A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down in the most delightful way!

courtyard at the medicine garden

So Mary Poppins once sung to us in her practically perfect way. I’m sure if you are the Mum of a teen, it would be safe to say that there is something distinctly lacking from the phrase practically perfect (nothing ever is so please don’t … [Read more...]

10 easy steps to feeling brave when you are well out of your comfort zone

dip your toe in the water

When I watch those crazy people on I'm a Celebrity eating kangeroo dingly danglies and lying in a wet rat-filled coffin, I shudder.  I know the jungle is not for me -thank heaven I'm not in the Sinitta school of scaredy cats. What happens when … [Read more...]

You don’t have to be Supermum to communicate with your kids

supermum

Besides wearing your underpants over your jeans is not a good look! :-) It can be flipping exhausting to keep repeating yourself all day long and frustrating when you feel as if nobody is listening. Do you feel like a broken record?  Wouldn't … [Read more...]