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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 […]

You CAN be a Mother-in-Law Legend!

You CAN be a Mother-in-Law Legend

While mothers-in-law often get a bad wrap in our culture, really all they want is the best for their kids. Mostly, they have their hearts in the right place. It’s not impossible! You can be a mother-in-law legend. Sleep consultant Jan Murray is this week’s guest blogger, writing about how a mother-in-law can love, support and enable her […]

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 […]

Create a Successful Marriage: Love Your Partner

Create a Successful Marriage: Love Your Partner

Guest blogger Samantha Freestone is a mother-of-two who offers many of the things she has learnt as she and her husband of 13 years have travelled the ups and downs of marriage. And her big takeaway? Love your partner. Samantha runs Some Answers, an Australian Christian podcast where she encourages Christians to talk about their everyday life, their struggles, and […]

The Paradox of Motherhood Statements

The Paradox of Motherhood Statements

Have you heard of the term “A Motherhood Statement”? In essence, it’s a is a sweeping declaration or generalization, often about important things. Here’s a definition of the term motherhood statement from Wiktionary: Noun: A vague, feel-good platitude, especially one made by a politician, that few people would disagree with. For example: “Our country must contribute to world peace.”

Planning a Trip? 6 Strategies When Leaving Your Children

Planning a Trip? 6 Strategies When Leaving Your Children

Heading away for a holiday or trip, and leaving your children with friends or family? Sounds exciting! But it’s good to be aware there may be long-term outcomes, even with your very best intentions. This blog explains some of the strategies you can use to ensure your children manage the separation with as few adverse effects […]

Holding Faith Through Repeated Miscarriage

Holding Faith Through Repeated Miscarriage

The ANZAC spirit is alive and well with Catherine Sylvester, a dual Kiwi-Aussie citizen. Her ability to fight on through discouragement, and eventually triumph in spite of her battle scars, is inspiring to say the least! This is a traumatic story of grief, hope and perseverance in the fray, to eventually win the honor of motherhood. It’s also […]

4 Tactics to Help Mothers Future-Proof iGen Children

4 Tactics to Help Mothers Future-Proof iGen Children

Kathleen Cooke lives in Hollywood and is a media executive, producer and actress, writer and global speaker. She’s a founding partner at Cooke Pictures where she oversees casting, and is a Creative Director for all major projects. Kathleen wants to help mothers future-proof iGen children. I spoke to Kathleen about the iGen on the Treasuring Mothers podcast […]

17 Tips to Get your Mojo Back!

17 Tips to Get your Mojo Back

Overtiredness. It sucks the life out of every mother, every so often. The busy-ness all adds up, and one day you wake up thinking you can’t move a muscle. The constant day-after-day grind of chucking food together, demanding children, work commitments, disturbed sleep, housework, care of family, and more. These are the normal myriad of […]