by katrinam | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
Everyone thinks their mum is the best. There’s a good chance my mum Helen really is though—a single mum in the 1970s, she was always fun and resourceful and hell bent on raising independent kids prepared for the world. She informed and inspired how I show up...
by katrinam | Apr 20, 2022 | Uncategorised
Being different in life takes courage. From wearing something that takes confidence (anyone back into mini-skirts yet this winter? Terrifying but fun) to saying publicly that you support a certain viewpoint to deciding you’d rather go to Adelaide than Tokyo. Even as...
by katrinam | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorised
My first thought when Ash Barty suddenly retired wasn’t—as seemed to be the burning question—what’s next for this rockstar 25 year old. It was ‘huzzah, there is a serious professional who understands it’s all in the planning’. The world No 1’s planning was...
by katrinam | Mar 20, 2022 | Uncategorised
Even though I was in my early thirties when I first fell pregnant—hardly a teenager—I had mixed emotions. I was ecstatic at the idea of being a mum, but I remember also thinking, ‘I am not ready for this’. I had a house, security, a job, savings, had travelled, but I...
by Katrina McCarter | Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorised
I’m not a runner. Yet this week I found myself at a local oval at 5.30am, puffing through laps with a running club. That same night I hit with some girlfriends and a coach at the tennis club. Now? I’m sore, I’m tired—and I’m excited. My new fitness regimen is...