How we can prevent our kids from burning out
Reflecting upon my childhood, I vividly recall the women around me. I saw busy women, productive women, bustling women, juggling women and often, stressed out and exhausted women. My mum …
Working mum
How Mothers Work: Allison Tait
Mums of babies and younger kids seem to share their day-to-day story all the time, but after that — crickets. In an effort to hear more from mums of older …
33 work from home mum hacks for when the kids are around
Aaaaaaargh! Can you hear me screaming in frustration after being interrupted or the eleventy-billionth time this morning? I can’t blame the kids – it’s just as frustrating for them to …
“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 …
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 …
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. …