We place so much emphasis on what is outside. How we look, what we are wearing and what the scales say. But we only ever see a reflection of ourselves. If we don't know where to look for it, we often miss our true beauty. I had a conversation with a few women the other [...]
We are all just looking for peace. That place where the mind stills and we feel content with who we are and all we have. What I find in meditation can be satisfied for hours, maybe minutes maybe seconds by submitting to our wants. To the calling of the mind to buy this, to buy [...]
Morning routine. What's that again? Is that where we drag ourselves out of bed via the toddler alarm clock at 6ish...stumble to the coffee machine...make them breakfast, get them dressed, make school lunches, yell a lot about shoes and get in the car at some point, before or after the school bell has gone? Then [...]
My five year old asked me that just the other day. Without prompting of any kind. I looked at him, quite seriously, and said, "A Writer." I said, "What about you?" He said, "A Pokemon collector." Now you might not see this as a great career option, but let's face it, there are people who [...]
I woke up last night in fear of death. That death would take this man from me. I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t get peace. A voice said to me, “ You will not lose him, for he is not lost. He is going home.” and so I cried. I understood what it meant but when [...]
The first couple of times I tried to meditate I felt silly and a bit embarrassed (even though no one was around) and I didn't tell anyone I was doing it for absolute ages. I downloaded a few different apps on my phone and I tried them to see what they were like. I lay [...]
Yesterday I ducked into the chemist (and when I say ducked I mean like a slow, snail-paced crawl with toddler in tow) for some iron tablets. I'd been feeling depleted. Just this week. Energy low. It happens. It happens when you have a rotation of two children in your bed most nights. It happens when [...]
I am currently undertaking my yoga teacher training at Tamara Yoga in Perth and as part of my course we are asked to complete a research assignment on a suggested topic or a topic of our own choosing. I decided to choose my own, going with the area I was most interested in. Having three [...]
If I could build a bomb shelter to protect my kids from getting hurt in this big, bad world - I want to say that I would throw them in there and not let anyone in near them. But even if I had that option I think I would still throw them to the wolves. [...]
I thought about this question and whether I had the courage to truly answer it. Whether I was brave enough to write it down. If my wins were outweighing my sense that I am just never quite the parent I want to be. Parenting is: scary wanting to be perfect never feeling quite [...]
