Two guys I know recently had a baby. Their little man, Findlay, was born almost 4 months early, weighing a minuscule 490 grams. Dad’s wedding ring fit comfortably around his thigh. Fast forward to now - Findlay is 5 months old, fit and well, and the Dad’s level of panic has dialled back down to the mid-level mania that is standard procedure for parents the world over. There is nothing like MORE +
How To Train Your Partner (and other useful relationship advice.)
When it comes to getting what we want, most of us go about it the wrong way. We nag, and we sulk. We complain, and we huff. We ask for help and then say, 'Not like that, here let me.' Or worse still, we re-do whatever it is they just did, because they didn't do it quite the way we like it. Stuff might end up getting done, but NO one ends up any happier. Thankfully all manner of experts, from MORE +
What is A Healthy Gut? And Why Do We Need One? – Ask The Expert: Lee Holmes
If you don't know your kimchi from your kombucha and want more facts and less jargon, this week's supercharged expert is Lee Holmes -a woman on a mission to make us all feel better from the inside out. Q. What is all this healthy gut fuss all about? Why does it matter so much? The gut is the epicentre of our health. In fact, it’s one of the most important parts of the body. We interact with it MORE +
Are We Asking The Wrong Questions? – When Your ‘Best Life’ is Not Even Close.
I read something yesterday that made me seriously reconsider my definition of success. It was written by Jordan B Peterson, who I am intellectually crushing hard on, in his mighty superior tome, '12 Rules For Life - An Antidote to Chaos'. 'People often get basic psychological questions backwards. Why do people take drugs? Not a mystery. It's why they don't take them all the time that's the MORE +
Want Vs Need – The Subtle Art of Not Being A Sucker.
My phone is slowly dying. Two and a half years old, 6 months out of warranty and with a battery that drains as fast as my first drink on a Friday. The home button doesn't work and either I'm going deaf, or the volume button is also limping quietly to the crematorium. Visiting the phone store is probably my 5th worst thing to do, tucked neatly between buying bras and getting dental work, but needs MORE +
Pack Your Bags – We are going on a Guilt-Trip.
GUILT – The Gift That Keeps on Giving My friend had sex last week. Mid-level, much needed, meaningless sex with a man she will certainly not marry. Instead of pulling up her tights and moving on with her week, she spent the rest of it feeling GUILTY. Because, that's what many of us women, (and some of you men), do. We do sh*t, and then spend way longer feeling guilty about said sh*t than is MORE +
Isn’t It Time We Stopped Blaming Our Parents For Everything?
I blame Freud. It was that Sigmund dude, who famously proposed that our personal development is pretty much determined by events in our early childhood. Your childhood sucked, therefore your life was preordained to continue to suck. I get it - your Dad was mean, your mother wasn’t around much, you were the middle child, they didn’t even think to teach you to code……whatever it was - you are a MORE +
Sunday Night Anxiety – A Survivor’s Guide.
One minute, it’s all ‘Fri-Yay’and life is brimming with the joyous possibility of the weekend ahead. What fun we will have! All that stuff we will get done! All that time to relax! Next minute, it’s 4pm on Sunday, you have the scattered remains of a hangover, at least 2 loads of washing left to do, and are beginning to seriously question if your life has any meaning, purpose or value. If you MORE +
Taming the Email Monster – How to Stop Being A Slave to Your Inbox
F*cking Email. Emails you don't want. Emails you don't need. Email reminders. Work Emails. School Emails. Emails asking for money. Emails you are CC'd on. Emails checking you haven't forgotten to email so-and-so. And those extra annoying group emails, where people insist on replying to all. Please don't do that. I don't care that you have transferred your money for the group gift, or whatever MORE +
Are We Raising Useless Children?
As parents, we should be in the business of building capable and resilient adults. People, who at some stage, will be able to navigate the stuff of life - earning and managing money, feeding and cleaning themselves, forming friendships and relationships that function pretty peacefully and getting to where they need to be on time, without stuffing up too much along the way. If, in addition to this, MORE +
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