Each month I review my progress (or lack of!) towards my personal goals for 2014. You can see my full goal list in this post here – Goal Setting For 2014 And …
Crave ‘success’ but think time is your enemy? Think again.
As I noted yesterday, time was key issue coming up over and over for readers of Planning With Kids in the 2013 annual survey. I find I move through phases when I …
Osteoporosis – Diet and Lifestyle
Today’s guest post is from Katie Rainbird (AKA Katie180). Katie kindly wrote this post for me a while ago when I suffered a stress fracture in my pelvis. While my injury was running …
Book Review: Rushing Woman’s Syndrome by Dr Libby Weaver
This post is part of a my Taking Care Of Mum series. Click here to read more posts in the series. Two words for all the women readers of Planning With Kids …
Tips For Slowing Down The Pace
This post is part of a my Taking Care Of Mum series. Click here to read more posts in the series. In my weekly newsletter a couple of weeks ago, I shared …
Time For Tea + Twinings Premium Range Giveaway
Congratulations to Kim who won the fab prize – “I not only bring the boutique home but take it with me! No matter where I go I take a ziplock bag of …
Avoiding The Chaos
Over the last week or two I have been working on creating a solid base of organisation to avoid chaos! The next month holds lots of activities both personally and work wise: …
Why I Run + City2Sea Giveaway
The giveaway is now closed. Winner will be announced shortly. This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. In my about page and bio I use for speaking events, I state that I am …
Time For Creativity
Last month in my review I wrote about pruning. It has been the best thing I have done so far this year. The small cuts here and there I made, made me …
9 tips for updating your wardrobe on a budget
Today’s post is from the talented Nikki at Styling You and is part of the finance series this month. Nikki’s blog is a fantastic resource for taking the latest fashion trends and …
beyondblue launches ‘Get to Know Anxiety’
Today the four year old and I took a train trip into the city to attend the beyondblue launch of ‘Get to Know Anxiety. The combination of the amazing views from 89th …
How Do You Fit It All In?
This is a question asked quite regularly of me. And the answer is pretty simple – I don’t! There are lots of things I don’t get around to doing that I would like to …
Family Life – Mostly Easier
This is an annual post I write here on Planning With Kids. While I write on the blog to share ideas of what we do in our family, to hopefully help other …
Managing Your Inner Voice – Stamping Out Negative Self Talk
Today’s post is part of my series on Health and Fitness for mums and is written by Julie from Beautiful You By Julie and is looking at mental health. I write quite …
When It All Gets Messy
When I asked what else you would like to see on Planning With Kids one of the most common requests was to hear more about my “bad days”: “It’s nice to hear …
5 Tips To Help You Organise Time To Exercise
One of the most common goals set each new year is to find more time for exercise. It then often goes that the for the first month, the gyms are crowded with …
Monthly Goal Review – It’s The Decisions We Make
In the Planning With Kids 2012 survey I asked a number of questions around goal setting and time management. I found the answers very interesting and it made me reflect on some …
Thinking Of Returning To Work Or Study?
I have started writing on a new series over at Kidspot this year called Inspiring everyday women. It is sponsored by SEEK Learning and is aimed at inspiring, encouraging and showing women how they might return …