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Personal Reflections

Blogs where I reflect on my own personal journey and what living my best life means for me.

Home, whatever that means to a TCK
Personal Reflections ➤ 6 April 2023

Home, whatever that means to a TCK

Figuring out what "home" means, from the perspective of an adult that grew up as an expat or a third culture kid.

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April 1st 2022: one year on
Personal Reflections ➤ 2 April 2023

April 1st 2022: one year on

A reflection of my year since April 1st 2022 when I boarded a plane to New York to start a travel adventure.

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36 First Dates
Love of all kinds ➤ 19 March 2023

36 First Dates

I pretended to like running. He asked me to run my eye over his dating app profile for tips on getting more dates. We laughed a lot but there was no spark. I actually had...

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Why Birthdays Are Better After 30
Life Over 30 ➤ 5 March 2023

Why Birthdays Are Better After 30

Throughout my twenties, my birthdays were always well celebrated, but they were also a source of fear about getting closer to 30. I started having full blown panic attacks about each birthday after the age...

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My Mental Health Journey
Personal Reflections ➤ 12 February 2023

My Mental Health Journey

My mental health journey has been a long and winding road so far. For a long time, when I thought about the future, I would feel overwhelmed. The thought of getting through the rest of...

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The moments that made up 2022
Personal Reflections ➤ 29 December 2022

The moments that made up 2022

2022. Whew, what a year. It has been the most transitional, turbulent, freeing, transformative year of my adult life. (I’ve specified ‘adult’ there as I imagine the baby years were transformative too. From newborn potato...

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Moving back to an old, new city
Personal Reflections ➤ 24 December 2022

Moving back to an old, new city

I’ve moved cities quite a few times in my life so I’ve had a fair bit of practice at ‘starting over’. My latest move, however, has been back to Brisbane – a city I have...

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A One Way Ticket to Australia
Personal Reflections ➤ 15 December 2022

A One Way Ticket to Australia

Big week for moi. I packed up my life in Edinburgh and boarded a one way flight to Brisbane. It was fairly spur of the moment. I had the idea, thought over it a little...

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Hello, you!

Hello, you!

Lisa Seaton: Zing Hunter

Welcome to The Zing Collective. What is zing? Zing is the feeling of joy you get inside when you're truly living your best life. It's that feeling when your heart skips a beat; when your chest feels a little bit fizzy; when you want to do a wiggly dance because you're just so damn delighted with life. That is zing. And that's what we're all about here.

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