Starting and even going back to school can be big time for the little people in our lives. Equally it can be a big time for us as their parents.
This article is designed to help you know how to support our children through this school transition.
Read MoreThinking of the generations of mothers... past, present and future... on this mother's day ....
buttered toast and clothes warmed by the fire on a winter’s morning
the pain of adolescence felt
the posy of flowers at my bedside as I nurse a broken heart
long distance phone calls to share news of adventures
Read MoreIn our work we are constantly inspired by incredible growth and transformation that can happen in client's lives. This month we invited our newsletter subscribers to submit their stories of growth. With the hope that these stories may inspire you and others, we are publishing a selection of these stories to our blog.
But then, by chance we came across this incredible resource, that is offering a similar collective of inspiration, but on a much larger scale...be touched, be inspired, educate yourself and others, check out...The Mighty...
Read MoreThis morning I received a text ...“Mum, I have my first pimple, I am growing up!”.
Now let me put this in context, this text is from our youngest child, who is at that moment is upstairs, in her bedroom, and it is 7am!
I bound upstairs, and I am invited to inspect the blemish on her cheek – no it does not appear to be a mosquito bite, nor an allergy spot, yes I confirm it does appear to be a full blown pimple.
With delight, our child proudly confides that this is truly evidence of her development.
I share in her excitement, as I look about her room filled with soft toys and pink…and I note for a moment, I am able to sit with both the joy and grief of motherhood...
Read MoreI noticed on Facebook the other day a meme came up on my feed that read, “Please don’t confuse your Google search with my medical degree.” And it got me thinking about the power of Google in our lives and in particular the lives of our children, the access it affords them to the wondrous and unknown, that generations before us could only have dreamed about. There is much said in the media and taught in our children’s schools about the dangers of inappropriate, unsupervised access to the Internet. We are all too aware of social media trolls, cyber bullying and online predators but what of the seemingly harmless websites our children visit and the hidden impact they can have?
Read More“Exam time”…. it may feel like a long way off, but how you think about it, may influence how you navigate the year…
At the end of last year, as I was driving the kids to school, the fluid happy banter and bickering, was not there. Instead of the usual silliness that made each other laugh, the air was pricked with anxiety.
Read MoreLife for me is about relationships
And within this
Increasingly I have an appreciation for the conversations that matter
Yet I note the courage it takes for me to share the truth of my experience
Read MoreWhen my son was four years old, I would give him a $5 dollar note and send him to the little corner store about 10 houses up from our place. Pulling a rusty red wagon behind him, he’d head off up our road to buy a couple of cartons of milk, feeling like he was Buzz Lightyear on a very important mission.
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