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A community and newsletter for women who work damn hard and want to feel damn good.

Experience-led advice on topics spanning work, health, mindfulness, productivity, womanhood, motherhood and the bits in between.

It's driven by the way women move, think, and feel.  

Based in Sydney, Australia our aim is to condense the best bits we learn to deliver a quick, to the point, and entertaining inbox read.

AHOY! Podcasts are life in ears. Here's a roundup from one from this morning. Ready? A kid on a Strider Bike learns how to ride a bike by not learning to ride a bike. There are no peddles. They learn how to balance instead. A person learning to juggle needs to practice throwing, not catching. These random insights teach us to do things by not trying to do the obvious, hard and scary thing first. We can find our way by not focusing on the status we'll achieve from accomplishing the "thing". Instead, focus on what the work is for, which will help us find the right building blocks. They'll be difficult too, but they'll be different to the obvious difficult thing. And, we'll understand it better. Off to do things the wrong way around, and feel damn good about it. That was a podcast roundup. Via @sethgodin. #apodcastroundup #akimbo #sethgodin #solveproblems #business #startups #why #womenwork
Ehhhhh! Y'boring. *Secretly dreams of an easy life. #janebirkin #hardstuffainteasy #haventbeenboredinalongtime #nailinghashtags
There's been a 46% increase in the number of female business operators in Australia over the past two decades. 💪 Flexibility and empowerment are the main drivers for starting a business. #flexibleworking #womeninbusiness #womenworking #flexiwork
Three months after having her daughter @niamhy04 was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her closest friend perfectly describes her as "a gas bitch and a Mam and a soldier and a ride." This is a photo from the first day Niamh wore her wig out. "I went to a BBQ in my friend's house to test it out and make sure it didn’t fall off!" For #breastcancerawarenessmonth this gas (and brave) bitch generously spoke to us about it all – her darkest moments, the utter denial she experienced, and the ways she's taking back control. It's a devastatingly hard read, but one that's scattered with positivity and light. Every woman needs to read this because as she explains, "No-one gets a free pass with cancer." LINK IN BIO.
Said 'sorry' again for NO real reason. If you swap the word 'sorry' for 'falafel', people will think you're weirder than you are, and it'll be fun, but you'll also notice how often you really say it. We chatted to a career coach and a psychologist about why we say it (or action it) so much: "The tendency to over-apologise can stem back to messages we may have received as a child, which value politeness above directness and an overemphasis on the protection of others feelings above our own...When we say it, what we're often really saying is: "I'm sorry I have needs, I'm sorry for existing, even if it is just to serve you. I don't want to cause conflict, so please don't be upset. I'm sorry."" @sarayoungwang. More in ISSUE #21. Come have a read (and then subscribe!). Link in bio. [photo via @imakestagram]
Syreeta is the founder of @momentsofselfandstyle a lifestyle brand she created after her of life took an unexpected turn when her fiancé Rob suffered a brain haemorrhage and stroke while on holiday in Sydney, Australia. Before, they lived a hectic life working in the creative industry in Hong Kong, but after tragedy struck, they abandoned the life they knew and moved back to the UK for Rob's recovery. Their heartbreaking, but optimistic story, is in issue #18. Come have a read. Link in bio.
The Tampon Tax is no more in Australia. 💃 All menstrual hygiene products will be exempt from the GST as of January 1. Huzzah to us, and to those Australian women who have been campaigning since 2000, who threw tampons at the then-Prime-Minister John Howard, after he'd just introduced GST. And, to those women who dressed as giant tampons and danced on the lawn of Parliament House in Canberra to Taylor Swift's Bad Blood. You're bloody marvelous 👏👏🍷 #tampontax #aboutbloodytime #australia
Time to pester best-work-bud who's over there pretending to work. #workfriends

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