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This is No. 5 in the series of Ways to Rock at Being a Mother – Be Self-aware. You can go back to No. 4 HERE >>> Rock at Being a Mother by Being Self-Aware “How do you become self-aware? And what’s that got to do with Motherhood?” Good questions! I hear you! The online dictionary […]
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While it is great to avoid isolation by finding a friend, as explained in the previous blog (Number Three in this series), that’s really only half the story. The other side is to BE a friend. LISTEN TO THE RADIO INTERVIEW To be brutally honest, no one does motherhood very well in isolation. Some people do have […]
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As a mother you have to get used to the idea that you frequently live beyond your comfort zone. And often. No doubt you remember that groggy realization as a first-time mother. That moment when, even though you were sleeping, you realize someone else needs you. And not in the morning, or next Wednesday at […]
Ahhhh – being proactive. That is, taking the long-term view. This is something I never automatically see. Is it like that for you too? I get so caught up in the urgent things around me. You know, things like the growing laundry pile, this week’s Grade 4 spelling test, the scattering of toys in the […]
HAVE YOU EVER SUDDENLY realized you don’t know something that everyone else seems to know? There can be life skill gaps in your knowledge, and it can be dang uncomfortable! Life skills, almost always, are passed onto us by our parents. It’s part of the process of growing up. Listen to Jenny talk about life […]
Perhaps it has never occurred to you. On the other hand, maybe you are aware of it every day. But a mother is a sacrificial being. In addition to many other things, she sacrifices her sleep, her time, her career, her thin body, and her sense of “self” for her children. This doesn’t stop after the […]
Usually, we understand that NURTURE is to do with nourishment and nutrition. It’s the intuitive response of every mother to provide food.* But NURTURE is also wrapped up with emotional qualities. And generally, it’s mothers who ensure these powerful aspects of NURTURE will happen in a family. The powerful aspects of nurture are an amazing […]
We all need school holiday activities to make life bearable after the end of term. Because it can be such a challenge to fill the long days. Maybe you need a list of 100 Things To Do? At the beginning of the kids-at-school season, it takes some time to adjust to the fact that it’s all-systems-go […]
The overwhelming realization when your first baby arrives is this: That despite all the books you read, the ante-natal classes you attended, the YouTube videos you watched, or the online research you did – you have no idea what you are doing. And it’s very tempting to ask, “Hey! Where is my parenting manual?” And that’s the […]
38-year-old Khaleda Khatun is the focus of today’s blog. I met her briefly when I visited Bangladesh recently. I learnt so much from Khaleda – she is a widow with gumption! Khaleda is a Muslim woman who lives in a mostly Hindu community. Sadly her husband died unexpectedly ten years ago, leaving her with three boys […]