There’s nothing quite like those first few moments as the plane builds speed down the tarmac and whooshes up into the air. There is no escape. Work trip = locked in. Anything prior to that moment COULD (in theory) be reversed. A last moment call from home with any manner of news COULD mean a […]
Toattles, keosters and other reasons I need work travel Read More
Have you ever given something up? Maybe not forever, just a little while Have you taken stock of your daily habits and realised that there is something in your life that may be controlling you, your thinking, your daily practices? Every now and then drinking can be like that for me. Because I’m not a
So, what do YOU eat when on the road? As I was writing only yesterday about belief systems, I’ve noted with glee (and sarcasm) that one of my long held beliefs is that the calories shoved into one’s gob while ‘one the road’ don’t count. In my family we refer to this phenomena as ‘travel
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Dear all, I’ve been very quite for a while as I sort through what Sam Cawthorn describes as a kairos (a moment a moment within a moment of drastic change, a moment that completely transforms your life). The following is a reflection of turning 40 and the (nearly) year that has followed. It’s pretty raw
Choosing a life that isn’t easy Read More
So many mums ask me about work life balance and this is my very honest reply… Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a a working mum, particularly a business owning working mum. I’ve been wondering what it might be like to NOT try and cram work into school hours, to
Improve your work life balance Read More
What? I hear you ask A month without WHAT? I know I thought the same when the idea came to me. WHY? I’ve been asked The truth is I’m not ENTIRELY sure, but here is the general gist of the thinking With a dad with younger onset dementia brought on not entirely, but encouraged by
A month with no wine Read More
This week I saw a beautiful post on Facebook, a friend had taken her daughter to her first day of school and received a goodie bag with some tissues and a lovely poem. It was an acknowledgement to the mum, the family that it was time. At this time of the year I know many
A first day of school story Read More
It’s almost a month now that my three have been on holidays. The weird thing is we are so used to being together we’ve fallen completely into a rhythm of sorts. Everyone is enjoying pottering about in their own space doing little things and I’ve rarely heard the ‘bored’ word. Weird but wonderful. Well, so
knowing when you need time out Read More
January is a tricky month. It’s the month of juggling work and kids not to mention coping with fluctuating levels of energy. Not to mention days when you’d much rather be sleeping than getting back to reality. And then there’s mum guilt. Last big holidays I declared myself the ‘worst mum in the world’ without
What makes you happy? Do that Read More
A sense of being enormously grateful is very much on my mind this week. It’s a feeling that I often connect with, but even more so in this week as our country mourns the death of a young hero, Phillip Hughes. Like many people in my community of Macksville, NSW I know of his family
The luxury of niggling problems Read More