This has been something that has been on my heart for a while now.

I want to make a difference especially in the area of eating disorders.

I want to let women and girls know that they can live a life without the illness.

I am passionate about seeing people recover.

I know that having a lived experience helps when you are talking with someone who is going through an eating disorder. I know for me when I was going through my illness that talking to others encouraged me, inspired me and motivated me to change.

It wasn’t easy but looking at my life now it was so worth it.

I want you to know that –

You are beautifully & wonderfully made and you are created for a purpose.

You have a future and a hope.

Write out the above words and place them on your mirror, so that they remind you that you are so worth it.

I don’t know where you are on your journey.

Maybe you are exploring the idea of letting go of your eating disorder or maybe you are thinking I never want my eating disorder to go.

Maybe you are in recovery and have many questions about what is next.

Start where you are.

Do you have someone that you can talk to, do you have a Psychologist, a doctor, a dietician or another professional who has experience with someone who has had an eating disorder?

In my experience it is so important to have a professional that sees you and see’s your potential.

I am pouring out my heart to you because I believe in you.

Live a full and wonderful life.

Will share more soon.

I am starting a new theme for July which is all about being single. I hope that you can join me in this journey.

I have found myself this week struggling and being very overwhelmed. I have been thinking about what I have seen, heard and experienced in the last few weeks.

The last few weeks I have had a change in my routine and had been placed in a very important role.

My heart aches.

Injustice is the word I find myself thinking of.

Injustice

If we watch the news we can find ourselves drawn into the injustice in our city and in the world.

My thought is who is standing in the gap for those that don’t have a voice or who has had their voice taken away.

If I let myself dwell on this it can become overwhelming and it can consume me.

My whole legacy of what I what to do is –

|I want to make a difference |

Who are you standing in the gap for?

What can you do for someone who has nothing?

What can you do for someone who has been treated badly?

Every day we have an opportunity to bless and help someone. It may be a kind word, a smile or contributing to something that they might need.

If we just start where we are at, then I know that we can make a difference.

Remembering though to keep yourself safe.

This week let me ask you who will you stand in the gap for?

I am excited for this week to see what will happen.

I would love to hear what you have done to stand in the gap for someone.

Will share more soon.

I have been a primary school Chaplain for nearly four years now and I love it. I really do.

My days are never the same which I love.

Before I was a Chaplain I worked in child care for 14 years in all different areas. I worked in child care, before & after school, running a crèche and holiday progams. I really enjoyed it and all the children that I cared for. I felt after 14 years that I really needed a change and so I left.

It is scary to leave a job that you have had for a while but I am so amazed at what has happened since I have said yes to Chaplaincy.

My world has become wider and I have met the most amazing people. I have had so many new experiences and opportunities.

I love caring and helping the school communities.

I am invested in the schools that I work at and I want to make a difference.

I have said yes too many things at my schools for example being in a dunking machine at a school fete. Oh my goodness what was I thinking. I thought yes I have climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge yes I can go in the dunking machine.

I have to admit I was so scared, but I did it and followed through.

I have dressed up as a fairy, as Angelina Ballerina, a cowgirl. I have been a MC for a bush dance fundraiser.

I have been asked to teach line dancing at the school western disco.

I have gone to my work in Pyjamas for a Pyjama fundraiser breakfast.

I have been a frog in a tutu with lines in an assembly.

I have and teach Zumba Kids® after school which I love.

I have handed out tissues and sat and listened to students who have needed someone to just talk too.

I have let students know that they are important.

I have learnt so much from the staff at the schools that I work in. I love how passionate they are about caring for their students.

This week I was able to attend a camp for one of the schools that I work at, this year I stayed overnight and yes I loved it.

Committed to making a difference.

Will share more soon

I am passionate about seeing women walk into their purpose and their destiny. I want to see women dream big, to be passionate about their lives and to know that they have value, worth and that they are loved.

Yes you are.

I am staring a new series on my blog about my journey with an eating disorder.

I am being very vulnerable here aahhh!

If I want to help others then I need to be brave and share my journey.

I really want to focus on recovery and what that looked like for me.

When I was going through my journey I really wanted to meet someone who had recovered.

I really needed to see someone who had recovered and was living a full and abundant life.

So follow me through this journey of faith, of friendships, of mentors, of tears, of the amazing people in my life, through the hard work, through the decisions that I had to make and to where I am now.

I will share more soon.

This is my story

I haven’t blogged for a little while, I have been busy pursuing creative projects which I have enjoyed.

I have been saying yes to opportunities to embrace them.

Last weekend I was invited by some lovely friends to sing at a Mother’s Day high tea which was so lovely.

I love how a community comes together to just let others know that they are valued and that they deserve to have a nice time.

So I had been practising for the last few weeks, I enjoyed singing and sharing my testimony.

Then on the Sunday I spoke at my lovely church my talk was called Arise and Shine Beautiful One.

This is the link for the message that I spoke on-

http://eastgate.org.au/resources

hope you enjoy.

I loved speaking and I am so grateful for the opportunities that I am able to share and to give back.

I want to make a difference has been my statement for the last few years.

Every opportunity that is presented to me I really want to embrace, I want to live my life to the full.

I have also been busy learning dance routines and making a crown for my nieces 10^th birthday. Creative projects are all around.

I really love the direction of my life and who would have ever thought 7 years ago that my life would be so full.

I am actually walking into my dreams and desirers.

This is just the beginning and I am really excited to see what the rest of the year will look like.

The scripture that is just encouraging me at the moment-

Matthew21:22 If you believe you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

What opportunities are being present to you?

What has been on your to do list?

Be encouraged.

Will share more soon.

Do you every wonder if you are creative?

A few years ago if anyone had said that to me I would have said no, I am not very good.

I attended some art therapy workshops through my journey which really helped. At first I didn’t want to draw on the paper, I would just stare at it wondering where to start, what too create on it. I hadn’t at that stage realised that if I made a mistake I could rub it out, throw out the paper and get a new one or I could use that mistake and make something out of it.

It took me a few weeks to break through this and then I started to create. I started calling my artwork abstract which freed me up to try new things and to mix up art mediums.

Fast forward a few years and now I find myself in a season loving being creative. This is not only with art it also includes singing, dancing, song writing, blogging, speaking and photography.

Being creative for me also includes how you decorate your house, your office, cooking and the way you dress.

I want to be creative everyday.

Creativity is all around us, we just need to stop have a look.

What do you see?

What do you see on your way to work, what do you hear?

I know that we are all creative.

My thought for this week is what could you do to start the creative journey?

I know that I am designed to be creative.

However that looks, I am happy with it.

Will share more soon.

I love Pinterest, I don’t know if you have ever discovered this site it is amazing.  A friend of mine told me about it a few years ago and every time I saw her she asked “Have you been on Pinterest yet?”

Then I discovered it, let’s just say for someone who loves creating and loves quotes this was an amazing source of inspiration.

I find that when I just want to relax I will go on it and see what I can find. I could spend quite a while on it.

The other day I was looking at fundraising ideas and I came across a tee shirt, the description that described what it was about said that purchasing this tee shirt would go towards helping someone recover from an Eating Disorder.

I thought, what a great idea.

Vulnerable moment-

I know that when I was going through my journey the cost that was involved to recover can add up. I am blessed that I had private health cover which helped a lot.

I know that it can be concerning when you want to recover but then there is a money issue.

I would never want anyone to stop asking for help, just because of their financial situation.

I have spoken with other people who have been on the journey about the cost. What do you do if you don’t have private health cover, what do you do if you don’t have the money so see the specialist or to pay for any medication you may need at the time?

One of my hopes and dreams would be to set up and help fundraise. This is what The Heart Project is all about reaching out and helping others.

The tee shirt ideas would be fantastic I would really love to have a beautiful picture on it and then the words-

FOR HER FUTURE

I don’t know how it would all work at the moment, but I know that if you have a passion to help others you will find a way.

FOR HER FUTURE

I cannot wait to get started.

I will share more soon.