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Me and Simon comparing hand sizes. Photo by Rocket Dave.
Confident
· 13 February 2026

Love you, don't die.

On stepping away from work, printing the photographs, and remembering that it’s life and life only.
A wide gravel path through a rural valley, with stone walls, open fields, and distant hills under a large sky.
Confident
· 29 January 2026

Making myself smaller (and choosing to stop)

I didn’t decide to make myself smaller. I learned to. And lately, my body has been telling me it’s time to stop holding myself in.
Confident
· 15 December 2025

Confident: The Ones Who Stay

My oldest friends aren’t my closest friends. But they are quality friends.
Confident
· 8 December 2025

Confident: Some Things End Quietly

Some friendships are rooted in shared routines rather than shared values. When the routine changes, the friendship sometimes quietly ends. Not because anyone did something wrong. Just because the thing holding it together no longer exists.
Me hiding under the covers
Confident
· 8 November 2025

Confident: When Life Makes You Slow Down

I was meant to be writing about rest because I’d taken a well-earned break. A holiday in the Lake District. Slow mornings. A view that wasn’t my laptop. Instead, I’m writing this with my middle finger strapped into a splint, unable to bend
Glamazons
Confident
· 8 October 2025

Confident: Gratitude, community, and starting afresh

Ten years ago, I was one of those girls posting half-a-face makeup selfies online. People told me it was a scam, or a cult. Honestly? Maybe it was a bit of both. But for me, it was also the start of something much bigger: a lesson in confidence, community, and gratitude.
Polaroids of Justine scattered on a table
Beautiful
Smart
Confident
· 1 October 2025

Welcome to Beautiful, Smart, Confident

Beautiful, Smart, Confident started years ago as a small Facebook project. It was a place where I shared things I was reading, learning, and trying out. At the time, it was about female life, confidence, creativity, and the little practices that make us feel more ourselves.