December Challenge Day 9

Something I learnt: Sundays really should be reserved for rest and recuperation. Overdoing it is just plain dumb! Something I am grateful for: Summer. After such a long winter, it is awesome to actually be enjoying some sunshine and swimming. Long may it last. Something I want to improve: My ability to let things wash […]

What now??……

Some months ago, I created my space. The writing room. I obsessed over the details, the cushions, the footstool, the light box and the candles. I got it just right. I felt comfortable and relaxed in my little space. Then………………….. I promptly forgot about it!!! Why, you say? Well, that is the million dollar question. […]

Simple things

Sunday afternoon consists of: Beach Food Playground What more do two kids need? In fact the whole family ……….. because when the kids are happy, Mum and Dad are too. But……. it took a lot of convincing to coax them away from today’s distractions of iPads and Xboxes. This fast paced lifestyle has so many […]

World mental health day 2018

How are you spending the 2018 World Mental Health Day? Well, for once I can say, I am spending it looking after myself. A stroke of luck means it falls on my day off work, and gives me the perfect excuse (not that I should need an excuse) to think about me. It started with […]

Find your reset button!

Everyone has a reset button. Mine is the coast. Today we spent a lovely day enjoying our local wonders. We were lucky enough to follow the progress of two humpback whales (we think a mother and calf) as they made their way down our small section of the coast. There was water spouting, fluking, breaching, […]

Self-fulfilling prophecies

How much of what happens to us and the stress we are under, is caused by self-fulfilling prophecies? I was just thinking about this concept today and the impact that it has on my daily life. A common scenario….. I think my day will be busy or bad and guess what………….. it is busy and […]

The importance of sport

With grand final day upon us and the end of winter sports season, it has got me thinking……… Do we place too much emphasis on the results of sport? Is watching the West Coast Eagles beat Collingwood in the dying minutes, good or bad for our kids to watch? There is sometimes a very fine […]

The wait is over….

The sun is shining and the carnival of the year is here! There is nothing quite as uplifting as watching a team of passionate kids get in there and play their favourite game. Playing hard and playing with heart. The raw emotions are something else, not only from the players and coaches but the parents, […]

Waiting waiting waiting…

Sometimes in life, it just feels like we are waiting. Waiting for the tough time to be over, or waiting for the new job to come up or waiting for something good or exciting to happen. Often we are so engrossed by whatever we are waiting on, we completely forget to live. I have felt […]

Resilience

By definition, resilience is the ability for us to bounce back or recover after a difficulty. It is something we talk about when raising children but not so much in adulthood. In actual fact this may well be the time we need to talk about it most, when we are middle-aged and have a multitude of […]