Contemplative: a mom-daughter lifestyle blog

Donning our Sunday finest, cups of steaming coffee warming our hands, we drifted between the vendor stalls, drawn now and…

‘Twas the night before Christmas in Gisborne, NZ,With Nevis and Sam and just-surfed-up me.Our boards were all waxed by the…

…the powerful catalyst of transformation that turns our ashes to troy ounces and coal into diamonds…

The low rumble of tires on the driveway told me Nevis and Sam had arrived to collect me. They hopped…

From the moment you are born, you are primed to accept truths about how to live. Cry, and you are…

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From rolling surf on black sands at Waikato and the mystery of Tawharanui beach after sunset, the throaty call of a thousand gannets at Waitakere…

Are you under a log? Where the heck are you? Hanging out in some secret man-cave? Turned into expats? Sorry guys, but we just can’t seem to find you…

Refusing to dwell on past experiences invites freedom and new discoveries, allowing fresh beliefs to form…

Do what makes you a little nervous.

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