by Melissa Walker Horn | Grow Your Skills, Personal
I’ve displaced myself again. As I mentioned in the email on the weekend, I’m having the floor of my office and the adjoining patio fished with epoxy. So, that meant time to pack it all up again. Which is, I have to say, a pretty smooth process these days....
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal, Relationships
This one is easy, as far as choosing one thing every day to be grateful for, because today is Kelvin and my 16th wedding anniversary. Go, team. It feels like so long ago that we first met, and yet, not simultaneously. There we were, just a couple of kids with no idea....
by Melissa Walker Horn | Confidence, Personal, Social Media
Over the last month, on my social media break (as much as work allows), I’ve noticed a few things. Things about my life that I completely missed in the non-stop app switch that is social media. Firstly, I’m not very satisfied with my life. I keep looking...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal
I’m starting to think I jinxed us all when I put up my ‘today has been cancelled go back to bed sign’… Sorry about that. The wheels have fallen off, and it’s one time too many for people out there. I wanted to acknowledge that before we...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal, Style + Beauty
*content warning, some conversations in this article about weight and fatphobia may be triggering to some readers As I scrolled through the street style pictures from Australian Fashion Week and it got me thinking. And no, it wasn’t the lack of plus-size...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Body Confidence, Confidence, Personal, She Wore What
Recently I spoke about how my mojo feels like it packed up and left. Which, when you directly relate it to this blog, means taking photos of myself mostly. It’s what connects me to you and ultimately does well in the general search/Pinterest/SEO world. But...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal, Style + Beauty
This week we saw another brand launch into the Australian plus-size fashion market. Fronted by one of the biggest names in plus, American model Ashley Graham, with the locals following loyally behind. The Commonry burst onto the scene with the sort of ripples a...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Confidence, Personal
A lot of traffic coming to the blog right now is for a post about where to buy plus-size clothes for teenagers. Teenage girls, predominately, with a couple of stores thrown in that would work for the guys too. The search terms got me thinking about my teenage self and...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Blogging, Personal
Here we are, on the very first day of 2021. Not me, I’m probably still in bed sleeping off a food coma. I’m sure the drink has nothing to do with it. This is past me, writing from the New Year’s Eve morning with a determination to make sure we end...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Personal
When we first purchased this house, we didn’t know how we would go with one bathroom. Sure, only two people are living here, but we were used to being a two-bathroom home. And of course, we’ve managed, but with the main bathroom in need of repairs now was...
