026 with food and flowers & thoughtful checkins... @ballowski bringing the best coffees & books. Darling @michaelgbates making sure I got out of the house and orchestrating my move and deliveries... @chrispollard with hospital runs and Thai food 💕And dozens more amazing humans sending love, cards, gifts... . I don’t know how I got so lucky, but I have been hugely blessed with amazing friends and family — and I’m SO DAMN GRATEFUL. . This pic is from last weekend when a bunch of awesome friends, led by the ever supportive @claire_s_nz, cranked 30km from Abbotsford to Williamstown in Melbourne spring sunshine. And today, the physio told me my calf circumferences are the same 😍 . So here’s to recovery, to perseverance & resilience, to ill fitting hip hop style bike helmets, and most of all, to ankles that bounce back 💪🏽💕 . . . #wedidit #gratitude #recovery #surgery #sunshine #imnotcryingyourecrying #exercise #physio #resilience #whatayear #ankle #rehab #growth #learning #dustyourselfoff

There are some lines from a poem by Mary Oliver called Coming Home: “I imagine us seeing everything from another place-- the top of one of the pale dunes, or the deep and nameless fields of the sea. And what we see is our life moving like that along the dark edges of everything, headlights sweeping the blackness, believing in a thousand fragile and unprovable things.” ... There’s something about San Francisco that makes me believe in the impossible. It sucks you in and spits you out; it charms and beguiles. I’ve stared at this bridge, in tears, and in wonder. I’ve crossed it on countless adventures. . This visit, I feel like I finally made peace with SF on my own terms. A hundred waiting arms embraced me; I walked those familiar streets in comfort and ease. . I felt at home, just as I’ve been starting to feel at home in Melbourne, and the familiar ache of leaving that always lives with me. The ache of having been elsewhere, and of longing to explore, and knowing everyone you love can’t be with you, always. . I make peace with my displacement, and my unsettled-ness: suddenly that accusation fits snugly, like a warm comfortable coat, and home is carried gently with me, in my pockets. . . . #meditation #sf #sanfrancisco #california #cali #californiadreaming #goldengatebridge #goldengate #travel #hometowntourist #aussie #australia #dream #meditate #breathe #reflection #home #poetry #poem #maryoliver

I love this podcast, so I was so flattered @philhsc asked me to be on it! We talked about my journey from the ABC to international yoga teaching with Shiny Happy Healthy, to San Francisco and the birth of Mindful Under Fire. So good to reflect on the journey and get excited about bringing mindfulness training back to Australia. Here’s to healthy, thriving founders building brilliant, world changing startups! 💪🏽⭐️ Link in bio. . . . #mindful #mindfulness #startups #shinylife #podcast @foundertofounderpodcast #sf #sanfrancisco #bayarea #siliconvalley #mindfulunderfire #growth #development #gypsy #interview #foundertofounder

I’ve been thinking about showing up, unapologetically, as you are. Happy, sad, frustrated. About being uncool, or super excited, or leading with your heart. I’m realising there’s less and less time to pretend. That my job is to be unabashedly who I really am, to continually uncover who she is, and share that with the world. . . . “if you show someone the sun in your bones and they reject you you must remember. they hurt themselves this very same way. – unable” - @nayyirah.waheed, salt. . . Here’s to making space for your inner Pomeranian, and creating space for others to show up with theirs, too. 📷: @leeshburt . . . #sunshine #winter #pomeranian #noapologies #showup #innerpomeranian #nayyirahwaheed #poetry #excitedadults #melbourne #creating #magic #fullhearts

Today was my last day with @bluechilligroup. It has been a crazy ride with some incredible people, and I'm so grateful for the experience. I'm leaving to focus on consulting in wellbeing and innovation, and growing Mindful Under Fire. . I'll be running several corporate mindfulness retreats back in San Francisco in August and September (can’t wait to see you, Bay Area family!) then back to Australia for some exciting new projects. . My commitment and passion for supporting greater health and wellbeing in business is stronger than ever, and I can’t wait to create more magic for founders, startups, and beyond 💫 . . . #startups #founders #mindfulness #australia #sf #siliconvalley #mindful #balance #health #wellbeing #mindfulunderfire #meditation

I still can’t believe I get to live here. The coastline of this country still blows me away with its beauty, expanse and wildness. Three months post surgery and I’m newly hobbling around without my boot. This trail was tough on my ankle, but utterly worth it. Here’s to exploration, adventure and getting a little better, everyday. . . . #recovery #reconstruction #birthday #hike #hiking #adventure #nature #love #victoria #australia #capeschanck #coast #coastline #beauty #moonboot #slowandsteady

It has been three weeks since I had an ankle reconstruction. Three weeks of feeling pretty rotten after a bad reaction to the anaesthetic & the meds, but while it’s up and down, I’m definitely on the mend. . I’ve been very, very lucky: best mum ever @josephineflamer came over to look after me for two whole weeks, and the amazing @nicolahazell and @pipacaraujo have gone above and beyond to help me manage life. . Plus, I’ve had so many wonderful humans bring books, flowers, meals, meds and shower seats - I’m so grateful for all your help & love, and there’s no way I could have gotten through these past weeks without it. . I haven’t been cleared to fly, so I’m still in Sydney for the time being, slowly easing back into work and catching up on emails and messages. If you’ve been on the fence about reaching out, please do. The love & messages help a lot. . . . #recovery #surgery #ankle #hospital #resilience #crutches #love #support #dustyourselfoff #layinglow #deepbreaths #upsanddowns #rehabhereicome #orthopedicsurgery #orthopedics #stvincentshospital #sydney

As I left dinner to catch the tram home, the last rays of daylight savings were hanging in the sky, the bells of St Paul’s were ringing, and Flinders Street station was lit up in all its glory... That Melbourne autumn chill is just starting to creep in and for a second it felt like 2009 again, like I’d never left. . . . #melbourne #home #travel #victoria #flindersstreetstation #architecture #takingamoment #australia #straya #sunset #bluesky #nofilter #nofilterneeded

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