The moment I knew I was carrying a little person inside of me, was the moment I knew I was no longer independent. My eyes welled up and I wasn't sure of my emotions. I felt both pain and pleasure simultaneously. I laughed and cried at once. I had decided a month prior to [...]
Wooo hooo – Happy New Financial Year!!! It’s time to review, reset and plan for the New Year ahead. If the last year was a struggle and left you feeling relatively crap then now’s the time to draw a line in the sand, make the decision to take control of your business and put a [...]
I can't believe how we accept feeling like shit most of the time! Seriously we don't even realise how good we are supposed to feel until we start truly giving our body what it needs! I used to be like this! It probably didn't help that I thought there was not much difference between an [...]
It’s strange, but Alec and I used to talk about what would happen if the other one died. Those conversations always brought me to tears. These days my life is a fantastic concoction of gratitude, surprise and optimism. I can barely believe that my life is better now that my husband is dead. I found [...]
By Andy Towle Christo and Theo Menalaou, a gay couple who just had triplets in South Africa, have made medical history. Their newborns Joshua, Zoe, and Kate are the first triplets ever born with both of their fathers’ DNA. The same-sex couple met the surrogate at a neighbourhood meeting during the trial of former Paralympian Oscar [...]
Let me cut to the chase – having children is friggin expensive, exhausting and draining as well as exciting and fulfilling. I know: I’ve had two and aged more in 20 years than I care to admit! As mothers the juggle of motherhood and money can be extremely challenging. Reduced income coming into the household, [...]
We felt this month it was important to hear from a Single Dad on what its like, their fears, challenges and tips on how to move on in todays world. A bit about you and how long have you been a single dad? I’ve been a single dad for nearly two years. I was previously [...]
I educate families and professionals in preventing childhood sexual abuse. When I tell people what I do, it often brings up a lot of different feelings for them. In my workshops with parents, guardians and professionals, I do touch on tragic facts such as; 1 in 5 Australian children experience some sort of childhood sexual [...]
I am a mother of two daughters a 17 year old and 12 year old, and for many years I had held on to the guilt within me for the not so perfect marriage I had been displaying before my girls. And while I believe I have raised my girls to be conscious, having always [...]
We're going to talk about becoming parents now 1. What are your thoughts on becoming a parent someday? 2. Do you have an ideal age when you would like to have kids? 3. How many kids would you like to have? 4. What's the one thing you don't want to [...]