By the end of last year, I felt totally depleted and fatigued by doing all the things that we mothers do. The mothering, the schooling, the working, the cooking, the washing, the…
Tag: guilt
10 reasons why mums stop talking about parenting
There’s a very clear reason why we launched Mumlyfe in February 2018: mums stop talking about parenting. There’s just not a lot being said about parenting the over fives out there. It…
“I don’t want my kids to think of work as being a terrible place to be.”
Listen up! I was part of Kinderling Kids Radio show this morning, on their The Parent Panel podcast. It was such a blast! We talked about the value of work and why…
How to balance work and family aka a full life without guilt
The #1 parenting issue I get asked for advice about is “how to balance work and family”. How do I balance my work and family life? How do I balance being a…
11 tricks to banish working mum guilt (mostly)
When my kids were little, I never felt the need to banish working mum guilt. I felt it, I gave it some space, I let working mum guilt just be. I think…
The (hopeful) end of the angry mum
I was an angry mum for way too long. It actually felt like my set-point was angry mum – I was just constantly angry and the little respites of not being angry…