Bend, Don’t Break

Business, Motherhood, Yoga

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It’s a Dogs Life
It’s a Dogs Life

“You must be so relaxed”.

I suppose sometimes living on the road, being parked in the bus watching the sun set over the ocean, can be quite relaxing.

But much of the time, it also means recruiting ALL of my tools to regulate my body and my nervous system to adapt to the ever changing parameters of our lifestyle. As someone with an anxiety disorder, travel is fraught with unknowns….

How one tyre cost $500 (and other biz lessons)
How one tyre cost $500 (and other biz lessons)

It wasn’t an easy drive up, and just past Badgingarra (middle of nowhere, if you’re not familiar) we discovered that one of our bus tyres was disintegrating, leaving rubber all over the road. We were two hours from the nearest major town so we parked up and limped into Geraldton the next day to discover that one very rare replacement tyre would be $500….

Protecting your digital assets
Protecting your digital assets

For me, digital data is very important because I travel so frequently and we store our important documents in a shipping container in Perth. This means we cannot have piles of paper in our bus, nor do we have the space for storing documents or having a scanner/printer! I need to be able to access anything, from anywhere and its part of our nomadic lifestyle to have our digital filing up to scratch.

Here are some ways I file, store, and retrieve important information:

When was your last hangover?
When was your last hangover?

I’m going to ask… when was your last hangover? Well, it's been a very long time for me. While I do love a quality glass of red, there hasn't really been a social setting lately where a lot of consumption was on the cards, plus waking up to a toddler in the morning is just.not.worth.it.

But I definitely have a Vulnerability Hangover MUCH more frequently.

Having a baby made me successful
Having a baby made me successful

When you have a baby, alot of shit ceases to matter. You save your cares only for the most important things and either delegate or ignore the rest. Are they warm? Are they safe? Are they fed? Are all the basic needs met? Good… ok. Then that’ll do for today.

The same applies to business.

On Reframing Failure
On Reframing Failure

There’s a finality in failure that belongs only to the word and how we use it in our language. Over the years, rather than trying to change the meaning of the word, I got rid of it altogether.

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Bend, Don’t Break is a collection of musings on the entrepreneurial journey, business, mental health, and parenting, written by Kaye Waterhouse.

Kaye is a Womens Business Coach, Writer, Mother of Two, Studio Owner,

and Yoga Teacher Trainer.

AWARDS:

  • 2021 Top 50 Leaders in Small Business (National) - Inside Small Business Magazine

  • 2021 Winner Best Marketing Campaign - Swan Chamber of Commerce

  • 2021 ROAR Awards Health & Wellbeing Business -Bronze

  • 2020 GOLD in Health & Wellbeing Business - Women’s Business School

  • 2020 SILVER in Rising Star Award - Women’s Business School

  • 2020 SILVER in Business Excellence Award - Womens Business School

  • 2017 National Finalist in Business Excellence - Womens Business School

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