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At the beginning of the year, I took a decision to invest more in myself in 2019. I’m guilty of putting myself “on the shelf” and worrying about everyone else in my family. This happens to most of us, as we get caught up in the hustle and bustle of motherhood and life. If you […]
I can’t believe that we’re approaching the last day of the first term in the 2019 academic year! This means that the winter exam season awaits us in a few weeks (spoiler-alert). This time last year, I remember being overwhelmed with my son’s transition between grade three and grade four. Then, just as I got into […]
I haven’t written a career piece in a while and I think it had much to do with the fact that I have spent the last few months trying to settle into my new role, which has come with growth of it’s own. It has been a big change for me, far different from my […]
My family is growing and I’m so excited and grateful for my pregnancy with baby number three! I am also really grateful for all the love on my pregnancy announcement post, which I was initially very skeptical about. If you have been following my blog for a while, you will know that I didn’t share or announce my […]
Moving your toddler into their own room causes anxiety for a lot of parents, so I thought I would write about our experience and share it with you. Transitioning our co-sleeping toddler into her own room, has been both easy and difficult and I’ll explain why a bit later. Parents choose to move their toddler […]
Being a working mom is one of the most challenging things to balance, given everything you have to give our attention to; it takes time and effort to build the habits successful working moms. I have been working within the Talent Management and Human Resource space for my whole career, so trust me when I […]
My experience as a new mom with post natal depression might be many years old, but it is one that I wont forget and want to keep talking about it because of how lost and lonely I felt. For the longest time, I didnt even realise that I was suffering from Post Natal Depression (also known […]
Exam season is here! My son is in grade four, so this is the first year that I have had to deal with the pressure and anxiety that comes with him writing exams. The end of the year is undoubtedly the most stressful time for the kids, but as parents we’re not immune from it […]
Now that we have successfully gone through our potty training journey, it seems like it was easy, but it definitely didn’t feel like that while we were going through it. It was one of those milestones I secretly wished would take care of itself, with minimal intervention from my side, but we all know it […]
It’s been just over a year since my hubby took up an exciting career opportunity in another province – so I thought that it’s probably a good time to reflect on what I think it takes to make long distance marriage work. I hope this post will encourage a few people who may be in […]