I’ve had too many conversations with women who tell me they felt they became invisible at 50. Certainly, there is a lot of truth to this idea, it does happen. But I also believe there is an incredibly powerful flip side, a flip side that honours the experience and wisdom of these women and also …
If I’m going to go down fighting (and I plan to) the topic is most certainly not going to be housework. I don’t know if it’s a forty-something thing or if I’ve just simply had my fill. But the thing I do know for sure is that I couldn’t be bothered to have one more …
Since coming to terms with my 41 year old self and the drama that ensued I’m absolutely and utterly amazed in the breadth of other things I now take time to think about. Among them a list of practical things I’d have liked to know many, many years ago. What can you add to the …
This morning a most curious conversation started with tween around the breakfast bar. For a while she’s been stressing about being able to afford her medical degree (she is 12). Her new worry is that she won’t be paid the same as her male counterparts. That glass ceiling has never been my personal experience. Did …
Any moment now, a flying saucer is going to park on your roof and a little green creature will plonk into your bed as you rest, drag you out and implant a whole new bunch of crazy thoughts into your mind. Not going to happen – right. You’d kick, scream, cry, fight to save your precious mind. …
Just this morning I spent yet another 25 minutes coaxing a daughter out from under the doona as the bus arrival time drew closer, and closer. Morning times are stressful enough, I had no idea what the problem was – the wrong uniform? The wrong sandwich? I just knew that if she didn’t move soon …
Which best describes your communication style? * Loud and open, who cares what I say? * Careful and considered, worried about who you may offend? * Somewhere in the middle depending on the company A colleague of mine once lamented about the lack of insight of those who believe you believe something just because you …
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 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 …
If you had all the time in the world what would you do? How would life be different? What would you be doing right now? TIME (or lack thereof) is the blame for so many things not getting done – particularly things for oneself. But the problem is, we DON’T have an infinite supply of …