The struggle is real:
parents vs robots
I have to wonder who is bringing up my kids. Is it You Tube,...
HAVE YOU GOT THE NEWS BLUES?
I won’t list things which have glummed me out in the news recently, because...
MY HUSBAND USED TO BE SO HOT
This isn’t a debate about Tom’s hotness. It’s about the fact that we’re growing...
When someone great is gone
When I heard that my former boss Hilary Alexander had died on Sunday, I...
HONEY, I SHRUNK MY INSTAGRAM!
“Have you been hacked?” An eagle-eyed person DM’d me last night. “Nope. I’ve deleted...
Self-Care is Hard Work
According to a lot of hashtags on Instagram, self-care is about bubble baths and...
Platty Joobs Got Me Thinking
As a republican, this last week has been pretty cringey and unbearable in the...
Have I got ADHD?
Have you been seeing a lot of posts about adult ADHD and how it...
I Became a Lifeguard.
I became a lifeguard. A job I didn’t know how to do. I wasn’t...
QUESTION TIME
When I was a child, my family used to play Trivial Pursuit. It was...
Glitter
On the school run this chilly February morning, I was truly delighted at the...
Sorry for the silence – I have been languishing
I have been silent – I haven’t put pen to paper, fingertip to keyboard...
Where Has Our Basic Manners and Courtesy Gone To?
Just a few days back, we had a long lost Buddhist devotee visiting our...
A New Way to Snack in 2022
About five years ago, I wrote a piece for Selfish Mother about hygge. Hygge...
Time warp
There is another candle on your cake, you are beaming and I sigh. Clutching...
Who Loves a Bit of Dressing Up?
Hands up who likes dressing up? Are you a lover or a hater? Three...
8 Ways Moms Can Balance Work and Family
8 Tips for Balancing Your Family and Career as a Mom Besides straining relationships...
It’s okay to not have it all figured out
As a total cliche, when I was in my early twenties my life plan...
Why We Love A Witch
Halloween is around the corner so it’s time to think about all things witchy!...
We Live in a Rape Culture
TW: Rape, Assault, Violence The Sarah Everard case has made me livid. It is...
Why I Love the Bugaboo Donkey 3 Stroller
You may have heard about this Bugaboo stroller a while now, and those who...
Shamima was a Child Bride
TW: violence Shamima Begum is being used by the (mainly right wing) media as...
Would we be friends at school?
Do you ever think about whether or not you would be friends with someone...
Bye Bye Toxic Friends
I am a pretty happy person by nature. I like to make other people...
Can We Stop “Karening” please?
Hi my name is Jess. Not Karen. But recently I’ve been called Karen. As...
3 Ways to Get Through the Pandemic Without Going Crazy
While the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be winding down, it’s far from over. In...
Car Seat Safety
Infant Seat This is the first seat you buy, for a newborn up. Usually...
Ensuring Your Child’s Car Seat Safety: A Checklist
It may seem that child safety seats have been around forever, but they are...
How to Tell if Your Child Needs Glasses
While adults are able to maintain and judge their own ocular health, children need...
Your Teen’s Social Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety among students is serious and perhaps more widespread than you might think. Unfortunately,...
Not perfect, but good enough
My quest for perfection has saw me placing impossible expectations upon myself which has...
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling broody…
Here are the reasons that trying for a third baby is a) really not...
The Missing Link
I am writing this as we approach the end of Mental Health Awareness Week....
Add a Chevron Accent Pattern to your walls in Minutes
We all have our own ways of leading life but we will all agree...
My overused word
“Sorry, is all that you can’t say. Years gone by and still, words don’t...
Ways To Survive As A Stay-At-Home Mom
Being a stay-at-home mom has its perks, but it is also nowhere as easy...
Yes, Please
Sometimes I remember that it’s my job to model, for my children, what it’s...
The Lockdown Juggle
I’m writing this during lockdown 3.0. As I write, my boys, aged 4 and...
I’m Forty, What Next?
All my life I’ve been a planner. I’m a Capricorn, and part of our...
A day in my brain during mat leave lockdown…continued…
Part 2 Pop out with the pram – best to get out once a...
A day in my brain during mat leave lockdown
Part 1 Shit. Another day. Oh hey anxious pang in the stomach! Time to check...
Motherhood and The Pandemic: Our Careers May Be On Hold For Now
You could hear the combined sigh from Mothers everywhere when the PM, Boris Johnson,...
Four Weeks In Lockdown
It’s a funny old time, as the days have no context, and the weeks...
Our First Holiday As A Family On Rottnest
There’s something so magical about Rottnest Island that it evokes wonder in everyone who...
January Blues
I have tried today, like we are all trying right now, but it hasn’t...
Fashion in the Time of Lockdown
This time last year if I’d gone to my local Italian for tea with...
December is here. Fake it till you make it!
While walking past a neighbour’s house the other day we commented how beautiful...
Lockdown Lite 2020, the hopefulness of Season 2
Welcome folks to lockdown lite. Remember The Poltergeist 2 film of the eighties when...
MEA CULPA
We Brits are masters of saying sorry. Apparently we apologise, on average, eight times...