What a year 2020 has been for all of us. As we all stumble out of 2020 and look blinkingly and hopefully to the future, I’d like to take a moment to wish you and your family all the best. I hope you find a moment’s pause in all the holiday excitement for a little […]
We are living in challenging times, extraordinary times. Challenging times to parent. As, like everyone, I reel with the shock of the pandemic and its implications I’ll share with you a few of my thoughts: The great blessing of COVID 19, as horrific as it is, is the fact that all the evidence to date […]
One of the most incredible and unique aspects of being a parent, just at this point in human history, is the fact that we are saturated with parenting rules. One hundred years ago, parents may have received advice from their own family, their neighbour, and their local doctor or nurse. Nowadays the shoulds of parenting […]
Hooray! At long last Becoming Mum is officially available as an ebook. It is available in all the major formats: Amazon, Google, Apple, Kobo and Nook. Becoming Mum is, of course, still available as a paperback. You can purchase the paperback directly through the Becoming Mum website or via your usual online retailer such as Amazon, the Book Depository or Angus and Robertson. […]
I will be holding a FREE Mother’s Day Weekend Event in my hometown of Brisbane. Please join me for a FREE presentation and afternoon tea on Saturday the 10th of May in Aspley and discover: True parenting confidence How to manage criticism and unhelpful advice Strategies for building a meaningful, rewarding life as a mum Practical […]
Modern parenting is full of rules. I don’t mean the rules that parents set for their children. I mean the rules that society sets for us. You know the rules like, ‘Never feed, rock or cuddle your baby to sleep’ or ‘No television before the age of two’. There are heaps of them. If we […]
With much excitement and joy, I’d like to announce the ‘birth’ of my new book: Becoming Mum. Becoming Mum is a truly unique self-help book. It is the first book written to support women, all women, through the psychological passage to motherhood, empowering them to become the kind of mother they wish to be. Becoming […]