change

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 […]

May 17, 20212020, attunement, basic need, birth, bonding, calm, change, communication, community, comparison, connections, education, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, inner peace, learning, mother, patience

This is me

You’ve probably heard it said “every baby is different” and of course that’s true. In fact, every mother is different too. We […]

May 10, 20212020, anxiety, birthday, body, change, choice, communication, community, connections, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, Hope, learning, memory, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance

Memory

August 31st 1997. Who were you with? September 11th 2001. Where were you? March 23rd 2020. How does that make you feel? […]

March 3, 2021basic need, bravery, change, choice, community, connections, emotions, empathy, expression, family, fear, feelings, future, grateful, homeschool, Hope, inner peace, learning, love, monotony, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance

Rainbows and butterflies

One thing I hold lockdown completely responsible for is robbing me of my creative streak. I haven’t written a blog consistently for […]

November 9, 20202020, anxiety, bravery, calm, change, choice, communication, community, emotions, empathy, family, fear, feelings, future, Hope, love, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, trust, unknown

Bridge over troubled water

Can anyone else believe we are in November already and can count on one hand the number of people who have been […]

September 14, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attunement, birth, bonding, change, education, emotions, family, feelings, learning, mother, Parenting, perseverance, relationship, unknown

Into the Unknown

There are so many instances in life where we venture out blindly hoping that we make it through. A new job, buying […]

September 9, 2020attachment, attunement, basic need, birth, bonding, change, community, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, mother, Parenting, perseverance, relationship, Uncategorized

Mama

One of the lovely things about being a mum is there is this unspoken understanding and acceptance that we are all in […]

August 6, 2020anxiety, attachment, breastfeeding, calm, change, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, learning, love, mental health, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, premature, relationship

To boob or not to boob

Too much, too little, on-demand, engorged, painful, sore nipples, forever hungry, mastitis, blocked ducts, embarrassing leakage, breast pads, exhausting, emotional, frantic feeds, […]

July 20, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attunement, birth, change, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, guilt, love, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, pregnancy, premature, relationship, rollercoaster

You just gotta ride it

Neonates. What an all-encompassing, all-consuming, emotionally exhausting experience. I’m finding it hard to find the words to say to describe the 19 days Awena […]

July 8, 2020adventure, anxiety, birth, body, calm, change, emotions, family, feelings, labour, mother, Parenting, peace, pregnancy, rollercoaster

Life is a Rollercoaster

On the 21st May, I started preparing to write a blog entitled Life is a Rollercoaster. Seven weeks later, I am finally […]