Gravity

Somatic leadership and embodied power.

Bordeaux

On sleeping in, farmers markets, pancakes and being naked all day.

By She Holds

/ 19 Apr 2026

Spring Moon

On dining out, and moving house.

By She Holds

/ 1 Feb 2026

Sydney

On Felix, sex, motherhood, and twenty years of asking who leads.

By She Holds

/ 4 Jan 2026

On childbirth

I had just given birth when her little sister followed.

By She Holds

/ 30 Nov 2025

On c-section

Years after our daughters were born, I was still chasing a son. Conception wasn’t instant like it was with our daughters.

By She Holds

/ 24 Nov 2025

London

On why I don’t get to London often enough. Fish and chips on Notting Hill. Noodles and dumplings steaming in Chinatown. And the correct Brasier.

By She Holds

/ 16 Nov 2025

On my father

He ruled the wok and the pot. He cooked tong from scratch with rice fluffy and hot and sweet. He pulled me out of abuse and hospitals and brought me home when I was lost.

By She Holds

/ 9 Nov 2025

Tokyo

On cheesecake in Ginza. The filter of fast-moving particles and locating my husband.

By She Holds

/ 8 Nov 2025

Hawaii

On unrushed days in Hawaii. Swimming with dolphins, forgiving the past, and making love with her growing inside of me.

By She Holds

/ 6 Nov 2025

Biarritz

It means the season has ended, and something new begins.

By She Holds

/ 1 Nov 2025

Structure for embodied power

How a woman becomes the gravitational centre of her world and places her man, and her family, her house, her community in orbit around her.

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