Tag Archives: PRAYER

8 Undeniable Reasons Why You are a Woman of Influence

8 Undeniable Reasons Why You are a Woman of Influence

Some are born with influence. And others deliberately take it on. Yet others have it imposed upon them. Some people do it without even realizing or underestimate it. Nations have been won and lost with it, continents discovered using it, wars begun and ended with its power, slavery abolished, criminals locked away and the innocent […]

Tips for Staying Sane in the Age of Information Overload

Tips for Staying Sane in the Age of Information Overload

This week’s guest blogger is parenting author Harriet Connor. With three young boys in her life, Harriet has thought a lot about information overload. Sometimes it is simply a case of just too much information! You can listen to the podcast as Harriet talks with Jenny Baxter about her tips and strategies HERE >>> Harriet has […]

Pure Baby Bliss between Grandmas and Mothers?

Pure Baby Bliss between Grandmas and Mothers

Our guest blogger this week is Jan Murray, reflecting on Grandmothers helping Mothers. Is it a case of pure baby bliss? Or is it a family melt-down? Well, at very least, let’s avoid the melt-down! Jan Murray is a registered Midwife and a Child and Family Health nurse. She is passionate about seeing young families flourish […]

Five Hard-Won Insights about Overcoming Grief

Five Hard-Won Insights about Overcoming Grief

Do you ever have bad dreams? Dreams that are so real, you wake up thinking the world shifted? That’s what happened to me one morning, when it felt as though the sun would never rise. But I discovered that when overcoming grief, daylight is sure to come. I was at a busy party. Lots of […]

How to Trust Your Motherly Intuition

How to Trust Your Motherly Intuition

How did Anna know what to do with her screaming baby? By trusting her motherly intuition – and with a little help from her Mamma! Sleep? Who needs sleep? Anna is a friend of mine whose baby, Charlotte, is just three months old. Even though Anna is a medical doctor, being a first-time mum is […]

Motherhood Life Hack 3: PRAY

Motherhood Life Hack 3: PRAY

For Life Hack 3 it has to be said: Sometimes all you can do is PRAY. Alice and I walked in to the high-end shoe shop, with a tinkle of the bell echoing through the store. “Can I help you?” The attendant was keen. “We’re looking for some shoes for a school formal,” my request […]

Motherhood Life Hack 1: Reduce Stress

Motherhood Life Hack 1: Reduce Stress

Motherhood Life Hack 1: Reduce Stress Here’s a way to Clear-Your-Mind, and reduce the everyday stress of Trying-to-Remember! The “Stop to Observe” Challenge Stop for a mo’ and write down every single thing that’s bothering you in a notebook. Your aim? To clear what’s in your head, and dump everything you are trying to remember […]

The Motherhood Dilemma of Keeping Up Appearances

Sometimes there are things we mothers keep very quiet. Like when we have a parenting fail. It’s so hard to admit our mistakes, and yet it happens. Like it or not, keeping up appearances is instinctive. And usually wrong. Here’s one incident which I never confessed to any of my motherly friends. I was so […]

Hey, What About the #MeToo Movement?

Four Steps to Getting Out of an Abusive Situation Kathleen Cooke leads and inspires women involved in media and entertainment through her nonprofit, The Influence Lab, which focuses on redefining Christian media strategies in the digital age. She edits the monthly Influence Women’s Journal and is also the author of the new devotional Hope4Today. Kathleen Cooke spoke about […]

How to Live an Authentic Life, Brokenness and All

How to Live an Authentic Life, Brokenness and All

Sometimes we feel so messed up, it’s hard to know if we are doing anyone any favors. Questions like this can plague us: Why should my children listen to me? What if I just hide and lick my wounds today? Who will notice if I go missing for a bit? This is when it’s good […]