What if the most radical thing you could do today was to literally stop and pause? Side step the noise, the bills, life’s endless trail of shoulds—and listen for what’s calling you in that pause?.
In this Faark The Shoulds conversation, QuantiMama Jodi gets cosy with the luminescent Kristen Morrison—author, artist, stylist, ex-fashion designer, and long-time disruptor of the “good girl” narrative. They trace Kristen’s winding path from homesteaded tablecloth couture to inadvertent Down syndrome advocacy, from lockdown burnt-out business to community art space, with Kristen modelling one thing through it all: permission to live responsively, not reactively.
Her story isn’t a pivot—it’s a series of reckonings. Of choosing real over polished. Enough over everything.
Because when “becoming” is your default mode, what does success even look like?
— Make peace with the pace of your child's growth (and your own)
— Reclaim art as a way of relating, not performing
— Stay in the room when it gets uncomfortable—then breathe
— Ask what wants to be created, not what should
Kristen reminds us that presence is a practice. And that sovereignty isn’t a solo act—it’s a shared frequency. One that gets stronger in circle.
Find Kristen at Soul Centred Art Space on Instagram or dive into her writing at kristenmorrison.co, where she weaves together insights on creativity, sustainability, food, wellbeing, and the messy, beautiful business of being human.
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