Playground rhymes are deeply strange when you actually look at them, and nobody warned us we were memorising some genuinely weird stuff.
Men Come and Go. Heels are Forever.
Men have come and gone but a great pair of heels has never once let me down, cancelled plans, or left me on read.
Oops, I Regret A Life Choice
Turns out some of my boldest life choices were not intuition at all. They were grief wearing a very convincing disguise.
Podcast: We Need to Stop Clapping for Basic Decency
This episode is about why we stopped expecting basic decency from men and started handing out gold stars for the bare minimum instead.
Why I Stopped Trying to Make My Career Make Sense to Other People
Stopping trying to explain my career to people who were never going to get it was the most quietly liberating decision I have ever made.
Women Don’t Let Go of a Good Men
Good men are hard to find because good women do not let them go. If he is just casually available, that is information, babe.
It Wasn’t Perimenopause. It Was Inflammation.
For months I assumed it was perimenopause. Turns out it was inflammation, and that distinction changed absolutely everything for me.
Panic Attacks in Kmart at 10am
Panic attacks do not wait for a convenient moment, and mine chose the homewares aisle at Kmart on a Tuesday morning to make their point.
Podcast: The Wine Aunt Manifesto
The Wine Aunt Manifesto is now a podcast episode, and I have thoughts, opinions, and absolutely no plans to apologise for any of them.
The Wine Aunt Manifesto
Wine aunt is not a phase or a consolation prize. It is a fully realised identity and I am here to make the official case for it.
The Western Panic Around Perimenopause
I watched my TikTok algorithm panic about perimenopause for months. Then I started asking who actually benefits.
Podcast: Who Said Anything About a Crisis?
Who Said Anything About a Crisis? In today’s episode of Chaos, Crumbs and Clarity, we’re unpacking the midlife crisis myth. You know the one. The narrative that says women in their forties are supposed to be falling apart, panicking about relevance, desperately reinventing themselves before it’s too late. We’re told we should be burnt out, lonely with our cats, spiralling into some kind of existential breakdown that requires a retreat, a programme, or a very expensive rebrand. But here’s what actually happens. You get comfortable. You get clear. You stop apologising for knowing what you like and who you are. …
