This was the first time I had one clear goal to work towards – To be a planned, patient and present mother to my beautiful kids. While I had undertaken much research …
A typical day of a working mum – Tracey
This post is part of a series called “How do you do it?” I asked readers to share how they manage a typical day in their family life. Of course we all know …
How do you do it?
I had a dear friend over recently. It was a quick catch up, we both worked on our own small craft project and chatted. We have known each other since primary school. …
19 processes and tools to make family life easier
In a recent newsletter I shared 7 Processes And Tools That Make My Life Easier and asked readers to share what works for them, so I could collate them all and share their tips …
Monthly review – letting go
If you read my newsletter, you would have read the following a few weeks ago in relation to our eldest teenager: Restrictions on technology is by far the biggest issue we have. …
How did you know what you wanted do?
A key question I am asked by readers is how did I know what I wanted to do when I started working again. The short answer is I didn’t. For me the …
Monthly review – setting boundaries
This year to help me achieve my goal of being a planned, patient and present mother, I have worked hard at setting boundaries in my life. Setting boundaries have helped me work towards …
How I prepared for leaving the family for 17 days
At the time of writing I have been in the USA on my own, with my lovely family back in Melbourne, Australia for seven days. 10 days is the longest I have previously …
Running your own business from home
Over the last few months I have shared how I have transformed my approach to my work and family life. I feel super lucky to have a small business that I love …
Changing to a whole foods diet
It is now two years since I made significant changes to my diet. I just want to preface this post with how I use the word diet. I use diet as defined …
20 minute blocks of time with the kids
Time blocking is a great technique to use to achieve what you want through out the day. If you look at my weekly schedule, it is effectively time blocking. Time blocking is …
Family life – the roller coaster years
I look forward to writing this post each year and just knowing I write it makes me think and notice things about this current stage of family life, that I am not sure …
Monthly review – practising gratitude
To help me achieve my goal for 2015, I listed the following as a strategy: Practice gratitude daily – I want to work on improving my overall attitude as this affects how …
Tips for saying no without guilt
This is my response to this reader question from last year’s annual survey. How do you say no to things without having guilt – requests for play dates, extra curricular activities etc? …
Monthly review – tips for being a patient parent
So we are now two months into 2015 and I am still loving having the one goal, a single focus for me. As there is only one thing to think of, I …
How to stay organised at home
How do you stay organised? This question in various forms is frequently asked of me. In this post Personal Motivation In Motherhood a few years ago, I answered the question from a …
Why am I always rushing?
I’m planned, well organised, know what I want to achieve – but why do I often feel like I am rushing? Rushing to make it to pick up one of the kids from …
Balancing the needs of the kids
As with a number of posts recently, this topic today is inspired by feedback from the blog annual survey. In the section of the survey where I asked readers if they had …