‍ Hands up if you want to feel ALIVE, HAPPY, IN CONTROL or CALM?

Heck, what if you just want to feel better?

But you do you, beautiful person. Don't aspire for enthusiasm or passion if you're barely getting out of bed.

If your 'one step better' is feeling ok, that's awesome. Or if your 'one step better' makes you feel...

 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...

"Birth is not only about making babies.

It's about making mothers."

Barbara Katz Rothman

When you had your baby, were you given information about personal development, growth or identity changes? I can't recall being educated in this way. Sure, I was given pamphlets on drinking enough water and resting when the baby rests, but nothing...

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...

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...

There's a lot to say about the value of friendships. Studies even suggest the quality of friendships can positively impact the longevity of a woman's life! And if we look at it from a theoretical viewpoint of human needs, belonging to a tribe IS lifesaving. This is why some children, teens and even adults, will do anything to fit in. They will...

Is 'alignment' the new buzz word and do you have to be meditating on top of a mountain to feel it, 'cause for mums, that's near impossible, right?

In its basic, important-for-mums meaning, alignment is feeling calm, certain, free, non-reactive, clear, purposeful, satisfied or settled....

We've all done it. Some a little more than others

We've let our children do things we know they shouldn't!

• Giving an instruction and not following through when they don't.
• Making them a different dinner after telling them you wouldn't.
• Letting them do the early morning climb-into-your-bed when you've spent the last week...

Let’s chat Life & Leadership.

Do you love or loathe them?

Do they excite or intimidate you?

Maybe you’ll enjoy life more ‘when’ fill-in-the-blank (things calm down, the renovations are  finished, the children are out of this phase, you go on that holiday, you get time for you etc etc) or you...