Category: Blogs

This discussion goes to chat about life after bullying/harrassment/abuse/violence or whatever name you want to put on a perpetual and habitual break down of a persons boundaries, self esteem, safety and comfort at the hands of another. So if you have experienced any of the above you may have stumbled across this concept throughout your […]

New year, new me…. big things coming…. 2019 is my year….. I’m sorry but the rational and black and white person in me struggles with these new year sayings and concepts. It feels like everywhere I look around I have “BIG” things hitting me in my face in 2019. But I guess this really depends […]

I have largely been honest about my anxiety journey right from the beginning when I was first hospitalised back in 2016. I have learnt so much in this journey – what are my triggers, what do I do when I need to manage my anxiety, sought treatment with intensive Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and obviously. But […]

I have been pretty open with most people that I had post natal depression with my first born son Levi but didn’t experience it with my second born, Beckham. Post natal depression is such a horrible experience and mine was undiagnosed for such an extended period that it was even harder to address when I […]

Writing takes so many forms – we share through our social media world, share with our friends through texts or the work we do.  Writing a blog certainly requires a level of creativity or noticing your surroundings and observing people and thinking about it in the context of your life. I go through periods where I […]

Loving yourself – we are flooded these days with things that tell us we need to love ourselves, as women accept our perceived ‘flaws’ and be confident. Wake up each day and work on telling yourself that you are fantastic – that’s what I have been doing wrong all these years, just not telling myself […]

I may not have the answers to why the cute little child won’t sleep, I may not have the answers to why they are so god dam picky with food, I may not have the answers to what the best way to discipline a child is but one thing this mumma does have the answers […]

Getting divorced is such a roller coaster of emotions. No one day throughout it or even post it is the same. For me, what I really struggled with was letting go of what I had the ‘idea’ of what my life would look like or where I would end up. I had very strong ideals […]

Bali is a place that people say that you either love it or hate it. It’s a funny sort of country where the tourists live like kings yet the country has widespread poverty and many who live beneath the breadline. It’s somewhat dirty and if you aren’t careful – you get ripped off. That said, […]

In honour of RUOK? Day last week – I thought I might write about my mental health journey and some things that help me. I experience anxiety – it’s crap, it’s frustrating, it’s draining and some days it’s downright inconvenient but here’s the thing – it’s part of who I am, it contributes to me […]