I think there’s this false idea out there that we are supposed to be happy all the time. But I don’t think that’s possible. Just as we have good days, we have OK days and…
Turia PittOctober 4, 2019
OK, somehow, it’s August already. Actually we’re 13 days in, but who’s counting? (Me, I’m counting). This year is speeding by. And people keep telling me that they feel really overwhelmed. That work is busier…
Turia PittAugust 12, 2019
“Dad, my wetsuit is gone!” my brother Genji stammers. We’re on school holidays and we’ve been surfing all day, every day. I’m neat and conscientious so after every surf my wetsuit is turned the right…
Turia PittAugust 8, 2019
Hey champ, I’ve wanted to write about this topic since 2015. Yep. Four years. I have this folder of letter ideas that I add to whenever a random thought pops into my head. Most of my…
Turia PittAugust 1, 2019
Any advice for me to make new friends? That’s a question a girl named Annabel asked me on Instagram recently. I love this question. Cos we’re not really taught how to make friends, are we?…
Turia PittJuly 25, 2019
Hey champ, Most people assume that facing the fire itself was the hardest part of my story. But it’s not. There was a moment in my recovery that takes the cake (and the candles too). The…
Turia PittJuly 18, 2019
It was an oblong smothered in newspaper (Mum is fantastic at many, many things, but gift wrapping is not one of them). I picked up the parcel, held it to my face and inhaled. The…
Turia PittJuly 11, 2019
Picture this:You've sat down at your desk, a neat To Do list beside you, music playing softly from your laptop speaker, a mug of steaming hot tea (or in my case, a shot of espresso…
Turia PittJuly 4, 2019
A cold, blustery wind had sprung up from the south. The surf roared beneath our house, perched high up on the clifftops. Each time a wave crashed onto the rock platform below, our house would reverberate, the…
Turia PittJune 27, 2019
