‘Watch me in a room with others tasked with storytelling: I will draft a sentence in the time others fill a page. I appear almost motionless but my mind is racing: strategising, establishing purpose, analysing, filtering tactics. I am choosing each word like an expensive gift, a weapon, assessing its weight, the feel of it in my hands, its suitability for the task. A wrong word will make for a different trajectory, a different outcome, unintended consequences. A wrong word will change the shape of the world I am building, like a foundational brick misaligned.’

The Integrity Cure

Books

Out now

The Integrity Cure: Stories of a Bipolar Half-Life

Thirty years. Thirty stories. One hell of a ride to full recovery. What if honesty is all it takes to set you free? Get your dose from Thorndon Press in October 2025.

Out now

Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child-adjacent.

A rich and bold conversation about what makes a fulfilling life, including “Selfish” by Donelle McKinley. Edited by Alie Benge, Lil O’Brien and Kathryn van Beek, Massey University Press, 2024.

What’s next

Blaze: A Collection of Sparks

Join the author on an international adventure as they explore what it means to commit to integrity, trust intuition, define freedom from the inside out, and fulfil potential in life beyond bipolar.