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How to (Effectively) Soothe the Rage Mum
Recently an influencer I follow on Instagram was asked by a mum how to handle mum rage. The influencer responded, saying she should try taking a few deep breaths or counting to ten. I felt my blood curl reading that response (ironically). The influencer did state that she didn’t experience mum rage herself, and I…
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On Starting the Term and Settling Into Kindergarten
Autumn is sneaking up on us, and tomorrow it will already be the first of September. I can’t quite believe how this summer has raced past – and for the first time in a long time, I wish it were a little longer. I love autumn, but this summer off work with the kids has…
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The Purpose of Having a Purpose in Parenting and Teaching
On the benefits of purposeful and intentional leadership as a parent or teacher.
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Update: Travelling with Children
Welcome back, dear readers. June has passed in a blurry of going on holiday and wrapping up work for the long summer break – which I am so ready for. The past weeks have been so hot, up to 36 degree Celsius, and I’m not working well under heat. So when the rain came a…
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My SURVIVE Tips for going on Holiday with Children (and the plane ride there)
In less than a week we’re going to fly to Greece to attend my cousin’s wedding. We are getting really excited, as we’re staying for a week for a family holiday. It’s going to be our first time flying with the kids, and I’ve been busy preparing everything to make a smooth journey (or as…
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A Little Mothers’s Day Poem/Thought Process/Something
M-O-T-H-E-RTwo syllables.Six letters.A very important meaning.We all come from her,Not only physically,But are moulded by the radiance of her presence.Or absence.Mothers infuse every fibre of history.Hitler had a mother.So did Gandhi.From mother to daughter, we say.For every daughter may become a mother,Formed from the ideas of her mother,Of her mother.Of her mother,Of her mother.There is…
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On Guilt and How Much is Too Much
It’s Wednesday night, the last day of April, and I’m feeling guilty. Again. Guilty for writing my April blog post on the last day of the month. Guilty that I haven’t prepared a great post for this month. Guilty for not doing more, being more, being more successful – as a mum, a writer, a…
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And She’s Crawling…A 9-Month Update: Lily
This blog post was originally published on May 5th, 2021 on Floating the Boat. Today marks the 9-month mark of Lily’s life. Now she’s been outside of the womb for as long as she’s been inside, and she’s developing rapidly. The past weeks have brought so much change in her. On April, 26th, she officially started…
Mama Bear Tales 