Recent Blog Posts
Thoughtful reflections on working across cities, staying consistent with movement, and the books that travel with me. Less highlight reel, more real life.
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Bloganuary 2023 #2 – How are you brave?
I like to think that I am vulnerable, I put myself out there, and this makes me brave. I show up to be brave as a mum, at home, and at work. Reading the book Daring Greatly by Brené Brown really helped me understand how to be vulnerable and that it is not a weakness.…
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Bloganuary 2023 #1 – What is something you want to achieve this year?
This year I want to achieve two thing things, both will challenge me, but I feel both are possible and realistic goals.
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Team MeetUp Athens, Greece
Just a little over a month since jetting off to Porto for WCEU 2022, I was off traveling again on a work trip, this time to Athens, Greece, with my team. As we work remotely the rest of the year, being able to meetup in real life with colleagues and have time to get to…
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WCEU in Porto, 2022
This year, WordCamp Europe was back to being an in person event and took place on the 2-4 of June, 2022, in Porto, Portugal. After two years of WCEU online events, it was great to be able to travel and be part of the WCEU community again in person. This was my 6th WCEU event,…
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Running is amazing!
Today I spontaneously got my trainers on and went for a run on the treadmill. It’s taken me a long time, but I have been feeling the need to run more recently, wanting that clearness of the mind and the aching body afterwards.
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Books I’ve read in 2021
This is a run down of the books I have read through 2021, it’s been a mix of productive books, personal growth and fiction. Sharing this also helps me to keep track of the number of books I’ve read and help me improve and, hopefully, read more next year. I’ve never set a goal for…
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Maternity Leave & My New Normal
Six months of maternity leave has flown by, I am so grateful to Automattic to have this time off work to be with my newborn and to grow our family from three to four. When you first think of six months off work, you think of all the amazing things you could do, the trips…
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2-3 Months
How things can change in such a short period of time. A newborn turns into a baby, skinny legs turn into chunky kicking legs, cries turn into cooing and a beautiful face turns into a beautiful happy smile. It’s not without the ups and downs that comes in the form of sleepless nights, tired days,…
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The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
This is the second Brené Brown book I have read, the first being Daring Greatly, which I read back in 2018. I took so much from the book Daring Greatly, so I also had high expectations for this book. The Gifts of Imperfections was written earlier in Brenè’s career, where she shares her research on…
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She Means Business by Carrie Green
When I was running my web design business, back in 2017, I started to follow Carrie Green, founder of the Female Entrepreneur Association (FEA). I purchased her bestselling book, She Means Business and loved the encouragement and methods Carrie wrote about to help other female entrepreneurs. I’d like to share my notes and my takeaways…
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Month One
The first month of a newborn’s life is a very precious time, it goes by so fast and before you know it your little one has grown from a very newborn looking baby, with rashes and wrinkles, to gaining weight and smiling back at you. Suddenly you can find you can breathe again and see…
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Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
When I first applied to work at Automattic, as a Happiness Engineer, I wanted to find out all I could about what was involved in being a Happiness Engineer, the culture of the company and also about working remotely. During my research I came across a blog post from a Happiness Engineer and their experience…
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