LearnaBee: Thoughtful Growth, One Post at a Time

  • How are you creative?

    When I share with people that I have all these crafty interests, I often get told “you’re so creative.” When people see how I decorate a training space, I get told “you’re so creative.” Even when I make cookies and experiment with the recipe, I get told “you’re so creative.”… read more ⇢

    How are you creative?

  • Take me away on a beautiful hot air balloon

    For my birthday my darling partner took me on a hot air balloon ride over the Yarra Valley in the eastern part of Victoria, Australia. It was absolutely beautiful. There is something so peaceful about the experience. When you get up there, you find there isn’t much wind. That’s because… read more ⇢

    Take me away on a beautiful hot air balloon

  • Dangerous things done carefully: a jetboat experience

    Recently I got the opportunity to spend some time in Queenstown (New Zealand) the adventure capital. Not only Queenstown insanely beautiful, but it’s home to some pretty epic experiences. One of these experiences is called the Shotover Jet, the company of which has the exclusive rights to navigate the Shotover… read more ⇢

    Dangerous things done carefully: a jetboat experience

  • Do we need therapists because we have no friends?

    When I moved to Melbourne some five years ago, I had no friends here. Not one person that I could go, hey want to catch a movie? I did have some family, but I had no people in my own life arena. My quest to make a friend Now, I… read more ⇢

    Do we need therapists because we have no friends?

  • Marvelling at Milford Sound, New Zealand

    Honestly forever wouldn’t be long enough at this amazing place. It has to be seen to be understood. It’s so vast and beautiful, photos don’t do it justice.  Being in this place made me feel so small and insignificant. It made me feel engulfed by the natural world. It… read more ⇢

    Marvelling at Milford Sound, New Zealand

  • Inspiration behind some of my wearable art

    I make bold and bright earrings. I play with polymer clay, resin, wood and natural materials to make what I call wearable art. Every pair is unique, I don’t tend to make batches of the same style or colour. It would likely be more commercial to do that, but I… read more ⇢

    Inspiration behind some of my wearable art

  • Why the Triangular Theory of Love should be required education

    Love is a central theme of our lives, yet we learn very little about it in any objective way. The education of love comes from our own trial and error. It comes from watching our caregivers interact, from Hollywood movies, magazines and media, from the tales of our friends. Our… read more ⇢

  • What each decade taught me about love

    ♥️ Age 0 to 9 years Love is the rope that ties you to your clan. This rope that safely guides you to shore is the very same that might threaten to strangle you. It’s not the fault of the rope. The rope takes its form from the person who… read more ⇢

    What each decade taught me about love

  • One mindset you need to adopt to overcome your fear of presenting

    You’re the main character in your story….not everyone else’s. Much anxiety of presenting comes from the fear that you’ll make a mistake that you’ll never be able to recover from. You might be worried you’ll be rejected for what you say, that it will upset someone, that you won’t be… read more ⇢

    One mindset you need to adopt to overcome your fear of presenting