E: In the heat of storytelling with a glass of wine in my hand.

C: Rusks.

E: The approachable one, open, empathetic and easy to strike up a conversation, an unexpected sharp and good sense of humour, clearly intelligent but understated and subtle.

C: That person that you’ve just met, but feels like you’ve know them your whole life.

E: I did nothing to deserve my calves.

C: Under all these layers, I’m pretty goofy.

C: Movement. Whether it’s a walk around the block, a quick 20min run, or roller out my pilates mat for a core & stretch workout.

E: Looooooong hot showers.

C: Breathwork + voice notes to my bestie in Stilbaai

E: I taught myself how to speak Portuguese whilst living in the bush and doing missionary work in the Mozambican Delta.

C: I won the big battle against anorexia at age 17.

E: Weekly solo strength workouts with a noice-cancelling headset and good tunes, Croissant-Sundays and sharing end of day “High-Lows” with my girls, early Saturday mornings pruning the garden.

E: That ‘braaibroodjies’ must be prepared with both mayonaiseandchutney on the inside and butter on the outside.C: The Slow Life.

E: Figuring out the red, white, yellow and purple in-put/out-put cables from our television to the surround sound and amplifier. It made me realize that I can be technical if I want (need) to be.

C: I definitely over romanticized motherhood & parenthood. Oi. It’s bloody hard. But deeply grateful for the journey.