My mum had been staying with me when she needed to travel for a family friend’s wedding. What should have been a fairly straightforward conversation about how she was going to get there somehow turned into one of those ordinary moments that make you stop and reflect on life. We talked through the different options:…
Giving our children the emotional freedom to experience life without carrying the fears that shaped us. If you know me well, you will know that I do not like pets. Actually, let me correct that before somebody who knows me personally reads this and accuses me of watering down the truth: “I really do not…
Sometimes the child you are raising introduces you to the child you once were. There are many things I expected parenting to teach me. I expected to learn patience, although I am still very much a work in progress on that one. I expected to learn sacrifice, responsibility and how to function on far less…
There is a misconception that I think many parents quietly live under, and it is the belief that if we are still standing, still functioning, and still showing up for everyone around us, then whatever we are carrying cannot possibly be that difficult. The reality is quite different. Many of us have become so skilled…
Loving Our Children Without Losing Ourselves Along the Way I recently watched a video on Instagram where a daughter asked her mum and aunt a simple question:“What was the best part of motherhood for you?” I expected sentimental answers. Maybe newborn cuddles, family holidays, school achievements, or watching their children grow into adulthood. Instead, both…
Raising children with strength, compassion, and a deep sense of identity There is a quiet weight many of us carry as parents. Not the visible kind. Not the kind people see in the school runs, the packed evenings, or the constant balancing of work and home. But the internal knowing. That no matter how much…
There are days when those words feel heavier than they look. I see you. Not as something said lightly, but as something rooted in attention, in presence, in the kind of love that notices even when life refuses to slow down. The reality of juggling it all I am raising two daughters, aged 11 and…
Have you ever found yourself embarking on something you know very little about or what the end result would be? Sometimes, it may even feel like a spur-of-the-moment decision that you haven’t given too much thought to. This was me a few years ago when I decided to hike up the highest mountain in the…