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Over the years, I’ve written a shit-tonne about getting out of your own way, making shit happen and giving yourself permission to build a wholehearted creative life you love!
Here you’ll find a selection of those articles!
(I’m in the process of re-branding all the graphics, so don’t mind the branding, just jump into whatever speaks to you right now!)
An Announcement & A Commitment
So, I don’t know if you’ve noticed lately, but the online world is a pretty noisy place. I think along the way, people have become unsurprisingly pretty disillusioned.
Reclaim Yourself: A Couragemaker's Guide To A Wholehearted 2018!
As long as I can remember, this whole New Year, New You shit has reduced me to rants. While the temptation to start anew is alluring, it’s just simply not possible. To paraphrase a piece on this subject I wrote a while ago, I don’t believe in reinventing yourself.
Creatives: Just Keep Baking Bread
This is a tale about making bread. But it’s not really about making bread.
It’s about keeping going when you don’t feel like you’re making a difference
Fuck Dreamshitters: A Manifesto for Couragemakers
You do not owe anything to anyone, regardless of how they make you feel otherwise. You do not owe anyone an explanation for who you are or how you live your life. That decision is up to you alone.
You will change. You will go through experiences that alter and develop the fundamentals of who you are. That’s life - that is how you grow and develop as the person only you can be.
An Open Letter To All Creatives Struggling With Self-Doubt
Okay, Couragemakers who struggle with self-doubt, listen up. Sometimes on this creative and dream chasing journey, we all need reminders which are a bit more of a kick up the ass. Today is one of those days. So here’s the thing: If you are looking for evidence that you’re shit, you’re going to find […]
What If? Flipping Fear On Its Head & Telling Self-Doubt to Fuck Off
When I was 22, I watched something that made me feel understood in a way that I had never felt understood before that moment. It was a two-part documentary on young people who were living and struggling with OCD – just like me. The series focused on an OCD bootcamp, with participants coming out of […]
When Dream Chasing Goes Wonky
I wrote a lot about dream chasing before me and Mr. Meg left for our three-month trip around the US. About the big pause, about the not so glamorous side of dream chasing and about the need to write your own adventure story. Now it’s time to talk about when dreams becomes reality and when […]
This is the scariest thing about dream-chasing
While I’ve been in the US, I’ve really learned how huge Halloween is over here. The decorations vary from pretty to over the top, the candy looks delicious and there’s definitely something in the air. I’ve definitely seen my fair share of scary skeletons, but I think there’s definitely something a lot scarier that none […]
Dreamshitters, Standing Up For Yourself & Losing People Along The Way
There’s something people don’t tell you when you start to stand up for yourselves and following the beat of your drum. And that’s this: often you’ll lose someone along the way. Somewhere between finding your voice and dealing with dreamshitters, something changes. You stand taller. You talk with conviction. You start to lose your people […]
On Dream-chasing: You have the right to feel happy
How many people know your inner-most dreams? Not the ones that sound good when you’re meeting new people, or the half-beat ones you tell your family. But the ones that you struggle to barely whisper to yourself. The ones you’re too scared to say out loud. The ones that sometimes you’re too afraid to tell […]
You Are Not Alone: On Self Care & Being An Entrepreneur
I used to think self care was hard. Impossible even. That was until I started working for myself, started my career as a freelancers/entrepreneur/small business owner/whatever the name of the day is. Then I started to think that it was another ball game completely. Before we go any further, I want to just make sure […]
Dream Chasing & The Big Pause
Lately I’ve been getting really honest about the not so glamorous side of dream chasing, and how my life is changing now I’m actively seeking to be the woman who chases adventures instead of passively wanting to write about these women. And I want to touch upon something I’ve not really talked a huge amount […]
The Not So Glamorous Side of Dream Chasing
A quick aside before I begin – I just want to say that I’m not meaning to sound ungrateful, or like I have a rod stuck up my ass. When I started That Hummingbird Life, I made a commitment to myself that I would always be honest (maybe sometimes a bit too honest) and this post is […]
Pep Talk: Be The Heroine In Your Own Adventure Story
Here’s a truth for you: I have spent my whole life wanting to write about women who go on adventures. Women who decide to choose themselves and follow their own path, wherever it takes them. Women who buy a one way plane ticket and greet life with a smile and a fuck it attitude. Women […]
The 'secret' to getting creative work done and chasing your dreams
When I first started writing, at a very young age, I was obsessed by how other writers achieved success. What writing habits did they adopt? Where did they write? Did they type or hand write? How did they map their novels? What kind of pen were they using? I thought this knowledge was the secret […]
Read this if you've ever felt like a fraud
I want to talk about something today that we don’t really like to talk about, or admit. We all feel like frauds. Who am I to be doing this? Why should someone pay me attention/money to do this? What if they find out that I feel like a mess and discover I’m a massive fraud? […]
On Dream-chasing: What would the world look like if we all spoke about our dreams?
How many people know your inner-most dreams? Not the ones that sound good when you’re meeting new people, or the half-beat ones you tell your family. But the ones that you struggle to barely whisper to yourself. The ones you’re too scared to say out loud. The ones that sometimes you’re too afraid to tell […]
You’re not Brené Brown, but you’ve still got a story
I just want to start by saying that I love Brené Brown. I’ve watched the TED talks, bought the books, didn’t buy the t-shirt because it was too expensive. And I love the ‘others’ too – you know who I mean. The big name people talking about big ideas and concepts in profound way. I find […]
Pep talk: Give yourself permission to try
Waiting for a permission slip to do life, is like waiting for your Hogwarts letter. It’s something you desperately wish you had, but something that isn’t going to happen. It would be great if someone knocked on your door, told you that your plans are worthwhile and you’re the right person to execute them, but […]
Dream Chasing: 30 things before 30
It’s a couple of days after my 25th birthday and I’ve been thinking a lot lately about life. About how slow time goes now I’m not having the same mundane day over and over again working at a job I hated. About how I have so many goals but because I only keep them in my head, […]