Cre8ing Balance

14/03/2026

Books 📚 for 2026 ✨️

Key themes:

✨️Focus
✨️Simplify
✨️Question your beliefs
✨️Reflect
✨️Find joy 😊

14/03/2026

I'm reflecting today on a comment someone made about my medal tally at the Masters games after they saw me in the local paper. Up to this point I had received lots of lovely messages.

Then one person made a comment questioning the level of competition.

And it reminded me of something about being human…

Ten people can celebrate you.
One person can question you.
And somehow that one voice sticks.

But here’s what matters: I don’t compete for medals. I compete because I love the experience and because I want my daughter to see that you can still show up, participate, and challenge yourself at any age.

Being seen will always invite opinions. That’s the deal.

But if we stop showing up because someone might judge us, we also stop inspiring the people who might need to see us doing the thing.

My daughter saw the article.
That’s what matters most. 🧡

14/03/2026

This book is more personal than the first.

I started writing it in Melbourne in 2018. Yes, that's over 7 years to completion. Slow and steady like a 🐌

It evolved many times over the years and I'm sure if I had held onto it for longer, it may have changed again.

But here it is....imperfectly perfect 📚

14/03/2026

Save the date ✨️

A book launch with a difference 📚

More details to follow....

07/03/2026

https://seminar.brilin.co.nz/health-seminar

Join William Bisset for a powerful 3-hour health seminar in Queenstown and Wanaka exploring chronic disease, cancer awareness, inflammation, autoimmune con

06/03/2026

https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/31/what-the-living-can-learn-from-the-dying-talking-to-a-death-doula/

An end-of-life doula is like a midwife at the other end of life, helping people and/or their families make the transition from life to death.

04/03/2026

So great to meet Bruce and Mike and hear about their love for the Masters Games ❤️

09/02/2026

444, my number of followers today ❤️

I notice numbers.

Not in a mystical way—more in a pause and pay attention way.

Historically, the number 4 has always been about structure and stability.

🌱Four seasons.
🧭Four directions.
💧Four elements.
📦Four walls that make a room.

In numerology, four represents foundations, discipline, and building something that lasts. Not the flashy part—the steady, sometimes boring, necessary part.

So 444?
That’s stability reinforced.
A reminder that solid progress often looks quiet.

That showing up consistently matters more than rushing.

That groundwork counts, even when no one claps for it.

Nothing magical✨️

Just a nudge toward patience, integrity, and doing the work properly.

#444

08/02/2026

https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/02/07/how-to-train-your-brain-the-same-way-you-train-muscles/

It might come as a surprise to learn that the brain responds to training in much the same way as our muscles.

07/02/2026

Participation vs. Competition✨️

Last Saturday, I participated in the New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin — my third time attending, and once again, a reminder of why I keep coming back.

Every Games, I choose something different to challenge myself. This year it was athletics:
100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, long jump, and discus (yes… all of it 😅).

The day was stunning and I had my number one supporter cheering me on from the stands.

These Games aren’t about medals.
They’re about movement.
They’re about friendship.
They’re about connection.
They're about participation.

I’m always humbled and inspired by those in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who are still running, throwing, and jumping simply because they choose to.

They didn’t stop and say, “That’s what I did when I was younger.”
They keep going.

It brings to mind Theodore Roosevelt’s Man in the Arena speech— the courage to show up, to try, to participate, regardless of the outcome.

Athletics holds a special place for me. It takes me straight back to after-school club nights, sunshine, grass, and joy.

Last weekend I met some incredible women and came away absolutely buzzing.

Every day, we make choices.
Let them be the ones that bring you joy: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually ✨

07/02/2026

Once upon a time, priority was singular.

One thing.

The main thing.

Now we live with priorities — plural —
and wonder why we’re tired, scattered, and always “busy.”

We’re so focused on doing
that we forget about being.

Being present.

Being grounded.

Being human.

When everything is urgent, nothing gets our full attention.

Maybe the question isn’t “What’s next?” but “What actually matters?”

✨ Less doing.
✨ More being.
✨ One true priority at a time.