As a five year old, I remember bonding with my new school friend as we made witchy brews.

Muddy, watery mixes of natural ingredients collected from her garden.

We were baby witches.

Yet as we grew up, Hanzel & Gretel, Sleeping Beauty and Roald Dahl’s ‘Witches’ reinforced the message that witches were villains and dangerously unhinged…

Do you feel rude if you're nude?

Like you have to apologise for the shape, size, age, colour, or health of your own nude body? 

Are you judgey, critical, cruel and controlling of your skin suit? 

Perhaps you ignore the feelings about your own body and instead deflect your attention to commenting on the appearance of other people’s bodies?

If you do, you're pretty normal.  

Two days after my 48th birthday, I did a ‘12-hour walk’.

I covered around 29km on a day that reached 35 degrees. These are my 9 takeaways from this impromptu solo experience.

I LOVE surprises.

I revel in the unknown, embrace the excitement of the unveiling, and delight in giving others the thrill of unexpected and pleasant experiences.

I'm also aware that not everyone likes them, and not all surprises feel good.

I'm taking steps to reclaim and rewrite my story about my body that’s been shaped by conditioning and criticism.

I'm coming out from behind ‘Discover Your Wild’, and sharing what I do as ME.