Category: * Self care and Growth *

Happy Days – a spring playlist

We’re back into our ‘normal’ routines this week after a hectic Easter Holidays. While homeschooling doesn’t have to follow school holidays, and we don’t stick to their set dates, with...

Unfurling, thirty-six trips around the sun and going forwards

Hello thirty-six! Yesterday was my birthday, one, in truth, I’d not really been looking forward to. Nothing to do with getting older, more that the past six months have been...

When it all feels like too much – 5 tips to help combat overwhelm

For the most part, I’m good at multi-tasking, keeping all the plates spinning all of the time – kids, house, homeschool, work, me, life… life is hectic, and as much...

5 inspiring TED Talks for when you’re feeling lost and hopeless

I’m sure you’ve heard of TED Talks – and if you haven’t then you really should check them out. I’ve watched so many of their videos- they are my usual bathtime...

Recently Loved Books

I meant to share last month more recently read books.. but February ran away with me and we’re half way through March already… wait, what??! Time needs to slow down,...

Read. Watch. Listen

Read. I’ve been filling my evenings and early mornings with books again lately. Lots of memoirs and self-help books, good, guiding words to rebuild on. I’ve been doing lots of...

10 fantastic guided meditations

These past couple of months have been stressful, and while I’m trying to navigate my way out of depression, anxiety and a whole heap of issues, one thing that I’ve...

Recently Loved Books

I’ve been filling my evenings with books lately, there’s the occasional evening where I binge on some Gilmore Girls {as I’m massively late to that party and only just got to...

A love letter to 2016

2016 This yearwill go down as the year that broke me, brought me to my knees. Showed me heartbreak like I could never imagine, and took me to the darkest...

Bathtime Bliss

I’ve turned into something of a water baby these past few months. I’ve always loved a soak in a hot bath – as a Mama, it’s a great place to...

Moving on…. time for a whole new chapter

I’ve spent the past twelve weeks hoping and praying that I would never have to write this post. I’ve hinted on here that the past few months have been really...

7 Autumn/Winter Self-Care Essentials

This time of year I always end up wishing I was a creature that hibernates… long, dark nights and freezing cold days make me yearn to curl up in my...

Letting go of busyness and perfection

Amidst all the grief and searching of late, I’ve realised that the past few years I’ve been arming myself with life, to-do lists, chores, busyness, a never-ending task of trying...

Choosing happiness, loving life and the wonder of having a family

I’ve talked before about why we should choose to be happy, funnily enough pretty much a year ago today. I’ve also talked openly about my self esteem issues, the struggles...

8 tips to help when life doesn’t go to plan

Life doesn’t always go to plan. For all of the good times, there are bad times too. Times when we’re hurt and sad. When we’re lonely. When life has derailed...