As I wrote, we started back to school last week and overall it went really well. Boys are all back and settled in and I felt happy about how we had approached and recognised it. And then Thursday night I felt really tired and Friday I had a migraine. So does this mean it didn't go well? No - but it means that there are still things I need to learn and remember about how I connect with these peak times of change as they show up in our life. This week I invite you to build awar

Today I invite you to take a few minutes before you're even out of bed. To take those moments to think about how you can add in a sprinkle of kindness to yourself and to those around you. I've been thinking about kindness and in particular self kindness a lot this week and realised it's at the heart of what I think about when I consider selfcare & the work I do with selfcare. Kindness is a huge thing for me and one of my most important considerations with the boys is that the

It's easy I find to keep a log in my head of all the things I am not so good at. The trick is to focus on the good, on what you can do and on what is working. Part and parcel of creating a selfcare practice is to get used to seeing the good in yourself, rather than the stories that you are used to telling yourself about how we are. Selfcare practice - write yourself a love note this week. When we show up with love, we can do great things. This is no less true when we talk and

Last summer I felt like I dragged myself into summer a teensy bit kicking and screaming. It was a long one - the boys finished preschool and had a phased start in September so didn't start full time until 22 September. We were in a between time - not yet into the full rhythm of school and having a bunch of school chums. and in the lull where it seems all classes finish. They were still at nursery which gave me a little time on my own for selfcare and projects. This year we ar

One thing I have found a lot in the holidays is that one thing that gets on top of how I am feeling is the sheer amount of things we seem to have floating around the house with two five year olds. To be fair, it's probably better in a way than it was a few years ago when we had lots of big bulky things like a huge play pen, two high chairs and two bouncy chairs...but as they get older we seem to have a mix of lots of bigger toys and toys with what feels like squillions of tee

I decided to have this as my focus for this week because I've seen a few posts on local groups about the pressure that can come with the holidays. Selfcare to me is about taking the pressure off myself and doing things from a place of calm, choice and joy. So although I had another idea for todays summer selfcare practice this felt like the more important one to talk about and consider. Social media can be amazing, but sometimes seeing all the things that other people are doi