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Just another ordinary mother

Just another ordinary mother

This is a piece of writing from several years ago when I was in my first year of motherhood. It expresses the phenomenal shift that is motherhood, ...

7 practical tips on how to incorporate mindfulness into your life

Have you ever wondered what exactly mindfulness means? Or perhaps it’s a term you’ve stared clear of, believing it’s best to leave to the hard-core...

The little ordinary bits

It’s feeling the sun’s warmth on your face. It’s the first sip of your morning coffee. It’s fresh sheets. New pyjamas. A good book. It’s Spring’s n...

Sliding Doors - The Power of Gratitude

‘Seriously, surely there must be more people that live here that I know nothing about,’ you say to yourself, as you walk past the huge mountain of ...

Slowing down, the slow life, living mindfully, mindful living, embracing life, living life, family life

Five tips to slow down amongst the hustle

The world we live in today is synonymous with a constant state of busy. As decades have passed, expectations have risen. Nowadays, there seems to b...

I thought I knew what it was to love, but then, there was you

Here are a few words I scribbled on bits of paper, two weeks into having my babe, in amongst the raw aching bones of tiredness, and tenderness of l...

The value of little ordinary moments

Have you ever realised the value of an inconsequential moment, long, long after it’s gone? For me, this was poignant after my father passed away su...

Five key reasons why every mother should practice gratitude

Gratitude practice will not miraculously take away the challenging moments of motherhood or the curveballs that life throws . But by practicing gra...