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Welcome to September, a month calling for you to find balance and greater alignment between the spiritual and the physical. Remember we have Mercury going retrograde for most of the month, making this a time to see old cycles of communication you are ready to clean up. You might find people from the past popping up, as beautiful reminders of where you need to focus.

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I stand with women of Iran in their fight to live

I stand with women of Iran in their fight to live free of religious oppression and regime violence.

Time has come to throw off the shackles of rigid patriarchal rule all around the world. Every society should be judged on how it treats it’s most vulnerable members, especially women and girls.

Females have been diminished, raped, killed, enslaved and denigrated for many centuries, our power as life givers a threat to forces espousing omnipresence yet incapable of such God like feats, men who demonise our weaknesses and imperfections as a means to control us.

Any society derogating women’s unique position as both physically weaker, assailable bearers of future generations and powerful creators who deserve equal respect is a devolution construct on a path of self destruction and totalitarian hell.

There is no freedom for any of us unless we are all free. Male or female, we must stand up to human rights’ abuses together.

#istandwithiranianwomen #mahsaamini

Big love to my beautiful friends @susanarmstrong a

Big love to my beautiful friends @susanarmstrong and @michelle_grey_campion on @arts__matter 2nd birthday.

Despite the pandemic, you have managed to educate and delight so many by bringing together artists for talks, performances and retreats, but not many people know how passionate you are about giving back to the community through philanthropy work.

You truly believe art is a human right and everyone deserves access to it and for that I love you ❤️

The passing of Queen Elizabeth is a perfect exampl

The passing of Queen Elizabeth is a perfect example of how society polarises itself into extremism based on their own unresolved attachment and belief systems.

Some have developed an idealised notion of her life based on tradition, history they were taught, media portrayal and the way their family structure and culture understood and explained the world.

Others have devalued her as Satan based on the untold history of marginalised persons and the many colonial injustices, theft and murder of indigenous people.

All this shows up is our own inability to hold two polarities at the same time and meld them into one objective reality.

In the end, she was an imperfect human in an imperfect world, as we all are - a product of her environment, rearing and attitudes, many of which were outdated and wrong and some of which were beautiful, regal and righteous.

I do not condone the many crimes the crown has committed, the blind privilege, the inability to empathise or understand the plight of the disadvantaged but it is also true to say that most of her reign, the parliament was in charge of politics and she lived through the biggest change in human consciousness - born before sliced bread and penicillin she has seen the world transform in ways many of us born after her cannot even fathom, as well as dealt with issues and pressure none of us could understand. Would your great grandma be able to keep up?

To me it seems her death is symbolic of an end of an era, ushering a changing of the guard when it comes to the way we think, feel and communicate - from a stiff upper lip to transparency not beholden to rank.

This time is triggering to many who find change unsettling and painful to those still screaming to be heard.

May we all come together to understand each other’s perspectives and embrace unity and objectivity whilst marking the conclusion of a life that greatly influenced the world and it’s attitudes.

Image : Andy Warhol

This #ruok day I want to say a special thank you t

This #ruok day I want to say a special thank you to all the truth tellers and human rights defenders for sticking to your guns despite being fired, vilified, slandered, smeared, unfairly labelled, misunderstood, cancelled, abused, marginalised and ostracised by society.

So many are still living as second rate citizens, still suffering from government induced poverty, still discarded by their friends and families, still isolated from public debate and equal opportunities.

Times have been extremely tough and yet you have stood tall and firm, neglecting personal comfort, financial safety and mental health equilibrium to protect everyone’s bodily autonomy rights.

No one talks about your struggle because it’s not fashionable or accepted to call out mega pharma corporations and government for lies, corruption, collusion, lack of science and outright abuse of established bioethics laws in the last 2 years.

You deserve gratitude and empathy for rising up to defend democracy and medical freedoms but good luck getting it - this isn’t a politically “acceptable” or PR approved topic.

And yet, what you are doing is the most important struggle of all, for if we lose bodily autonomy we lose property of ourselves. Every other right is null and void if we cannot self determine what we do with the skin suit we were born in.

Keep shining, I see you. Dawn is coming ❤️

Went to @ngvmelbourne to check out the surrealist

Went to @ngvmelbourne to check out the surrealist exhibition and I gotta say, it’s really worth making the trip to see. There were so many incredible pieces that I hadn’t seen before and I’m kicking myself for only giving it an hour and a half before closing because I could’ve spent a lot longer perusing.

Some of these were just jaw droppingly amazing close up - if you go, please leave yourself enough time to daydream on the colours and brush strokes by some of the best masters of the 20th century ✨

Melbourne flashes springtime as extravagantly as J

Melbourne flashes springtime as extravagantly as Julia Roberts splurges on shopping in Pretty Woman.

Sometimes I wonder why anyone would wanna be reborn on planet Earth if reincarnation exists and then boom, right around the corner I’m hit with so much beauty it makes me want to cry.

Forgot to tell you I found an entire part of Vis i

Forgot to tell you I found an entire part of Vis island encrusted with crystals, this wall was beautifully embedded with it.

Giving this rock face a long hug felt freakin amazing.

Do you know about Schumann resonance? It is a set of global electromagnetic resonances, generated and excited by lightning discharges in the cavity formed by the Earth's surface and the ionosphere.

We are all operating on these frequencies here on Earth, this is why grounding, the practice of connecting to Earth is so important for health.

Schumann’s 7.83 Hz is also the alpha/theta brainwave frequency of our brain, creating a relaxed, dreamy, sleepy state when cell regeneration and healing happens.

Akin to babies becoming soothed and relaxed when listening to their mother’s heart beat , so do we soften when plugging into mother Gaia’s heartbeat.

And when our parasympathetic system is at rest it’s so much easier to see wonder and magic all around us.

Top of #Sydney! Went to my first party in months l

Top of #Sydney! Went to my first party in months last night and thought to myself: Toto this ain’t island life anymore 😂

Had a lovely whiskey sour by Glenmorangie, wore my friends’ @ilio_nema new season kaftan and laughed hard when a friend insinuated I went to Europe for so long because I got a boob job. Push up bras for the win girls!

Thanks @evh.agency and @chloepaulphoto for this snap

Didn’t have the best reception on our route back

Didn’t have the best reception on our route back to Zagreb for our flight home through the countryside but here is some Split town and Krka national park magic for my Croatia fans.

Coco and I frolicked under waterfalls, ate our body weight in figs and stopped believing in winter. Now that we landed in Sydney, winter is definitely real and it seems I will never sleep again without 2 sweaters over cashmere PJs and a feather doona 😂

It’s good to be home

Coco and I enjoying the last weeks of our holiday

Coco and I enjoying the last weeks of our holiday in paradise. Been getting down to traditional roots whilst here, buying local fish, baking own bread daily, making a fire, manning the grill. Passing on wisdom to the kid although she wasn't so into the gutting of the fish or squid lessons and watching the fire whilst it simmers down to perfect roasting heat is apparently boring 😂

Meanwhile, I grow in appreciation and awe of our ancestors - doing this stuff is time consuming and I ain't even thrashing my own grains, growing veggies, raising animals or hand washing clothes in the sea. Not sure if self care time used to be a thing.

I can see how humanity works best together - we each have our own special gifts and genius to serve others with. Sometimes it feels like our society pathologized certain aspects of interdependence into codependency, creating citizens who don't rely on each other enough for care and survival.

After being here this long, I absolutely feel there is something about smaller communities in which members regularly communicate, barter and trade which leads to more happiness, health and security for all. And don't even get me started on the benefits of a society where kids feel free and safe to run around together whilst all adults keep tabs on them equally.

No man is an island. Is depression in our society so prevalent because we keep trying to become robots?

There is no "wrong way" to be a female. There is n

There is no "wrong way" to be a female. There is nothing wrong with tomboys, despite a recent spate of propaganda trying to label them racist and fascist.

I was such a tomboy as a kid - I never thought I'd want kids, wasn't into baby doll toys, bottle feeding or pushing them in a stroller. I didn't dream about marriage or weddings. I wanted to climb trees, play Tarzan and read books on science. I matured and grew into an even fuller version of tomboyishness, embracing my own flavour of femininity in the process because I was given the freedom and acceptance to find my own path in life without someone telling me there is only one way to be.

Lately, I'm concerned society is going backwards. My generation learnt there isn't anything wrong with feminine men or masculine women - that stereotypes are just that, glass ceilings are meant to be broken and we all have a place in this world - unique humans with our own individualised soul essence. We are all worthy exactly as we are, all of us perfect imperfect sparks of the divine.

What are we teaching our kids? That they need to conform to Kardashian culture to be beautiful? That their own body isn't ok because it doesn't fit in with a picture of femininity or masculinity culture deems acceptable in this moment of history? This is devolution, plain and simple.

All children are beautiful just the way they are. All are worthy of love, no matter how they express their soul essence. There is no "right way" to be a male or female.

Diversity is beautiful. Conforming to stereotypes is not. And you'll never ever convince me otherwise. Hypatia, Joan of Arc and Amelia Earhart are rolling in their graves right now.

Leave the kids alone!

Made a recipe video on the island utilising spring

Made a recipe video on the island utilising spring lamb , wild herbs and vegetables. One is a roast and the other a nourishing soup - easy and delicious. Link in bio 🌿

My Adriatic heart 💙💙

My Adriatic heart 💙💙

Each time I'd mention how getting diagnosed with t

Each time I'd mention how getting diagnosed with the #MTHFR mutation changed the course of my health in my stories or articles, I'd get a flurry of DMs asking me to expand on the topic.

After writing mini essays to so many of you directly , I decided to write a proper story on why I came to be diagnosed with this common affliction ( 1 in 2 people have some variation of this problem on their #methylation pathway ) and how changing simple things about my lifestyle and diet helped me put in remission many of my longstanding #autoimmune #inflammatory issues like #eczema #crohndisease #depression and #anxiety as well as others like #cervicaldisplasia , #cysticpimples and #pms

That story is now up on the new blog, link in bio 🌞

This full buck supermoon in Capricorn seems like a

This full buck supermoon in Capricorn seems like an opportune time to announce the exciting news that the M-E-L blog now has a dedicated Astro section by the amazing @iampippakate ⭐️

Pippa is an astrologist and mythologist who believes we are all aspects of the universe being made aware of itself, blending astrology and mythology as a means of understanding this physical manifestation, from our personalities through to relationships, careers and key lessons on our path.

Check out Pippa's advice for this month via the link in bio 🪐

My Empirical Life blog is back! After 3 years of s

My Empirical Life blog is back! After 3 years of sitting largerly unused, I have re-vamped it with the help of my friends over at Kore Digital. Come check out all the new content through the link in bio x

Just came on here with my bullshit to say that my

Just came on here with my bullshit to say that my body my choice is universally important and so are women's biological sex based rights.

Vis otium is best otium

Vis otium is best otium

Hello #Hvar! Came over for a lil’ day trip and h

Hello #Hvar! Came over for a lil’ day trip and here I am posting about it , risking the ire of many of my ardent followers who said it would just be too much fomo if I did 😂 I still ❤️ u guys! 😚( ps: there’s even a little video for you on reels )

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