Tag: working mum
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Weekend bliss? – #MindfulChallenge
The trouble with writing about your meditation experience, is that your mind has a tendency to start thinking about what you are going to write, about how hard it is to stop thinking…which, of course, means I’m thinking..it’s quite a mind numbing circle. It’s the weekend and I’m curled up in bed. The kids are…
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Day 1 – #MindfulChallenge
OK step one of the mindful challenge. Start a daily meditation practice. I’m going to do a Headspace mediation every day. I’ve had the app for about two years and throughout that time I have racked up an impressive (??) 30 meditations #winning, so I’m thinking that I may need to be a little more…
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School holidays…the struggle is real
I have a kind of love hate relationship with school holidays. Any working parent will tell you about the additional angst that comes with the juggle of school holidays; vacation care, holiday programs, day swapping with friends, taking time off work, the boredom, the complaining and the lack of structure. The lead up to holidays…
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Dinner time hell…
I have always been very diligent and disciplined about having a dinner time routine in our house. We rarely eat in front of the TV, and always try to sit down as a family around the dinner table of an evening. Lovely. Right? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Why o why is dinner time such a NIGHTMARE at our…
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Why exercise was the key that unlocked my inner awesomeness
This morning I headed out at 5.30am in -4 degree temperature (yes, that is MINUS 4), to go for a jog. I did feel a little bit crazy, actually, a lot crazy. My logical brain kept saying “why are you doing this?”, “go back to bed”, “you can surely find time to do this later”… …
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Top tips for a smooth morning…or not…
You’ll all be pleased to know that my morning routine is now back in action. If you recall, daylight savings reeked havoc with my usual peaceful morning routine and it was driving me mad…literally (you can read about it here) But thankfully, things have fallen back into place. So I thought you might be wondering…
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3 simple steps to beat the afternoon slump
It is about 4pm in the afternoon and I feel like I need toothpicks to hold my eyelids open. Exhausted doesn’t quite seem to cover it. This is the time of day my body seems to go into under drive. My brain starts losing concentration, I don’t have much patience and my eyes literally hurt…
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My top ten list to awesomeness…
OK team…. here it is… after my post last week, I have scoured my resources on well being, work life balance etc etc and I have netted down that advice into…. MY TOP TEN LIST TO ACHIEVE WORK and LIFE AWESOMENESS 1) SLOW DOWN– Whether it be a 40min meditation session with calming oils and…
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It takes a village…
Today I am broken. The straw has broken the camels back. I am curled up in a ball on my bed, hiding from the children, sobbing into my pillow. How did I get here? You know, it was just one of those days when it all went bad. Those days which are funny when someone…
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Working Mum’s…well…we kick butt!
I loved this article “Working Mothers are the most productive in the workplace”… I mean, I always kinda knew this, but so nice to hear that maybe some research backs it up! As much as I constantly beat myself up, for not doing a better job of juggling all the million and one priorities that…
claire george 