Self

“I’ve got nothing to do, Mum,” my youngest said, approximately 57 seconds after arriving home from a two-night school excursion. “Why don’t you just sit on the front verandah and watch the evening fall?” I suggested gently, fighting the urge to launch into a “kids today can’t amuse themselves for one second” lecture. Her face …

For many parents, the reality of juggling the demands of caring responsibilities on their time, energy and resources leaves us with little time to take care of our own wellbeing. This can result in “parental burnout”. Although the exploration of parental burnout is relatively new, research has identified it as a prevalent issue across global …

I am a simple person with a simple outlook on life and unless I’m watching it on stage or screen, I absolutely despise drama. In fact, I’ve made avoiding drama a life goal. Despite being a marvellously good time on Netflix, drama is real life is ugly. Drama makes you break out in a cold …

It can be hard to accept as an adult parenting teens that perhaps you are part of the problem. The ‘problem’ being the repetitive arguments that start with a niggle (bedroom a bombsite, clean laundry chucked into the bottom of the wardrobe), and escalate to a full-blown blue. The kind that leaves you reeling, feeling …

I’ve fallen so far behind in everything in life (I know you’ve been there). I was supposed to introduce you to this marvellous apple and blackberry pie from Sophie Hanson’s new book at least a month ago. Yet here we are. Don’t let my delayed introduction put you off from trying both this pie and …

Going through divorce is a devastating time for woman, as Carolyn Tate shares. It was 3 o’clock in the morning when I woke my ex-husband, who had been sleeping in the next room, and asked him to call me an ambulance. We’d separated but were still cohabiting while we sorted out who was going to …