One of the few certainties in life is the uncertainty of life itself. We may begin each morning the same way, implementing our routines day after day – attending to bleary-eyed children staggering from their room, or are yours the opposite, ready for the running of...
It wouldn’t be uncommon to hear I wear rose coloured glasses or that I live in my own dream world where everything always work out for the best. While these aren’t entirely true representations of my mental avenues, it is safe to say I am very conscious about the...
At Augusts’ Empower To Empower Workshop, I invited the mothers in attendance to gain a greater insight into my journey over the last seven years, by making reference to my person diary. After discussing the obvious (and not so obvious) developments in the quality of...
One overcast day, as the sun peeked periodically from behind the clouds, I stood alongside a mother as she watched her daughter’s Saturday sport. The mother turned from the game, balled her hands beneath her chin and through smiling, yet slightly clenched teeth stated...
Where are you now as you read these words? I’m curious to know if you’re the mother in the playcentre, attempting to quiet your mind for just one minute, amid the echoes of laughter and screams of childhood delight? Are you the mother at your child’s swim class,...
Intention is about goals, hopes, dreams and purpose – if you are not clear and aligned with your dreams for your child, how purposeful is your decision-making? What skills, qualities and dispositions do you admire in other adults? What skills, qualities and...
All we have is every moment. What does this statement mean? Now, today, at this very second we only have right now. The past is memories and the future is a time and place we have not experienced yet. All we have is right now. This is all we ever have. Every moment...
To breathe is natural. It’s unconscious. Our magnificent human bodies manage to provide us with the breath we need all day every day, and even when we sleep, so can this easy to do behaviour really be one of the most successful parenting strategies available to us?...
Our Early Learning Centre, Developing Dreams, closes for four weeks each year. During this time, the centre is given a nurturing overhaul. A clean-up, a clean-out and a going over! Painters are called in to refresh tired walls. A skip bin is ordered to cater for the...
Christmas is almost upon us. For some mothers, this thought brings great jubilation. For others … not so much! There is money to be spent, people to appease, and more running around than even the greatest of athletes could achieve! But the expectations don’t stop...
