The first thing is, I do drop the occasional ‘f’ bomb. It’s not big, it’s not clever but it’s a part of who I am so … fuck it.

The second thing is, two years ago I got a second chance. Two years ago I was face down in a field, unable to move. Two years ago in a split second accident I believed it was game over for life as knew it.

There I was slap bang in the middle of an utterly marvellous mid-life re-invention ( not crisis I hasten to add) training in the arts of aerial acrobatics in a magical field in Cornwall overlooking the ocean on a bright summers day. Visions of cirque du soleil swirling round my happy but slightly delulu brain when very rudely, in the middle of a seriously unimpressive aerial hoop roll… the vertebrae in my neck snapped back, squashed my spinal chord and left me with nothing more to say than … ‘shit… I’ve really fucked myself 😬’ (more about this later if you really want to know…)

Prostrate in the grass like a whodunnit victim in lycra unable to move, about to begin a rollercoaster of recovery, all I could think was … just wow… how absurd.

How absurd I let anxiety steal so many adventures. How absurd I allowed shyness to deny me that dance, that hug, that experience. I thought of the clothes my heart loved but shame never let me wear, tuneless songs never sung and opinions never voiced… all because of fear, and suddenly none of it mattered, because I realised that in reality, in the cold harsh stark reality ‘it’s just not that serious.’

So much of our authentic selves we keep hidden, because of fear. Fear of being seen, judged or criticised. But it’s time to take up space, to find joy wherever it can be found from the ordinary to the extraordinary, and most importantly to experience all of this by being thoroughly, unapologetically you.

You want to wear a full sequin catsuit round Tesco? Do it? Fancy training to be a Mermaid? I’m here for for it!

Whether through, adventure, fashion, friendships, great conversation, tales of misadventure or toe curling mayhem, let’s go on a journey to live life to the full, free of shame, free of fear and embrace all the quirks and dreams that a live well lived has to offer.

I can’t wait to go on this journey with you ☺️ and remember… it’s just not that serious!