About

I’m interested in what sits beneath the surface of our lives — the unspoken rules we grow up with, the moments that unsettle what we thought we knew, the ways we lose ourselves, and the surprising turns that help us find our way back. I write about the tensions we live inside and the opportunities we have to restory our lives at any stage — especially in the moments that call us to become braver.

For more than a decade, I ran Restorying Workshops — intimate, reflective writing groups where people explored the stories that shaped them. That work taught me that every life holds untold chapters, and that writing can open the door to new ones. I continue to use writing as a therapeutic tool in my work with clients.

Turning seventy jolted something awake in me — not dramatically, but in a quiet, undeniable way. I made a commitment to stop waiting, to write the things I had never said out loud, and to take up space in my own life again. The essays that followed travelled far beyond what I expected, connecting me with readers and conversations across Australia, the UK, the US and Canada with new work forthcoming in the Daily Mail Uk (January 2026) and in the forthcoming Canadian anthology More Than a MILF, exploring sex and the ageing female body.

I’m Canadian-born and have lived in Sydney for many years — both places feel like home. Alongside writing, I continue my work as a psychologist in private practice, a role that deepens my understanding of the stories we carry and the ones we hope to change.

When I’m not writing or listening to the stories of others, you’ll find me wandering — along coastlines, in quiet cafés with a piccolo, on bush tracks, in borrowed rooms, or on retreats that give me space to go deeper into my work in the company of others.