Welcoming The Divine Feminine
Women in their fifties have experienced a lot of changes. We were teenagers in the seventies during the feminist movement. In the eighties – the trend was toward androgyny – and this topic was even taught at University as part of Sociology. In the nineties, many of us had careers in the corporate sector and […]
How to improve your health and fitness at work
The demand of our technology driven corporate or entrepreneurial lifestyle has made it increasingly harder to maintain optimal health and fitness. With long sedentary workdays, high levels of stress and a family that you want precious time with, exercise can be put on the back burner. Here is a list of a few ways you […]
Getting Unstuck From A Weight Loss Rut
Since women entered the workforce and became jugglers of careers, family, businesses, relationships and domestic duties, self-care has pretty much dropped off the list of priorities, including finding the time to exercise. Often we can feel selfish for wanting to take time for ourselves and achieve personal fitness and weight loss goals. Many women experience […]
Release Yourself From Your Scarcity Mindset
Janice was a stay at home Mum aged 50 with grown up children still living at home. Her husband struggled to run his own business and was often stressed and worn out when he came home so there was little time to talk and spend time as a couple. He had stopped including Janice in […]
Guest Blogger Reema Shamim: Hot Tips To Beat The Winter Chills
Image: Padurariu Alexandru/Unsplash As the weather changes and winter knocks on our doors, most of us start dreading the chills, the winter “blues” and the dry skin that comes with it. I have a few tips to help enjoy this short and beautiful time of the year. Our outer layer is the first to feel […]
7 Ways to Let Go of Mother Guilt
Image by Juan Galafa:Unsplash First seen in I am Woman Magazine “Do you think we make motherhood too complicated?” Katie asked. Katie had a full-time job and struggled with allocating time to herself because work and domesticity always got in the way. She said that when she […]
Why It’s Good to have Regrets?
Image: Lea Dubedout/Unsplash What’s been your biggest regret so far? Is it something you wish you did? Or wish you hadn’t done? Maybe you said something to someone in the heat of the moment and now you can’t take it back. We’ve all experienced moments of regret. That painful emotional feeling of wishing we could […]
7 Self-Care Tips for Working Mums
When you become a mother, you take on the responsibility of guiding your child into becoming a kind, loving, and caring member of society. You want to instil good values and for them to know right from wrong. Mothers shape the future of the world because they shape their children. We do not own our […]
No More Shoulds
Image:dpomkearze4-julia-caesar Why is letting go of shoulds such a tricky thing? I sit with clients that tell me, “I should be happy because my partner loves me“, “I’m 35 and should have a baby“, “I should be grateful for the house I live in” and “I should give my kids more attention”. What’s making these […]
Good Reasons To Turn Off Your Phone Notifications
Image: DeathStockPhoto Back in February, I decided to take a three day computer break. I bought myself the boxed set of “Game of Thrones” and stocked up on some exotic curry mixes. Although I was off the laptop, my smart phone continued to ping, ding, zing, and chime with alerts from my mail.com, Viber, Gmail, […]
