Tag: communication

October 12, 2020attention, attention-seeking, attunement, bonding, busyness, calm, choice, communication, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, future, guilt, Hope, love, mental health, messy, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, tranquility

The sweetest gift

Why is mum guilt such a real and often daily thing?  Why is it that when they’re tucked up in bed you […]

April 28, 2020Activity, adventure, change, communication, cooking, Creativity, date, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, learning, love, mental health, mother, patience, perseverance, positivity, relationship, self-care

We never change

Daf and I have never been particularly good at “date night”.  Early on the pressure to do something super original and fun […]

April 21, 2020attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, communication, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, grateful, mental health, mother, Parenting, perseverance, positivity, self-care

I will survive

A couple of weeks ago we had a zoom catch up with some lovely folk and heard about all the things those […]

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, busyness, change, communication, community, Creativity, education, emotions, Exercise, family, family time, feelings, Hope, individuality, indoor, learning, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, play, positivity, self-care, Uncategorized

What I go to school for

To encourage you all, this week has been significantly better.  Having taken my own advice last week we have gotten off to […]

March 18, 2020communication, community, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, Hope, love, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, self-care, socializing, stress, thankful

Hope

I don’t want to say much today.  I feel too much is being said.  So just a very little pause for thought: […]

March 4, 2020March 6, 2020adventure, attunement, change, communication, education, emotions, family, feelings, learning, Parenting, play, play therapy, positivity, Uncategorized

Learnin’ the game

Today I am sitting looking at the laptop and having what I’m going to call a “blogging blank”.  I feel that this […]

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020anxiety, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, busyness, change, communication, community, education, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Holiday, individuality, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, post natal depression, seasonal, self-care, socializing, talking, tiredness, try, work

Whatever next?

I have been reminded this week of the importance of journeying through parenthood with others.  It’s something I’ve mentioned before (maybe on […]

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020adventure, busyness, change, communication, community, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Goal, individuality, January, learning, love, mental health, mother, New Year, New Year's Resolution, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, Resolution, seasonal, stress, talking, thankful, try, winter

New Year; New You?

Who gets to January and thinks yey, it’s a new year…that means a new me?  Or who gets to January and thinks […]

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019attachment, attention, attention-seeking, change, communication, family, family time, guilt, love, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, positivity, post natal depression, seasonal, self-care, stress, try, work, work/life balance

Mum Guilt

Earlier this year I heard someone answer the question “what would you do differently in life” as follows: “ I’d fill it […]

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019anxiety, attachment, busyness, change, communication, education, family, family time, mother, Parenting, play, positivity, self-care, socializing, stress, talking, tiredness, try, work, work/life balance

Sunday Blues

Sunday afternoon blues…how many of us get that weird sinking feeling as the weekend draws to a close and the impending week […]