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On Saturday, my husband, two sons and I headed to Ihumātao, to stand with those occupying the land near Auckland Airport. We parked our car 15 minutes from the site and joined hundreds of others who were either heading to,...

we are all broken each one of us not just those who so generously let us let it witness it, but every human being tied to her human family with the pain, strife, war and famine that have lived before...

When I was grieving my mum I found that nature was the only place vast enough to contain the raw and overwhelming emotion that washed through me. I sat on a lonely rock at the end of Karitane beach most...

A few years ago the large W that spelt NOW in white painted letters, fell off the window sill and broke in two. At the time I was struggling, everything seemed to be crumbling around me, I felt panicked and...

I wanted to remind you this week that you are enough, you have achieved enough, you have loved enough, you have contributed enough, you are enough. I don't know about you but I am sometimes pretty hard on myself. I'm...

Today is September 11th and I am reminded of the many ways the world changed on that fateful day, 17 years ago. Mark and I were living in downtown Manhattan at the time, and when we were finally allowed back...

  Our Mother beneath our feet blessed be your name.   Your wisdom come your love be felt on earth that we can make it a heaven.   Give us today our daily compassion and forgive us for loving ourselves...

This week a dear friend shared with me that a brilliant young man we both know (let's call him Tom) has recently become radicalised to alt right philosophies and was keen to attend speaking tour of Canadian alt-right speakers Lauren Southern and Stefan...

For some reason this sentence has been on my mind almost every day for the last few weeks.  We are all broken, just as we are all perfect in our imperfection. We have recently become aware of the suicides of two...