Travel Kind

I didn’t write this one but did contribute so I want to share it here to help raise awareness of the Four Paws campaign Travel Kind. International animal welfare charity Four Paws are hoping to help tourists travel with a kind heart - which means avoiding swimming with dolphins, posing for selfies with monkeys, going to circuses with live animal acts and enjoying wild animals only where they should be - in the wild! Four Paws provided expert comment for this feature and you can find out all about the campaign here. #TravelKind

Latest StoriesKim WillisAugust 12, 2021animal welfare, travel kind, Four Paws, report, wild animals, tourismComment

Never felt more beautiful

Another feature for Sarah, who came to our garden for a cheeky photoshoot! Sarah took part in a collective feature for Closer a few weeks ago - now, she’s taking centre stage in Closer’s latest special issue. (As is my great-grandmother’s chaise lounge… she’d be so proud!) Sarah is 50 and looking and feeling happier and more beautiful than ever. Having spent the day with Sarah I can attest that she exudes joy!

Latest StoriesKim WillisAugust 12, 2021looking fab, feeling fab, fab at 50, never too late, weight loss, body positivity, body beautiful, bopoComment

Say yes to happiness

I love writing health reports for Take a Break, I can really dive into them and I learn lots too! Here, I wrote about happiness, exploring what we’ve learned about happiness from lockdown and what we want from our lives as we emerge into a post-pandemic world. Huge thanks to Walls for the super-interesting survey which sparked the idea. We want happy! I love that - here’s hoping we build back happy.

Bright Little Stars

I mean - this story should come with a cuteness warning! Thanks to superstar photographer Nicole, these children all had a magical day dressing up as their favourite characters, to celebrate Down’s syndrome. And I’d say Leiya, Aurora, Jackson, Lauren and Jaxon are, as the title so wonderfully suggests, the brightest little stars! Here starring in Australian magazine Take 5.

Kim WillisJuly 7, 2021Comment

A phobia of pregnant women and babies

Philippa told a very difficult and painful story with an open heart and an incredible determination to help other parents who have faced their worst nightmare: the loss of their child. You don’t see many stories about what happens to women who lose their babies and how it feels to face a society seemingly brimming with them. But of course, any woman who has faced what Philippa has, will know how she felt in her darkest hours.
For support, please visit Our Sam. Here Philippa will help anyone who has experienced baby loss.
Philippa’s story is out now in New magazine.

Friendship Never Ends

Working with Karen and Linda is an absolute hoot - I can see how their friendship has lasted 46 years! They are so funny together, yet also so kind, compassionate and loving. This is a friendship that began with a special moment, and has in the years since, been built on special moments. I was honoured to have a little window into the friendship so I could write about them here for Woman’s Own. Out now!