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25.01.2022 8 days adventure, campervan-ing in Tasmania, and another 8 days of Days of Summer. A personal project capturing my family life with one frame every day.

24.01.2022 Not a fan of Valentine’s Day but a massive fan of LOVE. If you’re new around here, you won’t know this: I live, play and work with my partner. He’s my best mate and we are both 100% cool with the 24/7 life. I heard recently that only about 1 in 5 relationships is actually healthy and the kind that other people want. We are that 1 in 5. And I know that it’s very uncool to admit things like that, but I’ve had two failed marriages and I honestly thought that either there was so...mething wrong with me OR that a happy, balanced relationship was complete bullshit and didn’t exist. Until I met @jeremymark1, that is. Everyone knows that marriage and relationships take work. We’ve had hurdles just like everyone does. We also have a crazy-lucky blend of personality traits and behaviours that gel perfectly together. And we bloody love each other to bits. We’ve been together 8 years. Some would say we’re still in the honeymoon phase (we’re not), but 24/7 is a different dimension altogether. Hands up if you work with your other half, or run a business together! @thebeautifulcollective

22.01.2022 The last edition of my Days of Summer project, that I actually completed back in January before we returned to work for 2021. I’ll share the book when I get it printed. Sometimes it feels onerous to take a photo every day. But I remind myself of how important at these moments are. The sum of life.

20.01.2022 What does it really mean when you ‘need a break’? For me, it’s usually multi-facetedphysical, mental and emotional. The PHYSICAL means slowing down, catching up on sleep and doing less. ... The MENTAL means letting go of the vast majority of things that normally occupy my mind, particularly work/business and running the household. The EMOTIONAL means filling my cup with activities that nourish me and activate my feelings and sensestime in nature, connecting with loved ones, and treating myself to delicious food. The main way I know that will take care of all three things at once is to leave home and go on an adventure. I’m inexpressibly grateful to have finally been able to get on a plane and take a holiday after the longest period in 7 years without one. We’ve been exploring Tasmania in a campervan for the last 7 days and we’re only halfway through our adventure. In any other year, I would have been able to design a break at home by changing up my routine and creating some events, but after spending so much time ‘trapped’ at home since last summer (bushfires followed by covid) I knew it wouldn’t be enough. So here we are. It’s such a treat. And I won’t say it’s perfect, because kids still need looking after (and parenting on holidays can be ridiculously frustrating, but that’s a topic for another post), food still needs preparing and there is the occasional urgent work task that needs attention, but it’s pretty close to the best kind of break for me and the break I really, really, really, really, REALLY needed. Have you had a proper break recently? How did you feel afterwards?

19.01.2022 What you focus on is what happens. Have you ever noticed that some people seem to have a lot of drama following them around? While others seem to have all the good shit happen to them all the time? I’ve been both the Drama Attractor and the All The Good Luck person at different stages of my life. ... The difference was that when I was attracting drama, I spent a lot of time imagining drama, thinking people were out to get me, feeling sorry for myself and focusing on all the things that were going wrong in my life. And when I was having all the good luck, I was focusing on positive things, imagining and believing in positive outcomes, feeling good about myself and my life and generating good vibes. Control really is that simple. Do you agree/disagree?

12.01.2022 Apparently a goal without a plan is just a dream. And that's supposed to be a bad thing. It's not a bad thing, it's a good thing! Goal-setting is how you make things happen in your life. It's how you move forward. ... Always set the goals. Tell me one of your goals for this year! I'd love to hear one, no matter how big or small.

10.01.2022 Are you ready? I did quite a few disco calls just prior to Christmas with small business owners who really wanted to commit to giving themselves the opportunity they deserve and levelling up their businesses in 2021. Now those wonderful souls are starting to book in their mentoring sessions and soon I’m going to have to close my books for the first quarter of the year!!! So, if you want to work with me, this is your reminder to book a disco call or apply for mentoring ASAP.... Book a call or mentoring right here: https://heartstoryphotography.com.au/mentoring-for-photogr/ P.S Last year I grew our photography business revenue by 40%, during a GLOBAL PANDEMIC. I am an completely open book about everything I know, and I want to help you smash the shit out of your life and business. Come play with me!

09.01.2022 Days of Summer. 5 more days. Our last 3 in Tassie and 2 back at home. I’ve felt more creative doing the project this year than I have for the last few. ‘Storytelling’ is such a catch phrase these days, but it’s really what this project has always been about for me, since the first time I did it, way back in 2009. Each image is rich with meaning for me, and it’s selection carefully and deeply considered. This is our history and my legacy. Every moment of our lives is importan...t because it’s ours. But photographs help shape memories and can become gateways to your sense of place and self. Documenting family life in this way is underrated, but just as significant as anything you show or teach your children as they grow. #kolenbyrnessummer #daysofsummer #myboys #hisnameisaugustfrey #fujifilm #fujifilm_global #candidchildhood #our_everyday_moments #let_there_be_delight #soulful_moments #dearphotographer #honestlydocumented #thefamilynarrative #bnw_kids_ #inbeautyandchaos #childhoodunplugged #letthekids #documentyourdays #beunraveled #mastania21

07.01.2022 This photo was taken about 18 months ago. You know, Before Covid. It just so happened that the wall out the front of our old-old-house matched my new branding colours (such foresight!). I'm posting it now because Jez took a little set of new photos of me on this day to forward to Kym, the brains behind @refocusretreat, which I was booked to present at last May. And last May has now become THIS May! I am so excited to be presenting again! It's been a couple of years since I ...did it in person! I'm being sponsored by @nikonaustralia and I'll be doing a keynote and two workshops, utilising all my skills and passions and it's going to be AMAZING! If you've never heard of it, or you're not going, you definitely need to check it out. https://refocusretreat.com.au

07.01.2022 THREE. Moving house has made for a whirlwind of a week, but we found room to celebrate this little guy. I never thought I would have a second child, but I can’t imagine our lives without our funny little Augie Frey. ... He has taught me so many things in the last 3 years and ~9 months. Trusting my body The true magic of childbirth How expansive love can be Slowing down and relishing moments Making better decisions Setting better boundaries and goals. He is the ultimate joy bringer and he makes us laugh every day.

06.01.2022 MANIFESTATION Over the past year or so, I’ve been doing a lot of work on noticing and changing unhealthy internal dialogues. We all have them, and sometimes they’ve been going on for so long we don’t even recognise how unhelpful they are, or how they might be responsible for holding us back from reaching our goals. 18 months ago, my husband and I were completely trapped by a financial burden that we’d thought earlier was the greatest decision of our lives. It didn’t wor...k out, but we found ourselves unable to move past it, and so our attempts to sell this block of land were futile. We actually began to think we were going to be forever stuck with it and we were being punished for rushing in without a solid plan. When I think about it now, it makes me cringe because I know how deep those combined negative thoughts went. They crippled us. Setting ourselves free from them took many long conversations and some powerful affirmation work. But within quite a short space of time, we sold our land (without compromising on price) and we moved on with a new respect for the power of our own minds. Then Covid hit and despite the fact that we were financially free, we couldn’t secure a new loan approval because our business had been affected by Covid. So we put it all on hold, enjoyed our new rental in a new part of town, worked hard on getting our business back to good and began dreaming about what our perfect home would be like. A few months later, we got a new broker and a new pre-approval, and an incredible home serendipitously fell into our laps. And by fell into our laps, I mean she was not on the market. We planned, we vision boarded, we affirmed and we put everything out there. And it happened. We settled on this MCM beauty last week and we are currently sprucing her up, ready to move in next week. She has the most wonderful history and we have the most wonderful story to start the next chapter of our lives.

03.01.2022 Do you sometimes compare your life to other people’s lives? And by compare, I mean make yourself feel inadequate/inferior/undeserving/stuck because someone else seems to have it better than you. It’s called comparisonitis. Made easier thanks to the huge role social media has in our lives and everyone’s tendency to only post the highlight reel. ... But it’s been around longer than social media. It’s a human condition, and it’s important to talk about it. One of the things I used to be super vulnerable about was how hard parenting felt when I had no family close by. Child no 1 was a challenging baby: I basically didn’t sleep for 18 months. I had to learn to be his health advocate from scratch and I had no friends or family who could relate or pick up the slack for me. I constantly looked at other people’s seemingly rosy lives where parents went on date nights, babies were cared for by grandparents and everyone looked happy and rested and I wanted to die. The truth is that I desperately needed support and didn’t know how to ask for it, let alone get it. All I had was looking outward for answers that weren’t there and the sickening realisation that this was not what I ordered. This taught me (in hindsight of course) that comparing my life to others was a symptom of dissatisfaction, or an emerging need/desire that I hadn’t had before. It takes some guts to change your situation. Or to recognise that the pretty picture you might want isn’t the right solution for you and your unique circumstances. It’s easier to be annoyed at the ‘luck’ some people have. To feel sorry for yourself, to blame something or someone. It’s hard to delve deeper, and to truly disrupt something that feels comfortable. It’s better the devil you know. You know? Now I push. I peel back layers. I’m not scared of hard things. Comparisonitis is a soul-sucker. The only comparison that truly matters is old you and new you. And it’s a gift that can keep on giving, as long as you live. What’s your comparisonitis story?

01.01.2022 I didn't post on #IWD, but I certainly read a lot of posts, and continued to do so for most of the week. The truth is, I wasn't sure how I wanted to show up or what I wanted to say. My feminist heart grows bigger every year I live, and sometimes I am so choked with rage that even my inner voice struggles to articulate itself. We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go. ... I'm not that into politics. For years now, I've chosen to ignore it because the pack of privileged middle-aged white men who run our country don't represent or understand the vast majority of our country and it's people. However lately, I've been paying more attention than usual because I've been so angered over recent events and the government's handling of these events. Which brings me right back to #IWD. The theme of #IWD this year is Choose to Challenge. We are asked to: - Celebrate women's achievement. - Raise awareness against bias. - Take action for equality. Simple words, but hard to uphold. It's hard to challenge. It's hard to speak up. It's hard to even find your voice. Even men find it hard, and they've had the right of way for centuries. But from now on, I choose to challenge. Actively, loudly and with respect. And not just for women, but also non binary people and gender non conforming people. I would love to celebrate #IWD with my two sons one day in the far distant future when they are both grown adults and to know that change is possible because enough people chose to challenge.