‘Soft Play’, Self-love and Self-care – feel it, love it, live it!
Most of the women I know are always busy. Busy working, looking after the family, busy doing things; endlessly doing for other people. Last night in our wonderful Women’s Circle, we talked about this busy-ness, and the – often conflicting - need to look after...
Statistic of the Week: There is no point in mothers going to work
A friend shared this on Facebook today. There was no context, no date, but my immediate response was, “Ooh, awful. Isn’t the world just a rubbish place for us women?" That was my social media response; the knee jerk, believe everything you read, react to everything...
Can you just do something for me please?
I found myself saying this to my husband this morning. I’d dropped the kids at school but they needed something I hadn’t brought; my husband was going into work a little later than usual today, so would be driving past shortly. Of course, it made sense to ask him to...
How to be Kind
I mean, I’m sure you already know how to be kind. I’m sure you have an understanding of what kindness is. We do hear a lot about ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ though; maybe you’re wondering what that actually means, and how kind you actually have to be? Like, all the...
Unexpected Gifts – The Power of Wishing!
Have you ever really wanted something with a passion? Perhaps you’ve wished upon a star, thrown a coin into a fountain, or maybe you have been more purposeful and visualised your goal with unwavering belief. But what happens when the universe surprises you with...
The Mother Paradigm and Me
Once upon a time, there was a busy, successful teacher. She was passionate about her work supporting children on the Autistic Spectrum in a mainstream school; she was excited about her work with the other pupils in the school as part of the Pastoral Team, focussing on...