Beating the Mid-Year Blues
It’s that time of year when it hits me again – a sense of overwhelm, a kind of despair. The weather is cold, I can’t get my washing dry, and I feel a bit sad about the months of winter gloom that lie ahead of me. I’ve called it the ‘mid-year blues’ and now that…
My life experiment: working two jobs
I’ve been doing an experiment for about three months now, where I’ve been filling my days working two different jobs (along with the normal stuff of family and home life). It’s been an interesting time, and in this post I want to share about some of the things I’ve learned – the good, the bad…
Get ready for a new year with a ‘Life Reset’
Every so often, I do a ‘life reset’ exercise which helps me to focus on what’s really going on in my life and how I can work towards my goals. If you think of how often you need to change over the size of your child’s clothes (every season or every few months), it reminds…
Our Family Giving Goal
Back in September, I was running a challenge in the ‘Be the Mum’ Facebook Group about making the most of the last 100 days of 2020. I created a couple of handouts that you could use for goal tracking, and when one of my boys saw the ‘100 Hearts’ handout, we started talking about ways…
Life in the Pandemic
It’s been a couple of months since our lives were turned upside down by the shutdowns due to COVID19. It’s felt a lot like a roller-coaster that we didn’t sign up for. In the beginning, I felt panic. I didn’t know what was happening with my work, my husband’s work or the kids’ school. I…
Fabulous Kid’s Gift Ideas for Less than $5
Hi there! We’re getting closer to Christmas time and you might be looking for a few last-minute gift ideas for the little people in your life! In this video, I go through a few of my favourite gift ideas for kids under $5! Here’s a quick summary of the ideas I mention in the video:…
My Favourite Things: Create an Invitation to Play
Have you ever walked into a childcare centre or playgroup at the start of the day and seen a whole lot of little ‘stations’ set up where the kids can go and play? These areas are set up in what is called an ‘invitation to play’ – they create a space where kids have access…
Stop Avoiding the Things You Need to Do.
I’ve had a too-busy-so-I’ll-do-anything-to-avoid-getting-stuff-done week. Here’s what I am going to do about it: And those steps to stop avoiding behaviour are: Awareness Become aware of the behaviours you tend to go to when you are avoiding doing something. These are things that become almost automatic… picking up your phone and switching it on; or reaching for…
Do it the same, but better.
Just being real honest with you right now, but most days I feel so ordinary that I wonder how on earth I could even consider myself a coach who helps women make the most of motherhood. I walk to my kids to school, I notice that it’s really time to wash the kitchen floor, I…
Coping With Illness
This blog post has been in the works for a while… I wanted to write a post that would help you to cope when you or someone in your family got sick. But the day I wanted to write it, I took my son to hospital. And then the next week, I got sick too.…
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