#1: Get that holiday attitude So many of us fantasise all year our Summer Holiday, but why shouldn’t we get those holiday feels and sprinkle them throughout the year?On holiday we tend to ‘go with the flow’, explore, linger over meals, play games, and have longer conversations. While the routine of weekdays (work, school, activities… Read More >

Ever had a ‘wobble’? The kind where you wish you could be a little stronger, a little surer of yourself and your own ideas? Here are the 13 things that Mentally Strong People do in Amy Morin’s book of the same name. Reading this shows you just how overcoming these mean you can overcome what’s… Read More >

EMOTIONAL EATING What’s it all about, then? Emotional eating: the practice of consuming large quantities of food…usually “comfort” or junk foods, in response to feelings instead of hunger. There is masses of research, giving ‘proper’ (what we call proper; control groups, large enough studies, impartial data gathering) data which suggest that ’emotional eating’ is caused… Read More >

I asked on my timeline the other day, how people felt about public speaking… In a ‘standing in front of people, delivering a speech on stage’, kind of way. It was one of the busiest threads I’ve had for a long time, and the conversation turned to confidence in general or lack of it in… Read More >

FARTS ARE FUNNY Why do you have a spoon in your tights? I put it there after lunch. Why? To see what it was like. (None of this or the following are jokes BTW, so don’t get excited about any upcoming punchline) these are just regular conversations I have with groups of 5-year-olds I see… Read More >

1. You need a regular bedtime. That bedtime is probably 10pm. Set a bedtime alarm. Defend it. And not just for a week. For the long term. 2. You also need a regular getting up time – about 8 hours after you go to sleep. For your mental wellbeing as well as a ton of… Read More >

“I’m taking some time out for Wellness and Self-Care.” Hrmphh. Just read that sentence on t’internet- and frankly… it gives me nits. Well, maybe not actual nits but makes me want to tear my hair out all the same. What I possibly struggle to articulate (because it sends me down all the detailed rabbit holes… Read More >

A Slightly Cynical and at times A Bit Rubbish Mother’s Guide. This back-to-school season is the first one since 1995 that I won’t be doing it.(Or 1993 if you count pre-school) Child #3 is off to college, and I am under no illusion that busses won’t be missed, folders forgotten etc – It’s not my… Read More >

A couple I know, were having a ‘heated discussion’. The woman told me about it. Her: “I do everything around here, you do as you please – the house is a mess, my job is draining, I’m bored and I’m tired.I didn’t sign up for this”. Him: “How is that MY fault?” Her: “Because you… Read More >