Blog Category: Self-care for Parents

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Navigating these crazy, crappy, uncertain times as a family

No matter where you are in the world right now there is still no sense ...

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Our gift to your household

Most years around Christmas, I like to offer my community some visual inspiration for their ...

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Top Tips: Some Moments of Lightness

One of my all time worst brain farts… I was shopping in Woolies with one ...

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Helping kids deal with lockdown second time around

For the families in and around Melbourne who have gone back into isolation, this time ...

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Let’s get creative – it is good for your health and wellbeing!

One of the greatest blessings of having a childhood filled with hours of unstructured play ...

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There’s a light at the end of the baby/toddler tunnel… I promise!

I have been back in toddler land for around four and a half years, watching and celebrating ...

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Taming the parental busy bug

“Hurry is the enemy of love.” — Steve Biddulph It seems that the more sophisticated ...

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The very real challenges of mothering in the 21st Century

Recently I have had some conversations with mums who have had children up to 15 ...

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An inspiring gift for your home

When I shared a post about Max Ehrmann’s beautiful poem Desiderata, we found so many people ...

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Are you so overwhelmed you’re skating on thin ice?

Life can have moments when things get hectic and we get stressed and that is ...

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Parenting hacks for a calmer home

Everywhere I go around Australia parents tell me how stressed, exhausted and overwhelmed they are. ...

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The power of words to make a difference at home or school

Name-calling, exclusion and put downs can scar anyone, especially children – that makes sense for ...

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Twelve top tips for those in toddler land

I have revisited toddler land over the holidays with three little grandies under 3 – ...

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Unconditional love poster … my gift to you this Christmas

I want to gift my community this beautiful poster, designed by my graphic designer Kat, ...

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Soothing mama stress and angst

As a parenting educator I am always monitoring and enquiring of parents what’s happening at ...

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Why you’ll never be the perfect parent … and that’s OK

Maggie was interviewed by Huffpost Australia about why perfectionism, comparison and judgement in parenting are ...

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Bringing mindfulness home: tips for parents

As a proud ambassador of meditation app Smiling Mind, Maggie wrote about how to create ...

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The only three rules that matter: KISS parenting

There are so many parenting styles floating around in the sleep-deprived, chaotic world that is ...