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December 6, 2021attunement, Creativity, education, emotions, empathy, play, play therapy

The voice within

I was writing an assignment this morning and came across a brilliant article which got me all fired up about the amazing […]

November 29, 2021anxiety, attachment, attunement, bonding, emotions, family, feelings, hide and seek, mother, separation, separation anxiety

Nothing compares to you

Who else feels their stress levels rise when they hear their little one crying? Who else finds it difficult to leave their […]

November 22, 2021attachment, bonding, connections, hide and seek, identity, individuality, mother, safety, separation

Ready or not

“Ready or not…here I come…” is probably a phrase you have either said or heard many a time as a parent/uncle/auntie/grandparent…. Hide […]

November 15, 2021anxiety, attention, attunement, communication, community, connections, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, grateful, inner peace, life, mother, overwhelm

I got you babe

What do we do when it so regularly feels that we are gasping for breath and just keeping our heads above the […]

November 10, 2021attunement, choice, emotions, family, feelings, guilt, life, Mindfulness, mother, work, working mum

Working Nine Till Five

Two questions to throw out to all the mums out there…hands up who values being a mum? Hands up who values going […]

November 1, 2021adventure, busyness, change, choice, connections, education, emotions, family, feelings, future, identity, individuality, mother, Parenting

Who you say I am

I cannot believe how long it has been since I’ve blogged and I can tell you I’ve really missed it. I need […]

July 12, 2021attunement, busyness, connections, emotions, family, family time, feelings, future, grateful, learning, Mindfulness, mother, self reflection, time

Time after time

Do you ever think there’s not enough time in life? I think that must be the thing I say the most. In […]

July 5, 2021July 12, 2021Activity, adventure, attachment, attention, attunement, basic need, child right, choice, communication, connections, craft, Creativity, education, emotions, empathy, feelings, fun, mental health, mother, Parenting, play, toys

You’ve got a friend in me

Does anyone else ever look in their kid’s room and think “this room is bursting at the seams, there is literally no […]

June 28, 2021adventure, attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, bonding, choice, emotions, family, family time, feelings, fun, future, Goal, grateful, learning, mother, Parenting, selflessness

In my daughter’s eyes

I never thought I wanted children for many reasons, but the main one being I was just too selfish. Who wants to […]

May 24, 2021anxiety, attachment, bonding, communication, community, connections, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, flashback, grateful, Hope, loss, love, memory, mother, neonatal, Parenting, Process, trauma

I’ll cry if I want to

So, little Awena turned one at the weekend. The sun shone, which sandwiched between two horrendously wet days, was a great blessing. […]