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I grew up in a super-organised home. My brilliant mother brought up 4 kids, in a time when Dad went to work all day, and she managed the home front. She did a pretty good job. My siblings are all lovely grownups. So hats off to Mum and Dad! She described herself as a stay-at-home-mum. …

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A mother’s brain is constantly juggling multiple things.   Mothers are consummate multitaskers. We cook dinner while listening to homework. We plan dinner while we are driving. We fold the washing while we run the bath. We attend meetings with one eye on the clock, and always know exactly how long it is until school …

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Standing at the kitchen bench cooking the family dinner, when a piercing shriek came from the next room. A shriek of pure terror. Dropping everything, I ran, my heart pounding. To find my child pointing terrified at the ant that had wandered into the play space. My relief was immediate and palpable. I laughed “it’s …

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‘Space is the breath of art.’ ~Frank Lloyd Wright   Designers use the term ‘white space’ to describe the area on a page, in a book, on an advertisement, or a website design, that is empty. It doesn’t have to be white, but it is blank and unmarked. You probably don’t notice white space. But …

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Sometimes you need to talk. You need to slow down, and stop. Stop rushing around and distracting yourself. Think more, feel more. Stay in what’s happening right now. Contemplate, cry, accept, share. Other times you need to just get on with it. You just need to speed up. Stop overthinking, and start moving faster. Stop …

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Being shy is an ongoing feeling of being nervous or timid in the presence of other people, especially strangers. it is an uncomfortable feeling. It doesn’t mean you don’t like people, it doesn’t mean you are not friendly. If you see someone laughing and happy in their usual group of friends, and then going quiet …

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Society lives and breathes expectations. There is an expectation on children to act in certain ways, employers to treat staff in a particular manner, relationships to cater to people’s needs, and parents to love their children unreservedly. We have expectations on ourselves to be achieving at a certain level, to look and feel and act …

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Many women don’t like to rock the boat. They don’t like to say anything that may cause offence, or that may be misconstrued. It is a common trap for People Pleasers. Worried about saying it wrong, they get trapped in an endless cycle of rephrasing, anxious how it will be taken. So they end up …

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What is the hardest thing to clear out? A busy mind. There can be so many things in your head. Juggling multiple family members timetables, needs and routines. Adding your own in. Keeping on track at work. Meal planning. Household management. Remembering to floss, to be a nice person, to go to the dentist. Then …

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  The Joy of decluttering Decluttering is fashionable right now. Charity shops are experiencing a surge in donations, as the clearing-out trend takes off. The new Marie Kondo series on Netflix has taken the message mainstream. More of us feel inspired us to reorganise our drawers, give away our cookbooks, and streamline our wardrobes. I …

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