After a career as a leading award-winning makeup artist in Australia, Suzi Dent found the shoe literally on the other foot when she became a beauty queen at the age …
The perfect storm in your 40s: are you in it?
There is much about motherhood and parenting you aren’t told before you get into it and it’s too late to back out, but one warning that certainly isn’t issued is …
Don’t call me mother (ep #44)
For the record, there are only two people in the world who are entitled to define me as a mother. They’re my kids. For the rest of the world: don’t …
New Year, not a new you
It’s not even the end of January and I’m already exhausted. I’m exhausted by all the New Year, New You malarkey that has flooded my inbox and social feed. Everywhere …
When does a girl’s potential disappear? (Ep #39)
It’s that time of the year of school presentation nights and final farewells for the Yr 12s, where schools across the country applaud the achievements of their hardest working or …
Middle aged? My middle finger I am!
My little darlings informed me recently that I was ‘middle-aged’. While my brain screamed “WTF?” my mouth worded: “Excuse me?” Apparently the topic had been discussed in Miss 12’s Year …
Where does the time go? (AKA drifting through life)
I bet you’ve asked that question before. It’s that thought that time is flying by and you don’t seem to have achieved what you wanted to. I worry sometimes that the days seem …
Perfectionism is fear by another name
This week, my daughter and I both learned a lesson in perfectionism and letting go. She’s not aware of it, but I am – her lessons are my lessons too, …
Stop using the f-word
For a long time, over the past year or so, I’ve been trying not to use the f-word. Not that one. I say that all the time. Most likely I always …
You’re not the only one to feel bad
Why is it that we always feel like we’re the only ones? That we’re alone in our struggles, doubts, anxieties and guilt? Because without a doubt … we are all …
Is this it? Is this all there is now?
Have you ever asked yourself that question – ‘is THIS it’? Is this all there is now? Secretly felt alarmed that your perfectly normal life is not fulfilling, doesn’t measure up …
Have you labelled yourself?
We all attach labels to ourselves – it is how we describe who we are – but we can become too attached to a label for our own good. The …