A mi Kim
s k i n – s e l f – w o r l d
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I Grew Up Thinking I Was the Most Beautiful Person in the World
And honestly? I think that was the greatest gift my parents ever gave me. They never once told me I wasn’t pretty. Never compared me to other kids. Never made me feel like I needed to be anything other than exactly what I was. Whether they secretly discussed their parenting strategy behind closed doors —…
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Why Am I Getting Flabbier Even Though I’m Working Out?— A Muscle-Maintaining Diet Guide for Women in Their Late 40s
Even with just yoga, I found a way to protect my muscle. If you’re a woman in your late 40s wondering why your body is changing — the answer might be in what you’re eating, not how much you exercise.
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What Australia Has That Can’t Be Copied
Why does Australian café culture feel so different from anywhere else — even when the aesthetic looks identical? After years of living in Sydney, I think I finally know the answer. It’s not the interiors. It’s the attitude
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That One Hour That Changes Everything — My Honest Thoughts on Daylight Saving
Daylight Saving in Australia ends in April and starts again in October — but is it still worth it? A Sydney mum shares her honest thoughts, plus which states actually observe it and why.
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Because I Live in Sydney
Not every day off is a proper one. On houseworks, laundry, school runs, lunch boxes, 90 minutes parked outside a sports field — and why living in Sydney still doesn’t feel obvious after all these years. 온전한 휴일이 아닌 날들에 대해. 집안일, 빨래, 학교 픽업, 학교도시락, 운동장 앞 90분 — 그리고 시드니에 살면서도 여전히 당연하지…
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The Quiet Results
I didn’t start yoga expecting transformation.Just once or twice a week — nothing dramatic.My work keeps me on my feet for hours, often leaning to one side. For a long time, my lower back and shoulders ached in a way I’d accepted as normal. This is just how it is. This is the body after…
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Why I Prefer a More Natural Face
There are so many lifting procedures available now. Thermage, Ulthera, Rejuran, Volnewmer, Titanium — the list keeps growing, and so do the price tags. Some of them might genuinely help certain people. But personally, I’ve never been very interested to that tightly-lifted look. To be honest about it — no matter how many treatments someone…
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Not Long. Just Free.
There’s a question I get sometimes, usually with a raised eyebrow:“Are you trying to live to a hundred or something?”And honestly, I understand why they ask.I exercise. I do yoga. I think about what I eat — not obsessively, but deliberately. I pay attention to ingredients, to movement, to rest. From the outside, maybe it…
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Well-aging: From “not aging” to “aging well”
Honestly, I didn’t want to age. I think a part of me still feels that way.Somewhere in my early 40s, after having my second child, I couldn’t ignore it anymore. Aging wasn’t something happening in the future — it was already here with me.But accepting that changed something. The question shifted from “how do I…
the Skin & within 