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Our workload is too much. Someone recently said to me that we’re so busy filling every moment that we don’t have time to actually live well. We are officially experiencing life overload. It’s not just our workload that is crippling us. Our lifeload is way too much. Sometimes the pressure to stay on top of everything …

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I’ve spent the last year or so in trepidation, wondering what it’s like when your daughter gets her first period. Well, suddenly now I know. Yup, it happened here on the weekend. If I am honest I was hoping my twin daughters would get their first period much later than this. Though at just shy …

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This is something I have been thinking about for a really long time, why am I such a crank right now? I try to choose happy, but about ten minutes later I’m swearing about the laundry basket or getting frustrated about the fact that I have to microwave my tea AGAIN. (Quick disclaimer; mum, I’m fine, I’m …

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Every day I fake body confidence for my kids, especially in public. I’ll be standing on my paddle board smiling away at the kids, but inside I’m cringing. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate my body, it did a good job carrying and birthing three children in three-and-a-half years. But I certainly don’t feel …

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Date Night™ is one of those Critical Relationship Tools™ I read about all the time. You have to do Date Night frequently, they say, so that your marriage remains ‘hot’ and ‘fresh’. Clearly this is the supermarket rotisserie chicken approach to marriage. Whereas mine is more like your reliable old tuna sandwich. I’ve been making …

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