Teach "no secrets" - Was I one of the reasons my friend killed herself?
Teach "no secrets" - Was I one of the reasons my friend killed herself? I have been wanting to write this down but have been struggling...
Social media - What people leave behind, when they go.
It is the anniversary of a friends death, 2 years ago today. We worked together at the same place I was made redundant from after the...
Redundancy on maternity leave and the sexism that followed at WINZ (work and income New Zealand)
This is my journey from being the working mum, to being made redundant during pregnancy, to finally being the stay at home parent after...
The "A" choice: STOP, It's not your abortion!
In New Zealand at the moment our prime minister wants nothing to do with updating the crime act that is abortion. It is the only medical...
Anxiety.... In case of emergency... medication.
A few weeks ago I had a doctors appointment about my anxiety. You can read about it HERE. I just came back from the doctors a few hours...
Catastrophizing! 7 ways to fight the anxiety.
I had a doctors visit about anxiety and in it a word came up... "catastrophizing". It is where you create a scenario that has disastrous...
Mrs, Miss and Ms. Why do females have to choose their marital status, but men do not?
I saw on a friends Facebook post, asking the question about why do we have to choose a title such as Mr or Mrs? In fact his exact words...
Don't judge a diet! gluten free, dairy free... leave choices up to the individual
Holy hell batman, I have seen so many posts and articles about the gluten free diet choice on both sides of the coin... that it is more...
Why I take my kids to McDonalds... sometimes.
Now I am quite aware that I am trying to be on some kind of healthy eating gig with myself and my kids... and I suppose I am supposed to...
Want to know my secret? lets talk about before and after shots.
One of my pet hates is before and after shots because I know how easily they can be manipulated... How easily they can be faked. I have...
I second that! - the growing craze of selling and upscaling second hand items to save the planet.
I just want to put it out there that I was the queen of secondhand shopping! I could create an entire outfit from the leftover items that...
Top 10 things you are too old for after having kids and turning 35.
I went out last night, on a Thursday which is a feat in itself. My friend managed to score free tickets to the VIP mosh pit section at...
Feeling beautiful after babies - My "mum makeover"
I want to talk about how important it is sometimes to feel beautiful after life changing events which in a lot of cases... is babies. And...
The “non-toxic” label - what does it really mean?
Up until recently I hadn’t given the non-toxic label much thought, until I was contemplating putting them on the front of my Ecomonkey...
