I was at work searching for an adapter, but couldn't find it anywhere! It wasn't in the basket where it belonged, nor in other 'logical' places. Perhaps I was missing something, so I called on a colleague for assistance. As I stepped back from the cupboard to provide her space, I immediately saw the 'missing' adapter. 'I just needed a different...

Do you ever just feel meh?

You know, life's got you down. You've got an edge to your tone you don't like and your energy's low. Heck, you may want to throw in the towel, shout (or wimper) "I QUIT!" and accept defeat.

I hear you. Being human can do this to us, can't it? Luckily there's an abundance of strategies and research about human...

Welcome to our corner of the world - our Dream Land as I like to call it. I'm not sure how you found us or what bought you here. Perhaps you were feeling sad, frustrated, alone or overwhelmed. Or maybe you felt out of control, like everything's coming down on you and there's not enough time to do it all? Do you ever feel like that? I know I...

She cancelled her girls weekend away for her birthday and joined me to look at a preschool for sale. I've never asked her what it was that made her do this, but I'm sure glad she did.

Seven years ago, on the 23rd February, Kristine and I spent her 33rd birthday viewing the Centre we now own, followed by immediate discussions of 'the dream'....

You may or may not know I co-own a humble preschool located on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia. One room. One yard. And a whole lot of love and connection among children, educators and families.

As I drove home today I had a thought about mothering I'd like to share with you. 

The world's full of millions of mums and millions of babies....

It was November 1989 as a group of peers and I walked from school sport to a friends house. She was a fan of Bon Jovi and so was my-unknown-to-me-at-the-time-but-later-to-be-husband, so Bon Jovi it was that played that afternoon. The after school adventure became a significant moment in time because it was the first day my husband...

There are SO many challenges & triggers as a parent:

- bedtime
- meals
- tantrums
- not listening
- mess in every room
- answering back, screaming and hitting

The list goes on.

Unfortunately, these behaviours are not isolated to your child alone. This acknowledgment is comforting but also a quiet reminder your parenting challenges are likely...

Do you ever feel so much care, love or compassion for another it hurts?

Do you ever wonder why you feel frustrated by others, when in reality, you just want to help them? You want to spend time with those you care about, support them and make them happy, yet at the same time, you're internally screaming to be left alone?

You feel exhausted,...

How can this be? You’ve been awake less than an hour and the house is a mess, the children are already screaming, breakfast leftovers are hardening in bowls ... well what’s not been thrown on the floor, table and who knows where else, that you’re sure to come across sometime you least expect it. You look to the day ahead of you...