Hello, my friends! And hello to all the new people here this week. I’m Catherine Greer, author of The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe, Canadian-Australian living in Sydney. Thank you for joining us…we’re a group of amazing women from all around the world. 🌼 I’m guessing you’ve signed up to my Sunday newsletter after reading my new book. I’m so glad you’re here!
Every week you can expect a little inspiration from me, or a life lesson I’ve learned. This week, it’s something so very simple — are you ready?
I don’t know about you, but i’ve had a wild, wild week.
I’m a bit tired from work deadlines (I work full time as a copywriter in a large organisation in Sydney, and I travel to Melbourne a lot, too. Love it, but BUSY.). And I’m lucky enough to be launching a book this month, a book that means so much to me!
And at the same time, there is life for all of us, right? Kids we’re worried about, family stuff, tricky work situations, new people we meet.
I’m trying to take a deep breath and think: every person is a lesson for me.
How I want to show up. How I want to love. How I want to speak to others or walk through this world.
Every person is a lesson.
In admiration (not envy).
In patience (not harsh words).
In love (not worry or fear). Why is this so hard with kids?! We want them to be okay, we want them to be happy, we worry-worry-worry when they’re going through their own trials, don’t we? I often forget to ditch the worry and invite in the LOVE.
This mind-switch helped me this week, and I hope it helps you, too. I’ve reminded myself that people are lessons for me…to help me learn as we all walk each other home.
I hope you have a beautiful Sunday, filled with unexpected tiny joys.
Love, Catherine xx
Lucky enough to have an article in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Melbourne Age today. It’s locked unless you subscribe, and weirdly the photos are different everywhere. In print or online. But here’s a link to the final PDF if you’d all like to read.
Loved this fun photo shoot of women as goddesses.
Thank you a million for your support of The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe! I’d love you all to have a copy. Means the world to me to have you read my book. If you’re in a tricky place in your life and not buying books, email me and i’ll get a copy to you. Also, you can check your library in Australia.
Audiobook is here on Audible - so funny! Read by Aussie actor, Lucy Bell!
Kindle here in Canada (distribution is getting solved, but slowly. Ugh. Still so painful for me to have these problems in my home country, but the publisher is working on it 🇨🇦).
America - forever the land of incredible, beautiful poets, you can find it here.