Get you some Attitude Babe! Marietta was a quietly spoken women with three children under the age of 6. She was very caring and generally got on with people. The problem began when Marietta’s oldest child entered the school system.  A group of Mums invited Marietta to their activities and she soon became part of […]

The Day of the Dead and Halloween are the time when, supposedly, the walls between the worlds are thinned and the spirits can communicate easily. What might those who are long gone have to say to us? Here is something from poet, Adam Lindsay Gordon: “Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like […]

Diana had a very stressful job. She worked for a large accounting firm where all employees were assigned work on a rolling basis. This meant no matter how many cases you completed, there was always another. Many cases had deadlines with zero flexibility which meant they had to be completed at the end of the […]

ON GUARD! Cassandra had two adorable children, Mark (4) and Antonia (2). She came to see me because, in her extended family, the children were expected to regularly spend a weekend with the Grandparents. Her Mother-in-Law had established this norm early with other members of the family and she was not impressed that Cassandra’s children […]

    We would rarely accept a demon as a side order for something we want but sometimes that is exactly what we order.  I recently attended the Birthday of a young friend and found myself surrounded by MANY beautiful young 20 somethings! Coming from an era where grooming was constituted by nail polish and […]

Here is Gail’s story: “The kids next door are always in my house. They are mean to my youngest boy and won’t let him join the games. This results in constant fights and tears. My neighbour spends a lot of time on the internet and the kids just drift over. She also sends them when […]

Mary was a devoted mother. She helped every week in the school canteen and classroom, sewed all the uniforms for her children’s sports teams, ensured her children had music, sport and art lessons, was always the one doing school pick up for other mothers and the first person to host or organize any activity that […]

“Mother eaten alive by endless tasks!” could be a news headline any day of the week in the 21st Century.  Historical analysis will certainly reflect on the frantic nature of our time and on the damage manic living did to mothers and small children.    Unfortunately, just as no-one remembers the mass of Victorian women bedridden […]

Have you ever had a day where you woke feeling “not good enough” and then that feeling caused you to work in panicked mode from the moment you got up until you finally collapsed at night? You began the day screaming at the kids and ended the day with everybody screaming? You ended up in […]

You don’t get to “pick” the life you get. Okay, some  folk say you do in some ethereal zone somewhere, but we are talking about day-to-day physical life here. Your life.  Some people get born into a loving family with lots of resources and support and others start with a lot of suffering, negative experiences […]