What’s the hardest part about starting something new and possibly difficult? The steps you’ve already taken towards the starting point? Lining up and getting set to start? Or is it just taking that very first step into the unknown? For me it was all of that and everything else. Anything that wasn’t even a problem became a massive obstacle. I put it there! I put … Continue reading How do you start exercising regularly?
Let’s get this done. A blog about tropical fashion cannot be done sans swim suit post. So here we are. What to wear to the pool with kids and Mr MM on the weekend? I swim at the local pool only because where I live crocodiles and box jelly fish make safe swimming at the beach impossible (beautiful though it is). So I want to … Continue reading What to wear to the pool with the kids?
On average, one in five people will experience depression at some point in their lives. Admitting depression and seeking help for it is becoming more socially accepted. However, post-natal depression (PND) does not share the same openness – especially since mothers are expected to be elated at the birth of their beautiful baby. Having a baby is an exciting time. But for some women, it … Continue reading Post Natal Depression: Five ways to ease the strain
The monsoon is here! I love this time of year and always look forward to it. There’s something about the weeks of non-stop rain and the dark brooding skies that make me feel uplifted after months of oppressive heat and disappointment when a storm rolls past each afternoon, failing to drop its heavy load. The wait is excessively long; a drawn out process of hopefulness … Continue reading The Monsoon is here!
Chances are you have heard someone talking about ‘grounding’ or ‘earthing’ at one point or another lately. But what does grounding actually mean? Is it hippy-ville quackery or is there more to it? No matter what you think it is, it’s something that is certainly gaining momentum in the health and wellness scene reportedly offering many health benefits including reduced inflammation and pain, better circulation, … Continue reading Got your head in the sand about Grounding?
There are lots of ways you can improve your health and wellbeing with treatments and medicines; but what if there was something not available at the pharmacy, something specific to you, something precious and completely free? Would you be interested? What if this something had no negative side effects and helped you improve your health from the inside out? What if it helped you to … Continue reading 5 Ways to develop an ‘Attitude of Gratitude’!
What made a normal awesome day exceptional? Several things actually; all things that I can do right here in my remote backyard; things that celebrate family, community, gratitude and the joyfulness that comes with connecting with your surroundings. My day started very early with my husband getting up at 4am to do volunteer work at the local squash club’s renovations – I admit I didn’t … Continue reading How one awesome day became an exceptional one!
I’m inspired by my local landscape. A beautiful friend of mine uses the phrase ‘addicted to Gove’. I’m addicted to my home too and I’m so inspired by our local coastal landscape . . . With my children asleep this afternoon and my husband safely captured by the television I headed off for some quite Christmas shopping. Unfortunately, I’d left it too late and my only … Continue reading Tropical inspiration!
What I need is a way to sneak back to blogging, to slide in under your radar like I never left and just continue where I left off; no questions asked. But it’s been too long. You’ve gotten sick of waiting to hear from me. I had nothing to say that I thought you’d find interesting so I said nothing. You thought I didn’t care … Continue reading Inspiration, Aspiration & Motivation!
I have five beautiful friends who are pregnant. Each friend is at various weeks along; one at the very beginning, three in the middle and one is at the I’m-ready-to-drop-at-any-minute-cos-my-vagina-is-hanging-on-the-ground stage. The one at the beginning and the one at the end are expecting their first baby. The three in the middle are expecting their second (one of them is expecting twins!). I find myself … Continue reading Motherhood – Is it all worth it?
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