How can you teach kids about safety and security without scaring them? Nothing is more important than the safety of your home, family and livelihood. Setting up security and safety expectation with your children should start when they are young. These lessons should...
Being a mother is such an important role and comes without any training. A mother’s love is the heart of the family. As women we have the ability to be a lighthouse for ourselves and our family – beaming out a bright light that can uplift everyone around us. But the...
Massage is important for more than just relaxation A woman’s body experiences significant physical and emotional, as well as hormonal, changes during pregnancy and childbirth. Her body adapts to accommodate extra weight, her organs move to make room for the baby and...
Last week I wrote about what to do when it feels like your sparkle, your mojo, your inner twinkle has got up and walked out the door. Writing the article was like giving a pep talk to myself. From the feedback I received, it appears that we all have times when we're...
It was 1983 and I, a bright-eyed Year 12 student, sat in an English classroom excited by the prospects of my future. Our theme for study was "The World Of Tomorrow" and at that time Barry Jones, an Australian polymath, lawyer, writer and social activist, expounded a...
It is difficult to focus on anything when you are struggling each and every day just to get out of bed and get through your normal routine. And with so little energy to spare, who has got time for everything we have on our busy schedules? A client of mine had been...
I have an admission to make. I've always felt pretty good about myself, I haven't given too much thought to how I looked, I've never particularly worried about getting older. But as I am moving into my forties, I've started to notice my body changing. I've started to...
There are only two people in this world that Keiko loves with all his heart – his mum and dad. Keiko is absolutely my baby. It does not matter that I am human and he is an animal. To him, I am his most constant companion, and he mine. I consider myself a mum, it’s...
When I first had children, I was a parenting advice magnet. Close friends, long-lost aunties and strangers alike all chimed in with their two cents about motherhood. Breast is best. Stick to Supernanny’s bedtime routine. Never give a three year old a hot glue gun!...
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