No fluff. No bs. Let's get straight to the point.
You want to feel good, right?
You don't WANT to lose your $*#&, be frustrated, resentful or down. It gets annoying after a while and you then are annoyed at yourself AS WELL as the original culprit!
I'm sharing one SIMPLE tweak to help you feel better, more aligned and to remind you tha...
Ok beautiful mumma - stay with me. I get a Fear Inventory might sound strange 🤪🫥😉
Have you ever done the groceries only to get home and think 'Dang it - we've now got three bottles of tomato sauce and NO bread!'
Taking inventory of what's in the house BEFORE the shop let's you know what you need.
Or checking your closet before a shoppin...
I remember a mum calling me one night, upset and at home alone with her two children.
Another morning, while Directing a long day care centre, a mum called the preschool in tears.
A few years later, a different mother called the Centre while driving, audibly upset, so much so, I asked her to pull her car over so she could calm and stay sa...
There are 8.1 billion people on the planet.
That's a lot of personalities AND a lot of opinions!
Even in the most well-meaning relationships, some of these opinions can feel off-putting, judgmental, hurtful and disappointing. It can make you wonder if they know you at all.
If you've had experiences like this, I want to offer a persp...
There are age-old challenges parents face time and time again.
To co-sleep or not.
How many extra-curricular activities is too much?
Which battle do I pick.... like Every.Day?!?!
And of course, many, many more decisions, choices and forks in the parenting-road.
"Children do not 'deserve' explanations for their parent's instructions and...
Do you wonder how you can be so competent and confident in some ways and feel totally incompetent and doubtful in others? That's pretty logical if you're comparing folding washing to flying to the moon, but I mean in day-to-day life.
I'll give you examples.
I was with a friend in an outdoor restaurant. She was a successful career woman and...
Do you look at others and think, 'how have they got it all together?'
Maybe there was a time you had life worked out and everything was good. You had your mojo happening, relationships felt healthy. You felt healthy! You enjoyed where you were. Life was good.
Then somewhere along the line, you woke up with less passion and more Ughhhh 😩
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You may be given a cactus, but you don’t have to sit on it.
American author Joyce Meyer uses this cactus metaphor when reminding us that being negative during challenging times makes the challenging times more negative.
This should be logical, but as humans, we do this with other areas of life too. Totally unaware! We make life harder, fr...
Miss 5 was snuggled by my side as we watched a montage of video messages. She looked up smiling and joyful as she had several times before, then her face softened. 'Are you crying?' she asked.
'Yes. Happy tears.'
And they were happy tears. Tears of gratitude and appreciation for the messages people in my life had taken time to share as we c...
The weekend just passed was Mother's Day. Before we dig into a reminder that I think will move you to feeling more empowered, more connected and more at peace, I'd like to acknowledge YOU.
You may have lost your mum or have lost a child.
You may not have the relationship you want with your mum.... or your child.
You might long to be a mum.
Y...
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