Mentor Note #141 Mentor Note: "The deepest growth often happens before there is any evidence to show for it." – Sally Polihronas Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, This time next week, I’ll be on a plane to London. It feels both surreal and exciting. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been rehearsing, preparing, packing, and trying to tie up all the loose ends before I leave. On the outside, it probably looks like a lot of practical planning. But underneath it all, something quieter has been unfolding....
5 days ago • 2 min read
Mentor Note #140 Mentor Note: "Uncertainty is often the feeling of expansion before clarity arrives." - Sally Polihronas Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, I've been thinking a lot about change lately and that there’s a moment before everything changes. It’s not loud and it doesn’t arrive with certainty or a perfectly mapped-out plan. It usually feels uncomfortable. The brain is wired to keep you safe, and it tends to interpret anything unfamiliar as a potential threat. Even when you are moving...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Mentor Note #139 Mentor Note: “What got you here will not take you there.” – Marshall Goldsmith Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, I’ve been in full popstar mode this past week, rehearsing with Bardot for London, and I had a moment in rehearsals that really stayed with me. So I wanted to share it with you. Nothing dramatic happened, it’s okay, lol. But something felt different, actually to be honest, everything has felt different. There was a time, not that long ago, where a week like that would...
19 days ago • 2 min read
Mentor Note #138 Mentor Note: "Clarity comes from engagement, not waiting." - Sally Polihronas Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, There’s a myth that not only keep creatives stuck, it keeps many people stuck. I’ll move when I feel ready.I’ll start when I have clarity.I’ll act when it all makes sense. But I’ve rarely found clarity arrives first, more often, clarity meets us on the path. In the doing.In the showing up.In the imperfect step taken before certainty. Right now, I’m living inside that...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Mentor Note #137 Mentor Note: "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" - Anaïs Nin Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, I’ve been noticing something in myself lately… the way my days don’t feel loud, but they feel full. There’s a rhythm happening behind the scenes, rehearsals, planning, endless communication and messages and small choices that no one really sees. Like what am I going to wear at 49, to my next festival performance in London. Yes I know, I have decisions to make. I’ve...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Mentor Note #136 Mentor Note: "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes - including you." - Anne Lamott Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, I can't believe it's April, I feel like the year is moving so fast. So far this year has taught me something I want to pass directly to you. Not from a book or a course, something I'm learning right in the middle of a season that asked more of me than I anticipated, and gave me back something I didn't expect. Here it is: The most...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Mentor Note #135 Mentor Note: “If it drains you, it’s misalignment. If it fuels you, it’s your path.” - Unknown Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, Happy Easter, I hope you had a great long weekend. I've had a great break in the Gold Coast with my family and it's been nice to slow down. I have to admit, I've been very chill and the contrast of life prior to this holiday and now has definitely got me thinking. We often think we’re burnt out or that we’ve done too much, given too much, pushed too...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Mentor Note #133 Mentor Note: "The thing that keeps repeating… might be your superpower" - Sally Polihronas Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, The past few weeks I have seen this pattern, over and over again. In my own life, in the creatives I've work with and in particular women stepping into their next level so I just had to share it here with you, because you may have noticed it too. It's that moment where something repeats and we assume we’ve done something wrong. The same challenge shows...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Mentor Note #132 Mentor Note: “Time has a way of revealing the wisdom behind the choices we once questioned.” - Sally Polihronas Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, There are moments in life when you revisit something from your past. A place, a role, a version of yourself and suddenly you see it all with new eyes. As you know in my last few emails, I found myself stepping back into a space that once held so much momentum in my life - being a performer. As I sat and reflected, days and weeks later,...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Mentor Note #131 Mentor Note: “Life is lived in the quiet moments between the applause.” - Sally Polihronas Lets Dive in... Hello Reader, After being back on stage recently, something struck me again. The contrast. Performing is electric, fast, loud and energised. Lights, sound, adrenaline, connection - everything moves quickly and intensely. There’s a heightened aliveness to it, and then… you return to normal life. School drop-offs, emails, grocery shopping, writing at the kitchen table and...
3 months ago • 3 min read