LIFE UPGRADE
TURIA’S FEEL-GOOD KIT
Got a friend who’s going through
a hard time? These might just help…
1. A salt lamp
“They’re a really lovely thing to
give to someone who’s going
through a tough time.”
2. Chicken soup and chockies
“If they lived near me, I’d drop
over some chicken soup and
a block of beautiful artisanal
handmade Australian chocolate.”
3. Schitt’s Creek box set
“It’s so much better than the
first few episodes – you’ve got
to persevere, it’s so funny.”
6. We all have an inner strength
we are not even aware of
8. Everything does not happen
for a reason
“Resilience is like a muscle – the
more we use it, the stronger it gets.
We don’t always get to discover
how resilient we are, though. We all
wish that bad things didn’t happen,
but they inevitably do. It’s important
to know that we all have the inner
resources to be able to cope with
whatever life throws at us.”
“I hate that saying. We’re not very
good at talking about grief, death
or loss, and I get it, as they’re
awkward topics to talk about. It’s
not comfortable visiting someone
who’s just had a cancer diagnosis
or whose child has passed away.
You don’t know what to say, but
actually a really good thing to say
is just, ‘I’m really sorry. I don’t know
what to say’.”
7. Don’t try to find the
silver lining right away
“Don’t put pressure on yourself
to try and find the lesson in a bad
situation straightaway, because
that’s another thing we do in
our culture. We try to find a
silver lining immediately, but
we can be doing ourselves
a disservice. It’s really important
to acknowledge what’s happened
and allow ourselves to sit with
it, even though it’s awful and
uncomfortable and we don’t want
to be there. Trust that you will find
the lesson. It might be years later,
but you will find it eventually.”
9. Becoming a mother has helped
me drop my perfectionism
“Before I had kids, I used to get up
early and write. Now I normally get
woken up by my children and my
day is kind of run at their behest.
But I think motherhood has actually
made me more efficient because if
I’ve got 20 minutes and that’s all the
time I have, I just have to get it done,
whereas before I was probably a bit
of a perfectionist. It’s Parkinson’s law
– if you have all day to do a task, it’ll
take you all day. If you have an hour,
it’s going to take you an hour.”
Turia Pitt with
Matt Stenmark
from Kynd
WHY I
CHOSE KYND
“When Matthew Stenmark, the
founder of Kynd, jumped on the
phone with me, I loved his energy and
passion and I thought, ‘I want what
this guy has!’ I love that they give
back – every time a Kynd product
is bought, they donate an immunity
product to someone who really needs
it. They’re also a sustainable brand,
the supplements come in a beautiful
glass bottle, and they have a bamboo
cap you can chuck in the compost.
All of those things led me to feel
they were a really good fit.”
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