In the evenings I love preparing meals for my partner and sometimes friends. I always feel a great joy in the process and really love the feeling of nourishing others.

Bathing is a ritual I relish in, incorporating magnesium salts, candles, music and essential oils. Submerging in water is such a powerful experience, where I enjoy stillness in this state. Before bed I prepare more tea to assist in promoting a good night sleep accompanied with guided meditation.

Most mornings, the first brew I start with is a matcha, blended with oat milk, coconut butter and Superhuman. This is usually followed by coffee form a local cafe which I enjoy the spoil of someone else preparing for me. I prefer my mornings to be as quiet as possible as I find it helps me gather my thoughts for the day ahead and focus on what I hope to achieve. When I take that time for introspection I find I have a productive and creatively energised day.

Based on a Japanese methodology of Zen Buddhism - the practice of minimalism really resonates with me. Consciously I am trying to make better decisions on what I am purchasing and have realised that living well begins in the home environment. For me that is to live with art, plants and literature, eating mostly plant based organic foods and to utilise herbs.

Intuition is such a powerful tool, and often under-utilised. For me, growing up in nature I was taught of the many healing properties of different herbs and various home remedies taught by my mother. We would always heal naturally before turning to Western medicine which of course also has its place. I have increasingly enjoyed understanding and studying herbal properties on a deeper level.

To me, beauty stems from the foundations of looking after the body, the mind and giving to others. I am a strong believer in reciprocity. To feel my optimum I need to ensure I have a healthy gut and benefit from consuming mostly alkaline foods. I like to incorporate herbal supplements on a daily basis with both meals and drinks. Personally, Yoga is my most profound ‘wellbeing’ and ‘beauty’ practice - through movement and breath work it facilitates a deepening personal connection.

I relate to my Art practice and wellbeing practice as an intertwined model. My creative process is sometimes measured and mechanical; often focused on researching and sourcing materials or working to a brief. Other times it is much more organic and I am not projecting an outcome, simply exploring and discovering.

Over the past couple of years, and more recently, my thoughts are focused on where and how I desire to live. I was blessed in my childhood to grow up in Northern NSW, a sub-tropical climate. I yearn to be back there in nature by the sea daily. I dream to walk outside and only see trees, to live more self sufficiently in a home that my partner and I will create together. Like my parents had instilled, I want to be able to grow what is needed to sustain me, working in harmony with the land. To me that is a luxury I truly long for.

When it comes to land and environment, I read recently a quote by Stephen Harrod Buhner - “Our very humanness depends on them, and in return, they depend on us… Their out-breath is our in-breath, our exhale, their inhale.”

Human beings are custodians of an environment which is altered by our very existence. The responsibility is to own our part, which I believe starts with the individual being optimistic that change can occur. I remain hopeful.