During the school holidays I took my kids to the Wild Ropes Course at Taronga Zoo. I thought that this would be a good distraction from the daily hospital visits and everything else that was going on in our lives. I realised that I got more than I expected with this holiday activity. I have… Continue Reading
I am currently reading a book called Shift Happens by Robert Holden and this paragraph jumped out at me. “From a distance, the independent person cuts a striking pose. To be independent looks like power, and true strength. But it isn’t. Independence is not a strength it is a wound. Independence is inspired not by… Continue Reading
I was looking for a healthy snack that was easy to make and had plenty of healthy fats in it and I came across this one on the Quirky Cooking blog. The original recipe was created by Fouad Kassab and I have made a couple of changes but they still taste great. I have these… Continue Reading
We don’t eat a lot of gluten in my family and it can be hard to find bread rolls that have the light and fluffy consistency of wheat based bread rolls. I finally found a recipe on the Changing Habits website that I thought I would try out. These bread rolls are amazing, they are… Continue Reading
On April 26th this year my world turned upside down. I had taken some time off from my business to recover my health after having reached close to adrenal burnout at the end of last year. I thought that having to almost shut down my business due to my health was bad, I never imagined… Continue Reading
Have you ever grabbed a shopping trolley that didn’t want to go where you wanted to go? Actually, it would probably be the exception rather than the rule that shopping trolleys went where you wanted them to. Earlier today I was doing the weekly shopping and I grabbed a small trolley. As I started to… Continue Reading
I was kneeling on the floor of my dining room crying my eyes out and spewing out the worst words of disgust to myself. Words that I would never say to another human being,, but it seemed okay to say to myself. The self-loathing went to the core of my being. How had I got here?… Continue Reading
Recently I got hooked on the 2016 Series of Australian Survivor. I didn’t get into the series until the last half, once the two tribes had been merged into one. I learnt a lot from what I watched that I related to business and life. A quick overview for those who have never seen this… Continue Reading
Are you at risk of burnout? Every day I see women who are working so hard that they are at risk of burnout but they don’t know it. If you have been running a business for a few years, raising a family, being a supportive friend, being part of a community, being a loving partner/daughter/sister… Continue Reading
I have lived with fears most of my life, from a very young age I have had a paralysing fear of spiders, particularly large hairy ones. I think this fear came from a time when my brother threw a bag of plastic spiders over my head, you know the big, black hairy ones!! This left… Continue Reading