Living the Good Life doesn ' t mean sipping champagne by the pool and vacationing on a private island . Well , at least , that ' s not the only definition . The Good Life Ladies , Belle Lockerby and Julia Kerr , define it as smashing their life goals while juggling motherhood , business ownership , and the inevitable mom guilt .
Badassery Magazine was lucky enough to chat with Belle and Julia and find out more about how the Good Life movement started and where it ' s going .
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Badassery Mag : So tell us , how did you two come to collaborate .
Belle : Our summer happens in January in Australia , and I honestly found myself in a funk - the ugly crying funk where even though life is going great , your mindset is just not your best friend . Anyway , a friend of mine helped me snap out of it and sent me off to the beach to dunk my head .
It was the best thing I could have done .
I invited Julia to bring her kids and come down boogie boarding with me ( not knowing she doesn ’ t really like the ocean ). While boogie boarding , we both kind of had a shared brain experience ( probably scary for Julia ) and thought - why the heck are we not doing this more .
Julia : I had actually just been waiting for an excuse to Collaborate with Belle . It ’ s rare to find someone who works the same way as you and who you can have fun with so It was a great opportunity
Badassery Mag : What kind of things are you doing with your show
Belle : Really , it ’ s just about encouraging people to be brave with their business and their life and make time to live . As much as I have a bit of a sad story with the loss of multiple family members to either depression or cancer , I ’ m also fortunate in knowing how lucky I am to live . I did get caught up in focusing on the business , and the kids , and all the mum things , so this year is about making a conscious effort to create space for fun and be brave - even if that means being awkward in the process . I may be the queen of awkward .
Badassery Mag : So like overcoming fears ?
B & J : Yes - sometimes fears are designed to keep us safe ; sometimes they hold us back from growing and being the best version of ourselves . It ’ s about breaking out of the stretchy pants that is the comfort zone .
Julia : And both of us have different fears - there are ones which we face around failure - but then there are the ones that are a little more rooted in past experiences .
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