Sometimes you just need chocolate. Right? One of the worst misconceptions of healthy eating is that it’s boring and no fun. It’s anything but. By my reckoning, I’ve eaten more …
Creating abundance without earning a cent
You don’t need a million-dollar bank account or mansion to feel rich. You can create abundance without earning a cent, with a subtle shift in focus. Often, especially when you’re …
Supercharge your kids lunches … and win a recipe book to help
There’s a joyous chorus rising from the suburbs: it’s the sound of mothers everywhere rejoicing that the kids are heading back to school! I love the holidays and having the …
Living the dream
Can you believe we’re more than half way through January? Just like that, the first month of the year is almost done, and already it can feel like time is …
True confessions: motherhood is hard work. But you don’t have to drown in it.
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens could have been writing about raising kids when he wrote these words. Because while it is …
Beauty, skin cancer and the food inbetween
My skin and I have had a difficult relationship, in that I have found it difficult to deal with. As a teenager and adult I suffered acne, and for the …
Am I doing enough for my kids? (And other ridiculous doubts mothers have)
I wonder if I will ever feel that I have done enough for my kids. Will I ever feel satisfied that I have done the best by them and for …
Coming to the end of the year
It’s the end of another school year for us today, so the past couple of weeks have been filled with a series of end-of-year events, awards and presentations. Despite my …
Moving past perfectionism for greater health and happiness
When you feel like you’re never doing a good enough job, perhaps the time has come to ask yourself: who are you trying to impress? So many mothers today are …
Minding your mind clutter
This is how I explain the headspace of mothers today: “If you want to know what’s going on inside my head, think of a computer with 236 internet tabs open …
Are you only half alive or in full bloom?
Sometimes you just don’t know what you need until it shows up in front of you. You may have a sense that something’s not quite right or missing, or you …
Don’t miss the magic because you’re watching the horizon
There is magic all around us if only we would open our eyes to it. When I stepped on to the beach this morning to go for a walk, I …