Blog Category: Self-care for Parents

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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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Finding calm amidst the holiday chaos

Let’s begin by remembering that emotional contagion is real – we are influenced by the ...

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The power of the parental pause

In those tough parenting moments, this secret may be your saving grace. There are many ...

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Sobering truths about being a mother

Mother’s Day in Australia is rapidly approaching and thanks to our commercial, consumer-driven world there ...

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Sanctuary from violence

As an ambassador for The Sanctuary women’s shelter opening soon, Maggie and her co-ambassadors got ...

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Healing our profound wound of human disconnectedness

The latest suicide figures from the ABS are alarming, worrying and hide a world full ...

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Childhood stress: Why (and how) we all need to calm down

Increasingly, scientists are linking stress in infancy and childhood to the soaring numbers of people ...

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The comfort of family ritual

As the end of the year comes hurtling toward us, many of us who celebrate ...

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The school pickup war zone

Thanks to the rapid changes in technology especially smart phones, well-meaning parents are much more ...

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Top 5 Tips for Today’s Parents

Recently during an interview on Channel 9 in Perth I was asked what my five ...

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Self-care in the age of 24/7 negative news cycles

So often when I tune into the news online, on the radio or on TV, ...

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The 3 Rs to family happiness: resilience, routine & relaxation

It’s something that’s easy to forget or hold on to in our busy lives, but ...

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Expectations and the inconvenient truth of parenting

One of the chapters in my book 9 Things: A back to basics guide to calm, common-sense, ...

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Our resistance to rest

I know I am like many of you when it comes to taking some rest ...

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Creating Your Own Life

Before I explore empowerment – which is what I plan to cover in this article ...

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Why Women Shouldn’t Always Leave Themselves the Burnt Chop

I have met so many interesting and weary grown-ups lately. I put a beautiful picture ...

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Parenting Imperfectly

After meeting Tim Gill, my play guru from the UK, at a C & K ...

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Maggie’s tips for boosting your brain

When we buy a new device, such as an iPod or car, it usually comes ...