Yew Studio

I quit my full-time job to have a better work-life balance and somehow ended up with approximately 47 different jobs. 😂

One minute I'm managing a conference, the next I'm massaging someone's shoulders, and then I'm behind the decks presenting my radio show on 1BTN.

Welcome to the wonderfully chaotic world of freelance life.

Would I change it? Not right now. There's something pretty special about getting to do so many different things I love.

Now if I could just figure out how to squeeze in a few more days off... 🙃

Anyone else living that portfolio career life?

The first corner of my new flat to be properly set up. Priorities! 🪩🎶

Still plenty of unpacking to do, furniture to find and things to sort, but my little music studio is up and running!

Spending this evening prepping for Tuesday's UFFTE Presents on 1BTN Radio. Discovering new tracks, playing around with mixes and getting completely lost in the music.

I bloody love DJing. ❤️

And it feels so lovely to have a little creative corner of my own again.

New home, new studio, lots more music to come. 🎧

Tune in Tuesday, 4–6pm on 1BTN! 📻

12 months of newsletters! 🥹❤️

Which got me thinking about just how much has changed in a year.

I'm writing this from my new home in Hove, slowly finding my feet, making it cosy and getting used to having the city on my doorstep again.

I'm surrounded by some really inspiring women at the moment. Creative, kind, ambitious women who are doing brilliant things and reminding me how lovely it is to have people around you who encourage you to grow.

And work? Well, it's a bit of everything really 😂

Events at Brighton Dome, massage clients, learning, DJing, radio, a bit of writing and whatever else I seem to have said yes to that week.

It's not exactly a conventional career, but I'm really enjoying the variety. I love that I get to work with my hands, be creative, meet interesting people and be part of making things happen.

There are still plenty of unknowns. I'm still tired, still figuring out how to make it all sustainable, and my new home is very much a work in progress.

But I feel inspired. And excited. And increasingly like I'm building something that actually suits me.

A year ago, I don't think I could have imagined quite what this next chapter would look like.

Anyway, a little Friday reflection from me. And thank you to everyone who's been reading my newsletters over the last year. It means a lot. ❤️

Darling, let me hold you. ❤️

A little poem about being held, being loved, and having somewhere soft to land when the world feels a bit too much.

I've been thinking a lot lately about the different ways we care for each other. The small things. A blanket, a candle, a favourite song. Someone noticing you're tired before you've even said anything.

And how sometimes the loveliest thing we can offer someone is our time, our attention, and a little bit of quiet.

I hope you've got someone who makes you feel like this. And I hope you're finding ways to offer yourself the same kindness too.

A little spoken word from me, because apparently the poetry is finding its way out of my notebooks again. ❤️

A few days of packing up one life and starting another. 📦🌈

Boxes everywhere. One ridiculous rainbow sky to say goodbye. Road closures thrown in for a little extra moving-day chaos 😂 and some bloody wonderful friends who turned up and helped me move my entire life.

And then slowly… unpacking.

Flowers on the table. Fairy lights up. Candles lit. Finding places for things. Starting to make somewhere unfamiliar feel like mine.

And in amongst all of that, little glimpses of my new life here.

Walking to the beach. Sunsets. So many skies. Apparently I still get my sky fix in the city. 🌅

Massage learning. Getting a massage myself (VERY needed). Back to treating clients.

And tomorrow I'll sit down in my new home, open my laptop and do my events work from here for the first time.

I'm absolutely knackered 😂 and there's still plenty to sort out, but it's starting to feel less like I've moved into a pile of boxes and more like I've actually moved home.

One little bit at a time. ❤️

The morning after moving house, two of my best friends bundled me off for a sauna and swim at Knepp as a very belated birthday present 🥹

After weeks of packing, admin, stress, crying over road closures 😂 and finally getting everything into the new flat… I genuinely couldn't have imagined anything better.

Hot sauna. Cold water. Sunshine. Two of my favourite humans. Absolutely nowhere I needed to be for a couple of hours.

My nervous system said THANK YOU.

And a pretty perfect way to mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of another 🌿✨

Feeling very lucky to have friends who know me this well.