This picture is the day that the trajectory of my life changed forever. The day my son was born. We know it will be life changing. But honestly? Nothing can really prepare us for how life changing. We are prepared for how to physically care for a baby in antenatal classes. We may even have […]
Many times, in therapy, in coaching, when a client experiences a setback, a bad patch, a stressful period. They say, “I feel like I’ve gone back to square one”. Just because we feel or think something, does not make it true. You can never go back to square one. Why? Because you can never unlearn
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“A picture paints a thousand words” There are many interpretations that can be made from a single picture, yes. BUT, a photo, is a snapshot in time. A photo posted, is a message conveyed. Without words to explain, we make our own meanings. Look at this photo. What do you see? Your interpretation is likely
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As a Mother we are always striving to do our best for our children. But where does ‘our best’ stop? I have met so many women who feel that they are striving for ‘good enough’ when actually what they are striving for is perfection. Something with a never ending, unachievable goal. Driving themselves to exhaustion
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Matrescence…have you heard this word before? I certainly hadn’t. Not until my son was about 10 months old. It is still so much on an unknown term that spell checker doesnt recognise it! Matrescence. A term coined by anthropologist Dana Raphael in the 1970s. It refers to the complete transformation of a woman as she
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We spend our lives being ‘busy’. Working through our ‘to do’ list. Planning. Controlling. We very rarely just be. This was me before I became a Mother. This was me during the first few months and probably a year of Motherhood. We are conditioned in our society to believe that our worth comes from what
Are you afraid to truly slow down? Read More »
We all have a clear expectation and awareness that when a baby is born, they are learning to do everything but the natural reflexes they are born with. As a Mother, Father, we are their supporter, their guide, their teacher. But where is ours? Where is our guide, supporter, teacher? Because when a baby is
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