— Jo Anne Kurman After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, And you learn that love...

Living in Honiara for most of my teens and now young adult life, I treasure my home, and roots to my community and people. My tropical...

-Kami Marland Gilmour "Dear Planet Earth and Fellow Human Beings… I’ve often wondered what would happen if the world experienced an...

As a young Pacific millennial, through my own upbringing, education and professional involvement, I have found that my generation - and i...

Today I thought I'd share one of my favourite mental organisational techniques, that I've learnt to use whenever I come up against the...

My name shouldn't matter, I'm told it means 'Painted Beauty' And i don't know if that is directed towards me, Or if it is the perception ...

-Maya Angelou "I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've...

Although I still look to adultier adults (i.e. my husband, who is the adultest) for advice, as I look back on the last almost-decade of...

In 2012, Solomon Islands pledged with Pacific Leaders during the Pacific Islands Forum to accelerate efforts towards closing the region’s...

We are each entitled to our own opinions and values and I SHOULD start this blog with a disclaimer that there might be triggers; that...

My initial budgeting posts were just my takes on managing our finances, and I wasn't really sure they would lead anywhere - but here we...

We own a 2004 Pajero Exceed, which I'd totally recommend if you're looking for a decent SUV size family car. And after going through a...

What inspires you? If you are a huge organisation geek like me, I'd like to introduce you to one of my favourite lifestyle organisation b...

Remember Part II and how we divided our pay? Keep that in mind as we go through this section. Your loans Loans, while amazing in the...

In my previous blog (and Part I in this series), I spoke of my introduction to budgeting and my unwillingness to re-enter a cycle of...

Figuring out budgeting and what that not only meant for me, but how that would work for me, was one of the best wake up calls ever!...

I have a new hobby-horse! Need to have your text copy edited, proof read, translated (Pidgin to English, or vice versa); or get your...

There are 38,000 psychologists in Australia - and only 218 are Indigenous (Sana Qadar, All in the Mind). I don't know what that...

In an effort to be open and authentic about my life experiences to date, I've decided to pen an open letter to the younger version of...

Last year, I was the proudest little wife in the history of ever when my amazing husband won a scholarship to do his Masters in the...