The world is a difficult place to live in right now. Every day there is another news story that makes me want to cry. Some of them seem like big, huge, scary things. Some of them seem like smaller, sad, things. But every day there is more and more, and every day I am haunted […]
Are You Too Busy? 4 Tips for Managing a Busy Life.
This is a guest post by Amy Darcy from Eat Pray Workout. If I asked you how you were, what would you say? Would busy be in there somewhere? If you are anything like me, between children, husband, friends, work and maybe a hobby, you are flat out! Unfortunately we live in a society that […]
Finding the Gentle Middle
Do you sometimes feel like you are always chasing this elusive concept of ‘balance’? Maybe balance is not what we think it is. Yesterday was a good day. I didn’t have to drag anyone out of bed and there was no mad rush to make it to the bus stop on time. I powered […]
A New Kind of Normal
“It’s just new. Lots of things are difficult when they are new.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said that in the past nine weeks. Change can be hard. Especially when you are expected to cope with a whole raft of new stuff all at once. Especially when you have to just jump […]
I Might Not be Such a Bad Parent After All.
I hear a noise. I hear a noise when all should be quiet so I got to investigate. I creep down the hallway expecting to catch someone in the act. Someone who should be quiet. Someone who should be asleep. I see a light and my eyes roll and my forehead wrinkles and I think […]
A Place to Come Home to.
There are some big changes happening for our family this year. The biggest is the huge step my girls will take from our small primary school, into a huge high school. The leap from grade six to year seven seems like a huge one. Six weeks summer holidays doesn’t seem like nearly enough time to […]
Three simple ways to notice the good things.
It’s 2017. How weird does it feel to write or say two thousand and seventeen? I wonder how long it will take me to stop saying ‘next year’ and start saying ‘this year’? And I wonder how long it will take me to feel overwhelmed by all the goals and ‘words’ and intentions I feel […]
I am thankful for all the things I screw up.
I stood in the shower with the water cascading over my face and I thought about all the ways I have screwed up today. I screw up every day, in so many different ways. From not getting out of bed when I should, to letting emails go unanswered, to losing my cool with the kids. […]
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