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Rethinking ambition
One of the surprisingly common reactions to my recent announcement that I have started my own business is the question of what my goals are. How soon before I employ someone else? Where is my office going to be? How big do I anticipate growing? It seems I'm not alone...
Unapologetically feminist
This weekend was the Wheeler Centre's first Broadside, an "unapologetically feminist" festival of ideas. Of course that's my jam, so I bought a ticket as soon as it was released. And oh my god, I was blown away by the weekend. I don't think I've ever been to a public...
Supporting someone to stay at work
Tired of reading my writing? Hear me speak instead! Such a privilege to participate in this Beyond Blue webinar on supporting someone with a mental illness to stay at or return to work.
Abandoning my alterego
Clark Kent takes off his glasses and suddenly he's Superman. Jo Farmer leaves work and suddenly she's a person experiencing mental illness. The facade is superficial but somehow works. For a long time, this was me. A mental health consumer who happened to also work in...
Truly, madly, deeply
I've only had a small number of 'real' romantic relationships in my life - all unmitigated disasters. That's not to say I regret them - some were founded on real love, others taught me what I wouldn't want in a future relationship - but I look back and think that none...
The tale of the drip
As the train doors close at Melbourne Central, a family push their way on. A single, solitary drip falls from the father. It isn't raining; they aren't carrying anything. Parliament station. Where did the drip come from? I stare at the drip trying to work out what it...
The fat girl who cares about health
The weird feeling of being a fat girl who cares about improving public health
Victorian Royal Commission into Mental Health
My submission to the Royal Commission
The process
I've lost a lot of weight recently. Almost 40kg this year. It's one of the common side effects of having most of your stomach removed, and is, after all, the reason I did it. Actually, that's not quite true. The main reason I chose to have a gastric sleeve was to...
Working out my relationship with food
On having an eating disorder at work