Kirstyn Brook
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Completely normal human. Nothing to see here.
But if you do want to chat all forms of correspondence are welcome.
Instagram: @kirstynbrook
To buy my most recent book check out: www.kirstynbrook.com
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Consent in Photos
Some images rattle around your body. You catch it for a second. A fraction of a breath. And in that moment you know that it will stay with you forever. I just saw an image like that. It's an image I didn't agree to see. And I'll bet my life that the man in it didn't agree for it to be taken either.
By Kirstyn Brook13 days ago in Psyche
Concussion Party
Forgive me for everything I am about to write. I have a concussion. Truly, genuinely. I fell, rather spectacularly, down a medieval staircase. It wasn’t actually the clumsiest thing I did that day, but regardless, it had an equally spectacular impact, literally, on the back of my head. It was quite a shock when the headache hadn't faded 3 days later, and my wit with friends seemed to be lagging by a full minute delay.
By Kirstyn Brook2 months ago in Longevity
Scorpio Pig. . Top Story - November 2025.
When coming up with a title for this, I came to the brilliant realisation that I am a Scorpio Pig. A classic and undisputable Scorpio (though the horoscope vs reality debate lives on) and a 1995 year of the pig baby. I’ve always liked being a Scorpio, but the pig thing took a minute. A couple years ago my friend took me micro-pig walking for my birthday, did you know pigs have a hierarchy system? Seriously. They take rankings very seriously, and as my pig Mr Darcy was pushed out the way by his superior, I found out just how serious it was.
By Kirstyn Brook2 months ago in Humans
Leaving community
In the last 3 years, I have built, entirely by accident, a nearly perfect life. A wonderful home by the sea, a full and active community, friendships that make me feel seen and genuinely loved, work that I didn’t know could exist but that I have created just to suit me.
By Kirstyn Brook4 months ago in Humans
Hangxiety, are you worth it?
I've stopped thinking in black and white. Right and Wrong have left the building. Instead, the era of nuance has arrived. Measured responses, figuring this out in proportion to how I experience this life. And it has made things so much harder, suddenly there is no All or Nothing, only a constant array of Somethings.
By Kirstyn Brook6 months ago in Psyche
"I've been trying to figure you out"
We were at a bar last night, well, a theatre bar, Soho Theatre bar to be exact. Possibly my favourite place in London, the only place I have left laced with over a decade of memories, the place that feels a bit like Home. And there we were sipping on frozen margaritas, about to watch a sell-out show by the FABULOUS Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine (link below if you fancy looking, some great clips online). And as we sipped I let slip that one of my biggest dreams was to have my poster on the wall in the Soho Theatre Bar, it's covered, absolutely covered with hundreds if not thousands of posters from shows over the last few decades, and everytime I go more shows are added, older ones peaking through, a gorgeous patchwork of comedy and theatre and odd little quirky or controversial shows that wouldn't have found a home anywhere else but there.
By Kirstyn Brook8 months ago in Humans
Thank you.. Top Story - February 2025.
A friend of mine got the words 'thank you' tattooed after they experienced something awful and were caught by their community. I haven't experienced anything as bad as that truly awful event, but I have been caught, and I do want to say thank you.
By Kirstyn Brook11 months ago in Humans
A very simple plan
I'm in the process of starting a business, which is a relatively simple thing to do. People start businesses every day, everywhere, from every background. In fact, there are 11 women starting businesses in the small seaside town I live in right now, and we all met up today. We're doing this course, a brilliant free course to help us start our businesses. Every woman in that room has different strengths and different goals.
By Kirstyn Brook11 months ago in Motivation
Success and Failure
Being entirely realistic, the only person who has ever sabotaged me is myself. I don't have any evil villain or arch nemesis to take down or strategically blame for my plans not coming off. But how great would that be! I think I might name her Sharon. Any time funding doesn't come through, or a project being greenlit is pushed back from now on it's all Sharon. Absolutely nothing to do with me. It's That bitch.
By Kirstyn Brook12 months ago in Humans
'I'm All In'
A friend said to me recently what I think might just be the most romantic phrase. ‘I’m All In’ We were walking back from one of our impromptu sea swims, and I offhandedly mentioned a part of my story she had never heard before. We realised how far the two of us had come as people, and how similar our stories are. Weird that. Someone who has become a really good friend in the last year, only now starting to see how similar we are despite being at such different points. She’s moving country now, and it was a wake-up call to see her path happening in real time.
By Kirstyn Brook12 months ago in Humans
