In a major life update, I am now a single parent to a beautiful little girl. She is sweeter than sweet, my little Lychee! I’ve had her for about a week and man. #noregrets and everything but trying to get to know her and get […]
Does reiki work?
You know how in movies the single female always turns to self help books and woo woo stuff as they turn 30 and they don’t have a man, and the whole audience is supposed to mock her? She normally goes to a book store, finds […]
TikTok does not heal childhood trauma
Like a lot of Gen Z and millennials, I am absolutely addicted to social media. Oh yes, it makes me impulse buy things, compare myself to my friends and give me an in-depth knowledge of the conspiracy theory that the Hillsong Church arranged the marriage […]
10 affordable, tasty and nice places to eat in Auckland City
My ‘taste’ for food spots (what a pun) is the middle bit of a venn diagram where affordable, yummy and good atmosphere overlap. A lot of people have asked me what my favourite place is to eat or recommendations, but I always find it […]
#Booktok: Verity review (negative review sorry)
This is my book review on Verity, written by Colleen Hoover who I am sure is a squillionaire by now. How tf did she get so famous? Tiktok really does have it’s favourites. So as a bookworm, I did want to get my hands on […]
#daddyissues: How to get a boyfriend
I think if this is the blogpost to make you hate me, this might be it. If you have a great relationship with your dad, this is going to be the one that makes you think I’m ungrateful little bitch – or this could be […]
Forget AI, where are the cyborgs
I think nothing is more telling that tech industry have put their everything into creating AIs like ChatGPT and Bard but there has been no development in robots that actually makes our physical day to day lives easier. I don’t know whether it’s because the […]
Seeing Kelvin Cruickshank!
If you’re over the age of 25, was in NZ and remember a time where ‘TV taste’ was non-existent and rather whatever was on channel 2 or 3 at the time you were allowed to watch TV, you might remember Sensing Murder. Sensing Murder was […]
How to get a boyfriend: the fourth therapy session
“Esther, you’ve just listed things that you haven’t done well,” someone tells me at work. “I feel like you’re criticising yourself.” Soaring crashing music. A montage of scenes of me interacting with people flash before your eyes. It’s the time of the movie where the […]
What is hypnotherapy like?
I don’t think a lot of people have ever had hypnotherapy before. Here’s what its like! My go-to fun fact when people make you do those terrible icebreakers (business idea: GOOD icebreakers) is that I got hypnotised to stop eating orange chips. I am a […]