The Art of Being a Calm Mum

Nobody warns you that getting calmer can make you feel worse before it makes you feel better.

I found this out sitting in my car.

I'd just finished the school run, the kind of day that looks complet...

Five years after leaving my marriage as a single mum, I made the leap to move in with my partner. Last week, something happened that triggered me more than I have been in a long time.

On this particu...

Do you ever wonder why you go from 0-100 in a split second when you are with your kids?

It feels like you are starting from 0, but the truth is you could be anywhere from 90 upwards before you reach ...

I'm going to be honest with you.

This week has been hard.

Not hard in a "busy but managing it" kind of way. Hard in a "I have nothing left" kind of way.

I'm burnt out. And for a little while I did ...

There are moments in life that stop you in your tracks.

Not the big dramatic ones you can see coming. The quiet ones. The ones that creep up on you when you're already running on empty.

Mine came in...

This time last week, I was sitting in my car with tears streaming down my face.

School refusal. Both boys. At the same time. It was a lot.

Today I’m sitting in my car again. Same car, same school ru...

I was at the beach yesterday. It was the first time in a long while without kids in tow. It got me thinking about my early days of divorce. Not long after I made the decision to leave my marriage, I h...

Have you ever been asked, “Where do you see yourself in five years?”
And found yourself wondering what job you might have, or who you might be with?

If someone had asked me that question five years a...