Thriving at Home

It’s important for busy mothers to look after themselves, make time for themselves, and ensure they don’t burn out – here’s some self care tips to help do just that!

Shake off those sadness shackles, boost your mood, and jump start your happy hormones with these quick, easy and affordable happiness tips that’ll put a smile on your dial and a bounce in your step.

Since Halloween falls on a school day this year, help the kids get into the Halloween spirit with some of these spooky Halloween lunchbox snack ideas for kids.

Whether you’re new to it or have been doing it for years, I can only imagine how tricky co-parenting can be. If you or someone you know is struggling with co-parenting, I hope these real-life co-parenting tips can help!

Anxious feelings can impact on many areas of life and constant anxiety can lead to insomnia, digestive problems, meltdowns and panic attacks. I’ve been using essential oils to manage my anxiety, I’ve shared my favourite oils to help initiate a restful sleep environment, lessen tension, and reduce anxious feelings.

After sharing my love for positive affirmations recently, a friend reached out and told me about his outlook on life. He shares his story here to help you find your positive influencers to make 2018 your year!

I recently contacted some ladies in our community and asked them if they could share their story of how they have transformed their homes from chaos to calm to share with you, to help you know that your not alone in your chaos and that it is possible to get some routines and systems in place to gain back control in your home.

Recently a member of our community was seeking help, she is a stay at home mum and will be returning back to work soon and is eager for ideas on how she can maintain the home and work full time.  I asked the community for some tips to share.

A reader has offered this very valuable advice and I think it’s a piece of encouragement we can all take on board. We all have those days when we feel like we haven’t achieved enough but it’s important to remember – tomorrow is a new day!?

Quick and healthy lunch options that will help fuel you for the rest of the day. Not limited to mums, it’s for everyone that needs a few lunch alternatives to fit into their busy lives!

It’s 3 o’clock, you’re tossing and turning and itching to get a wink of sleep. You keep thinking about how little sleep you’ve had and it doesn’t help your cause… Trust me, I know the feeling.
The next time you’re struggling to catch some zzz’s, refer to my readers’ tips on how to get to sleep to help you out.

I like to have routines and ways that help keep me productive and increase my efficiency. Here are my 14 tips to help you have a productive day. I hope they work for you as well as they do for me!

Being a parent is really fun, rewarding, amazing, life changing and exhilarating. But it is also REALLY, REALLY hard work. Parentline is a confidential hotline that offers support, information and counselling for parents of any stage.