Welcome to the best selling Substack publication, Honeycomb (Formerly known as The PK Diaries).
Here you’ll find indulgently honest tales from my late-30s renaissance— motherhood and vitality from a once high-achieving woman who took a right turn toward home, God, and biological-ish living. I have a sense there are many of us on a similar journey.
I share Body Luxury®— vitality beyond wellness-girlie fear, as well a passionate love of books, beauty and cafés.
I share a love of travel, books and beautiful living, as well as all the things I wrestle with out loud— like, what’s the sweet spot between our life as devoted mothers and our creative work and more so, what’s the right amount of self denial Vs self expression? I wrestle with God frequently and I believe it’s an important part of faith to do so.
I share The Mother Summer, which is life as a stay at home, create from home mum, who is devoted to a beautiful and peaceful home, despite the gnawings of modern feminism telling her she should ‘not be wasting her gifts!’. I write for the women who are waking up to the lies, and yielding to the biological truths that never lose.
I am an Aussie mum, with three awesome kids and an American husband. We have lived all over the world and in my soul I feel we always will. In recent years we restored a farmhouse in Northern Italy and made it a completely non-toxic, natural chic haven on 60 acres, while still maintaining it’s gorgeous Piedmonte craftmanship (roof arches, drool). We’re a homeschooling, home birthing, all the ‘home’ things family but I am happily rough around the edges and don’t fit into any particularly category or stereotype.
I constantly yearn for another trip, to drink matcha back in a new London cafe, or have a warm chocolate croissant in Italy, or to ride bikes around Copenhagen. I want the quiet life and the full and exciting life at the same time.
I believe that these days of early motherhood are the premo golden days, and I share all of my wrestles in my attempt to truly savour them. I am a stay at home, create from home mum, formerly a turbo high achiever— and I tell the truth about the devotion and the challenge of this.
This is a lifestyle publication where vitality, motherhood, art and God merge.
I’ve been many other things to the world and to my community of over 10+ years— published research scientist, three-time author, speaker, leader, mentor, philanthropist, creator of *Insert brand, project, movement here*. I’ve had lots of success, made top 10 lists and been a devoted seeker — But these diaries tell the story of life beyond seeking and status… the fresh meadow of peace beyond artificial exaltation. Here I share life beyond the self indulgence that has gone a little too far in self help world.
Here, I explore my (wobbly) sanctification and evolving faith as well as the fun, fresh and sometimes boujee wellbeing topics I want to hash out. These are pages for honest tales of motherhood, faith, wellness, creativity— essentially my own pursuit of Truth, goodness and beauty.
I hope reading these diaries feels like being part of a secret club where you snuggle into that soft velvety arm chair, hot tonic of your choice in hand, free to let out the 'ahhhhhhh' that comes with fresh honesty and personal storytelling.
May you laugh, may you nod with that special feeling of 'I can't believe she thinks that too'. May you enjoy the deliciousness of long form writing and intentional exchange, beyond the loudness of (more whiplashy) social media.
Thank you for being here.
Proverbs 16-24. 24
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Love, PK. XX
PS. PLEASE NOTE: I currently do not offer a paid subscription— just a free one :)
