2017 Ekka Cheat Sheet
You can’t go to a place like the Ekka without a game plan. The Ekka rolls around only once a year so you need to make sure you’re armed with the best information to make the most of a wonderful day out […]
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Changes To The Nest!
Some twenty plus years ago when I was handed my first born I recall thinking how grateful I was to be custodian of this precious life and that my future was changed forever. I blissfully settled into parenthood gratefully navigating the milestones and phases […]
How Pets Can Turn Us Into Better Parents
Somehow, despite our different languages, we have found ways to teach our animal companions to simplify our lives. You’ll often see a golden retriever loyally guiding his human parent without comprehending the concept of blindness, or a rescue pooch diligently searching for […]
Don’t Forget To Thank Your Mum…
We all appreciate the mothers in our lives, there isn’t one day that goes by I don’t thank my mum for teaching me how to be strong when I feel weak or how to make a dinner out of the bare minimum […]
Social Media And Raising A Family
Has It Changed the Dynamic for Better or for Worse? In the years since cord-free phones became the norm, phones and technology have become so heavily entrenched into our society. At first, texting was a revelation. But with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and […]
Casey-Lee Lyons #SheInspires
Tell us a little bit about yourself – who you are and what you do Thank you so much for having me. My name is Casey-Lee Lyons. I’m a Brisbane based nutritionist and naturopath, recipe developer, mum to my toddler Gracie and founder […]
The 7 Habits Of Parents With Work – Life Balance
SheBrisbane read a recent article in Women’s Agenda by Nicki Ferguson about the whole work-life balance thing which we think at times is a total myth! This is what she had to say… While work-life balance may feel impossible for those in traditional workplaces that […]
Warning. This Mumma is about to explode!
Every parenting image you ever conjured up before children was blissful happiness. Kids playing contently, spouse washing the dishes playfully, household harmony and eternal delight. Right? Open your eyes from that dream and look around…. kids fighting, an overworked tired partner, a […]
Life After Children
This post comes after a pretty hectic past couple of weeks and at a time where I feel there has been a lot of heaviness floating around in the air. I don’t know if it’s because of the ‘Super Moon’ that graced us […]
Gifts for everyone whether you are naughty or nice!
Hope you all have been saving your money in the lead up to Christmas or else the credit cards will be getting a workout. We have found two great places to shop and they are Australian owned and also, the best bit, […]
Benefits of digitally detoxing
Technology….sigh…we can’t seem to live without it, but sometimes I really don’t want to live with it either. Let me just say firstly that this is by no means a post condemning all things technology or that I am about to break […]
A new syndrome recognised for yelling at your children
Most parents who yell irrationally at their children know it can’t be good for them – the kids, that is. But it’s worse than they think, according to new research. So bad in fact, that the yelling has been given a name by the […]
Why kids don’t listen…
PARTNER CONTENT ‘How to talk so kids will listen & Listen so kids will talk’ is a book and course written in the 80s, with accompanying shoulder pads, ‘word art’ fonts and classic music of that era. I’ve asked the authors, Elaine […]
The interview with my grandsons
I have come to realise that being a grandparent isn’t vastly different from when you are a parent, except that you can choose when to walk away, you need to be careful not to get too involved and not to overstep the […]
Because I’m a queen
This week I wanted to talk about the meaning behind a tattoo I got last year: it reads, “Because I’m a queen.” I get a lot of different reactions to this tattoo – some people think it’s awesome, some people think it’s […]
Lessons from parenthood
Parenthood is one of those things that changes everybody and for the most part, for the better. For me personally, it has definitely shaped the person I am today and in particular, highlighted the importance of three key areas in life: patience, […]
Five things only the children of divorce know about
I’m speaking from first-hand ‘kid’ experience; the children of unhappy separations learn a lot of lessons from an early age. They learn that nothing in life is stable; that love can change; life can change in a moment; people do leave; and […]
I work from home living the writer’s dream … sort of
I make things up for a living – in Ugg boots. it sounds perfect, doesn’t it? Living the writer’s dream – to be your own boss, float from book tour to launch party with the flexibility to schedule work around family commitments… […]
The pain after birth, that we need to talk about
Vivianne Kissane is no stranger to pain. After losing her sister-in-law to perinatal mental illness then suffering post natal depression herself, she is acutely aware that many women who experience anxiety during the perinatal period hide their true feelings from family or […]
How to win at remote grandparenting
I live in the Queensland but my grandchildren live in Victoria—1657.1 kilometres (17 hour 44 minutes drive) away. For a long time I lived with a constant pull on my heart strings including restless nights and the weight of guilt; I had […]