Newsletter Archive
100 Editions ♥
From the very first hello to edition 100 — every single one, in order.
| # | Title & What’s Inside | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Welcome
Let’s get started 🙂
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Apr 6, 2024 |
| 2 |
A life changing revelation
Priorities, dinner small talk, sex retreats and more
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Apr 13, 2024 |
| 3 |
Heartbreak over an AI affair?
Also: good food with friends, dating older men, and Nancy Drew
|
Apr 20, 2024 |
| 4 | The joy of living alone | Apr 27, 2024 |
| 5 |
Tell me no lies
Also: horses, RVs, mind tricks and Maverick
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May 4, 2024 |
| 6 |
The gift of permission
Also: bookshops, chess, fake podcasts
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May 11, 2024 |
| 7 |
Heavy week…
But writing makes it better 🙂
|
May 18, 2024 |
| 8 |
Angry?
Spoiler alert: screaming out loud helps
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May 25, 2024 |
| 9 |
Story time
What does it mean when stories make you cry?
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Jun 1, 2024 |
| 10 |
Binge-worthy?
Days fly by fast, so might as well not waste them
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Jun 8, 2024 |
| 11 |
Relationships
With phones, men, drugs and more…
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Jun 15, 2024 |
| 12 |
Do you remember?
Memories, doughnuts, staircases to heaven
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Jun 22, 2024 |
| 13 |
I’m writing a book 🙂
More on: my book, IG accounts, games and Dune 2
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Jun 29, 2024 |
| 14 |
Circle of life
(Our dog died, unexpectedly)
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Jul 6, 2024 |
| 15 |
Sexual harassment and unkind doctors
…what would you do?
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Jul 13, 2024 |
| 16 |
Rude people and entitled kids
Also: Olympics, Candid Camera and the hardships of parenting
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Jul 21, 2024 |
| 17 |
Bonjour?
Also: ballerinas on a farm, and fake athletes
|
Jul 27, 2024 |
| 18 |
Friendly advice?
Also: vultures, Olympics, slow swimmers and late starters
|
Aug 4, 2024 |
| 19 |
My gold medals
Also: shenanigans, staying in your lane, too-short lives
|
Aug 10, 2024 |
| 20 |
Weekend catchup
Hiking the Alps, dating apps, life hacks and sneaker heels?
|
Aug 18, 2024 |
| 21 |
Free book and a special invite
Also: rubber ducks, incompetence and communities
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Aug 24, 2024 |
| 22 |
The best of times, the worst of times
Also: Kruger trail, shortened lives, platonic friendships
|
Aug 31, 2024 |
| 23 |
Friends, and situationships
Also: cynics, midlife dating, and the art of savouring
|
Sep 8, 2024 |
| 24 |
All the balls in the air
Also: texting, whale trails, poetry, questions, and parrots who call each other on the phone
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Sep 14, 2024 |
| 25 |
How audacious of me
Also: snow in Africa, bush breaks and love in supermarkets
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Sep 21, 2024 |
| 26 |
Crossroads
Also: loos with views, dates, mothers and mountains
|
Sep 28, 2024 |
| 27 |
Written in the stars
Also: retirement, decisions, affairs and good food
|
Oct 5, 2024 |
| 28 | Better than good… | Oct 12, 2024 |
| 29 |
Difficult conversations…
Also: daydreamers, frogs, horse riding, happiness diversification
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Oct 19, 2024 |
| 30 |
Up to the challenge?
Also: good food, good friends, ambitious kids and flying time
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Oct 26, 2024 |
| 31 |
Gatvol with all the kak
Also: morning pages, love essays, Halloween, and walking
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Nov 2, 2024 |
| 32 |
Anyone for seconds?
Also: good food, Arabic love stories, difficult people and growing kids
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Nov 9, 2024 |
| 33 |
The stories we tell…
Also: shadows, consequences, Christmas menus
|
Nov 16, 2024 |
| 34 |
Am I interrupting?
Also: travel, tiny homes, forgotten art of sending postcards
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Nov 23, 2024 |
| 35 |
Winding down, living up
Also: novelty, photographs, lazy downtime, digital detox and ghosts
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Nov 30, 2024 |
| 36 |
December vibes, full volume
Also: indecisiveness, saving, creating and intrinsic motivation
|
Dec 7, 2024 |
| 37 |
Presents, anyone?
Also: heat, holidays, degrees
|
Dec 14, 2024 |
| 38 |
Nothing but Christmas
Also: traditions, memories, trees and how to love
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Dec 21, 2024 |
| 39 |
Brain dump of stuff….
Also: airports, YouTube videos, quitting and life choices
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Dec 28, 2024 |
| 40 |
My holiday pleasures
Also: no, just the holidays
|
Jan 4, 2025 |
| 41 |
This one isn’t about soulmates
Also: holidays, work, finding out, classical music and spiders
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Jan 11, 2025 |
| 42 |
Messed up men, and other stuff
Also: work, Paris, good food, skylines and absent friends
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Jan 18, 2025 |
| 43 |
Relationship goals
Also: penguins, death, good food and hearts on a string
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Jan 25, 2025 |
| 44 |
Taking the shot
Also: hikes, food, annual plans and cookies
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Feb 1, 2025 |
| 45 |
Reviews and revives
Also: sadness, sick men, year-end reviews, coping frameworks, great sex and choices
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Feb 8, 2025 |
| 46 |
Higher and higher…
Also: birthdays, the hardship of striving, Valentine stories, women behind bars and cockroaches
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Feb 15, 2025 |
| 47 |
Letting go…
Also: falling skies, the journeys we have to walk and power of letting go
|
Feb 22, 2025 |
| 48 |
Point and flex…
Also: pirouettes, train rides, AI friends, recaps and unforgettable book characters
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Mar 1, 2025 |
| 49 |
Happy Birthday to me…
Also: good vibes, treasure hunts, love stories and healthy perspectives
|
Mar 8, 2025 |
| 50 |
Can men and women be just friends?
Also: judging others, living authentically, open relationships and Meghan Markle
|
Mar 15, 2025 |
| 51 |
Sorry, not sorry
Also: long weekends, Camino de Santiago, stray cats
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Mar 22, 2025 |
| 52 |
Lifequakes
Also: beautiful people, emotional earthquakes, unusual breakfasts, agency, and life reviews
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Mar 29, 2025 |
| 53 |
It’s been a year…(!)
Also: lessons learnt, plans moving forward, colour, and binge watching shows on Friday nights
|
Apr 6, 2025 |
| 54 |
A hint of what I’m working on…
Also: the little things that matter, game victories, brain boosters, coffee trucks, and a path to social connection
|
Apr 12, 2025 |
| 55 |
What’s wrong with us?
Also: laughter, names for our vaginas, Substack, relationship flaws, peace, rest and bored kids
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Apr 19, 2025 |
| 56 |
Chutzpah, aka shameless audacity
Also: kids, AI, encyclopaedias, marriages, and new adventures
|
Apr 26, 2025 |
| 57 |
Raining cats and dogs and lightning
Also: weekends with benefits, couches, hobbies, stray dogs and cats, ungrateful people and erotic blueprints
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May 3, 2025 |
| 58 |
Notes on life, and time travel
Also: paddle games, unexpected gifts, penciled notes, grave robbers and fleeting thoughts
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May 10, 2025 |
| 59 |
Timeout? Yes, please!
Also: secret huts, therapy for therapists, dog soccer, small Italian towns and good reads
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May 17, 2025 |
| 60 |
Come be accountable with me…
Also: keeping track, gyms, concerts, shopping, poets in a park, emotional connections, zebras and eagles!
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May 24, 2025 |
| 61 |
The girl with the one earring…
Also: graduation, good food, more good food, window shopping and signs from the Universe
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May 31, 2025 |
| 62 |
I’ve been thinking…
Also: gym classes, Camino schedules, giftwrap, focus games and cows
|
Jun 7, 2025 |
| 63 |
In brief…
Also: passports, cold weather, lack of coffee and downtime
|
Jun 14, 2025 |
| 64 |
Prenups and Pranks
Also: old dogs, whelming, unsolicited pics, the price of cheese and the good old days
|
Jun 21, 2025 |
| 65 |
Are we friends yet?
Also: tardiness, kindness, doing difficult things and …monkeys
|
Jun 28, 2025 |
| 66 |
Packing my bags
Also: uneventful weeks, calories, comforts, long train trips, Alaskan cruises
|
Jul 5, 2025 |
| 67 |
Saying “yes!” and other life hacks
Also: weird weather, busy schedules, adulting, saying yes, long walks, con artists, and big hats
|
Jul 12, 2025 |
| 68 |
Why (oh, why) I need to be left alone, asap
Also: meals with family, aloes, men (and women!) who cheat, wanting to run away, and people who play dress up
|
Jul 19, 2025 |
| 69 |
Better late than never
Also: good times, stories, scams, and nudists
|
Jul 28, 2025 |
| 70 |
Off my mind
Also: online shopping, authentic bodies, options, life hacks, near-naked men, weekend reads, my current favourite song and conversations with Zac
|
Aug 2, 2025 |
| 71 |
Snow Days (for the win!)
Also: shower thoughts, small talk, stupid spellcheck, joy of time-off, new phones, horrible movies and lots of curated links for a good weekend read
|
Aug 9, 2025 |
| 72 |
We’re on a break
Also: sport at school, Italian dishes, rock climbing and massages
|
Aug 16, 2025 |
| 73 |
My life, according to my phone…
Also: long hikes, addictive games, dentists, cats and dogs, nostalgic songs and a great book
|
Aug 23, 2025 |
| 74 |
Let’s get personal…
Also: focus, nostalgic TV, proposals, book recommendations, a personal story that still gripes me and impossible missions
|
Aug 30, 2025 |
| 75 |
Take a hike…but leave me behind (please, maybe?)
Also: impossible hikes, death on social media, men who steal and how I actually really just want to be a lifelong academic
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Sep 6, 2025 |
| 76 |
Smile, I’m on camera
Also: Cape Town, anniversaries, stairs, kitchens, beers and puppies, first dates, expensive shit and trust
|
Sep 13, 2025 |
| 77 |
An interview with…me
Also: how to save the world, sacred spaces, prison sentences, Christmas, holidays, and goats (or birds?)
|
Sep 20, 2025 |
| 78 |
Making memories
Also: fun times with friends, Formula 1, burnout, birds, the joy of South Africa and the importance of taking notes about your life and relationships
|
Sep 27, 2025 |
| 79 |
Dancing through the lightning strikes
Also: writing, Showgirls, keeping up appearances, unread books and smart frogs
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Oct 4, 2025 |
| 80 |
I have questions…
Also: anger, board games, solo trips, unexpected mail, fashion shows and personal websites
|
Oct 11, 2025 |
| 81 |
Red Flags, and other stories
Also: hell no moments, craft challenges, soccer and loopy head-ness
|
Oct 18, 2025 |
| 82 |
Chinese or Indian?
Also: Parisian museums, cockroaches and my contradicting attitude to meeting people in person
|
Oct 26, 2025 |
| 83 |
I’m doing something unusual; come help me
Also: Who the fk is Madeliene? and other important questions
|
Nov 1, 2025 |
| 84 |
Airing dirty laundry
Also: good moods, funny children, crazy gym instructors and men who make us so angry we write whole albums about them
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Nov 8, 2025 |
| 85 |
Running away, hopefully in right direction
Also: African farms, control freaks, perfect gifts, men who do nothing, men who do everything, and the good old days
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Nov 15, 2025 |
| 86 |
Back in real-land. Urgh.
Also: farm trips, new found freedom, Christmas trees, decluttering and men who tell you to “Go North”
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Nov 22, 2025 |
| 87 |
Should I wear more makeup?
Also: pinch me moments, high heels or sneakers?, the business of writing, and making my own wrapping paper
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Nov 29, 2025 |
| 88 |
Friends, gather round
Also: things that need to be done, friendship zones, Christmas lunches and fabulous gifts
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Dec 6, 2025 |
| 89 |
Hi Ho, Hi Ho…off on holiday I go
Also: thoughts, thoughts, thoughts
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Dec 13, 2025 |
| 90 |
Merry Christmas, and…
Also: where in the world are the presents?
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Dec 24, 2025 |
| 91 |
Happy New Year, etc!
Also: 20 photos and lots of brain dumping….
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Dec 31, 2025 |
| 92 |
Kicking and screaming, but I’m back!
Also: hikes, sushi buffets, stubborn cats, men, mountains, AI therapists and George Michael
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Feb 14, 2026 |
| 93 |
Of no small importance
Also: AI, waterpolo, chickens on waffles, dementia, fake gurus and kettle bells
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Feb 21, 2026 |
| 94 |
Let’s talk about it…
Also: flowers on patios, the art of talking, letters to wives, mistresses and affairs
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Feb 28, 2026 |
| 95 |
53 cheers and all that…
Also: pechakuchas, long lost friends, mug collections and 53 people hear from me…
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Mar 7, 2026 |
| 96 |
Overeating and overthinking
Also: stupid men, friendships, communities, 1% dials and old English tales
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Mar 14, 2026 |
| 97 |
Listen up… #we’re live
Also: old memories, empty-nesting, podcasting, influencing, and movies that are just too long
|
Mar 28, 2026 |
| 99 |
Breaks, odds, ends
Also: taking a break, World Cup, unknown words, public affairs, very good movies, sociopaths and parquet floors
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Apr 4, 2026 |
| 100 | 🎉 Wow! A centenary! | Apr 11, 2026 |
