La vie rurale – Part 1
‘Welcome to the most cosmopolitan street in France,’ says Daniella, my Brazilian neighbour, whom I had the pleasure to meet at my other neighbour’s chateau, an absolutely jaw-dropping property across the street, where Julia, a Scottish who has been living here with the family for over six years, has organised a ladies’ evening. I’m gonna... Read More
Talking about crazy
On Tuesday, 10th October, it was World Mental Health Day. I know I am a little late to the party, but it took me a while to decide whether to share my personal history with mental illness out in the open. And not because I am ashamed to talk about it, but because it’s not... Read More
The bitch inside
Everyone who knows me, would 100% testify that I am the most chilled, friendly and calm person in the world. And if you asked that question, say, five years ago, the answer would have been 100% right. As a the only child of an alcoholic and abusive father and a submissive mother, I grew up... Read More
Adventure is a serious business
It was during our third date (I had just returned from a trip to Bali and I was still buzzing with travelling high) when my husband and I talked about moving somewhere completely new together. You know, the kind of things two people who don’t know each other but really quite like each other should... Read More
Creatives anonymous
I didn’t realise when I wrote The Love Project that the book isn’t about finding love. I had been miserably single for over six years and I thought that having a man in my life would fill the gap I had inside of me since as far I could remember. I focused all my energy... Read More
Kindness to stangers
When I first met my husband, the thing I loved (and still do) most about him was his generosity. He never passes a homeless person on the street without emptying his pocket of change. He never sees someone struggling with a large bag or a buggy without offering to help. I realised I wasn’t... Read More
Resistance to change
Last Saturday, during stand up paddle boarding, I fell into the murky waters of Thames, together with my trusted iPhone 5. I’ve had this phone for over 4 years and it has survived a few drownings so far so I was confident it will come bak to life. With my friend’s Sony Experia to use... Read More
The stark truth
It doesn’t matter whether you are a Game of Thrones fan or not (promise, I won’t hold it against you if you’re not), but in the season seven’s finale that aired last week, Jon Snow had to make a decision: lie and potentially get Queen (From Hell, as I like to call her) Cersei to... Read More
Help, I’m all grown-up!
This year it’s been ten years since my Master’s Degree graduation. Next year will be twenty years since I graduated from high-school. 40% of my female Facebook friends have children and 60% are married (or about to get). My idea of a good time is a book, a hammock, rays of sunshine and chirping birds.... Read More
I’m gonna take my border collie for a walk
Elizabeth Gilbert is of opinion that “possessing a creative mind is like having a border collie for a pet, if you don’t give it a job to do, it will find a job to do – and you might not like the job it invents.” My border collie has been so shamelessly neglected over... Read More