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Assume we are all doing the best we can

December 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

It all started with a disposable coffee cup. Waiting in line for my coffee, there were two women in front of me. They seemed to know each other, their interactions polite, not overtly but in a reserved manner. A bit like knowing of someone but not really knowing them. They ordered coffees, with one of them…

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Why work life balance doesn’t work

October 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

Netflix’s sitcom Working Moms first debuted in 2017 so I’m a bit late to the hype surrounding the series but I’ve recently been binge watching my way through each season and I loved it.  The show explores the minefield that is parenting, work, relationships, friendships and all the glorious and grimy bits in between.  It’s comical and…

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Consent and the six year old

August 29, 2019 2 Comments

It was Charlie’s birthday party, there were 20 something mini Ninjas in our backyard. Loud and free they are screaming, jumping and laughing. So much wild laughter and the sound is like balm to the soul. Children’s laughter is pure joy and comes as a gentle reminder that innocence is not always lost. There were tears…

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Just the three of us

July 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

You know that feeling when you use to think one thing and suddenly because of what becomes your lived experience you start to think differently? Yep, I do. What feels like a lifetime ago, but was only two years ago, I wrote a blog post called “I have one child, not an only child.”   It…

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The terrifying yet common pregnancy condition that no one really talks about

May 13, 2019 5 Comments

There is a lady in my Pilates class who I’ve been watching a bit lately.  She has caught me staring at her a few times now, she probably thinks I’m a bit weird.  She’s pregnant you see, 6 or 7 months pregnant and she has been coming to Pilates for a couple of months.  I…

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The milestones keep coming, telling me to slow down.

February 1, 2019 Leave a Comment

There was never any doubt that today would result in tears.  Mine were a certainty, Charlie’s less so and MM kept it cool. Proud but cool.  I justified my tears by telling Charlie that they were happy tears, because it was an exciting day and a special time.  We are trying to teach him that all…

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A workplace manifesto to work by

January 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

Last year I surrendered the idea of having new year resolutions and instead followed – much like sheep – the trend of choosing one word.  I’ve embraced the idea again this year (Fearless, by the way) but since I’m back at work I’ve started reflecting a bit on some observations I’ve made recently about work and…

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I was emotionally derailed by a Kindy concert

December 11, 2018 Leave a Comment

I am watching Charlie  doing the moves to “Santa wear your shorts” it is the night of his Kindy concert, I’m smiling and laughing and then suddenly I am holding back tears I didn’t even realise I was holding on to. I hold my breath and suddenly I am remembering when he was a newborn, a time when advice, solicited…

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An ordinary life

October 2, 2018 Leave a Comment

There is a fabulous article in the Fin Review that I read just recently called “100 Women of Influence.” Accompanied by a list of women who are trailblazing their way through life.  Those who have turned trauma into purpose (Rosie Batty) and others who are making a difference in social enterprise, the arts, business and…

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Don’t tell me “boys will be boys”

July 3, 2018 4 Comments

I have been back and forth trying to decide to write this post or not because I’m not sure if I’m looking for advice or trying to give it and trust me, I am not the parent who should be dishing out parenting advice.  Right now my son should be sleeping but instead he is playing in…

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Raising a feminist son when the T shirt says “The future is female”

April 15, 2018 8 Comments

Last week Charlie and I were walking along Southbank when I saw three women pushing strollers walking towards us.  Three mums, three strollers and three little girls. One of the mothers was wearing a T shirt that said “The Future is Female”. They were talking animatedly and laughing at one another and they looked the…

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