When you decide to make some lemonade with the lemons you have been given, you will undoubtedly ruffle up some feathers.  You may start putting yourself first, taking steps to getting your needs met… and those around you may not like it.  Or you may […]

Good or bad relationships do not just appear out of thin air, a good relationship rarely springs from a bad one with a single spectacular explosion, neither does a good relationship sink like the Titanic after one single scrape. Rather relationships are the result of […]

Many men, for whatever reason, spend much of their day in the house. My father did because he was self-employed and his business was based at home, my husband was at home during the day when he was a student, while he worked nights as […]

Alhamdolillah!  This year starts off with becoming more organised with blogging, and also starting to re-write my mentoring material.  In doing so, I found out that I started blogging in January 2009, just after gaining freedom from my eldest son’s 11+ preparation!  Times flies!  He’s […]

Darling, I’m sorry, I can’t. I really want to help, But in this case, I’m sorry, I can’t. It’s happened again. Last time I told you, Remember, I told you? And the time before that, I told you then also. Its the third time its […]

I recently read ‘Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in your life’ by Linda Martinez Lewi. The book was quite intense and describes narcissist so well it feels suffocating. If you have a narcissist in your life, there is a good chance you may find them […]

Reality Check: When one feels bitter and resentful of others for ‘taking it easy’ on the weekend, when one is running around haggard… check to see whether one is not burnt out. Has the weekend has been planned for, so it can run smoothly without […]

A lot of women have young children, and find it hard with sleepless nights, poorly kids, feeling unwell themselves as mums… and life seems to be a roller coaster ride. When trying to surrender, when the topic of self care comes up, a lot of […]