Downtown harks backHalfway through this lifeI used to feel freeOr was it just a dream?(Sharon Van Etten, Seventeen) I’ve heard this song before. But this morning I really heard the lyrics and they pinched me hard on the back of…
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You’re a superhero, you’re a goddess, you’re a mother
It starts when the alarm goes off – or sooner if you have an early riser in your brood. You haven’t had that first hit of coffee before one of them is crawling into bed beside you, freezing small feet…
My life in books: stories about the stories
I’ve been following a gratitude practice created by the lovely Sarah Raad at Simple Happy Life everyday for over two weeks now. Every morning I receive a prompt from Sarah to write down ten things I’m grateful for on…
The power of thank you
Basic manners are so drilled into us as children. We’re taught when and where to say please and thank you hundreds of time a day. The result being that the words become automatic. We don’t think about them, or about…
Why I’m setting gentler goals this January
We’re all feeling it – the first proper week back at work and a whole blank, beautiful year to create everything we’ve ever wanted from life. So many dreams, goals, possibilities. Too many, in fact. And after spending a couple…
How To Create A Happy Mother Daughter Relationship
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about motherhood recently, specifically around how to make sure my girl and I have a happy mother daughter relationship – one that serves both of us long into the future. Like many mums…