Do you remember playing ‘Simon Says’ as a young child? It’s widely recognised as a simple way to help young children with creativity, motor development, body awareness, sequencing skills, sportsmanship and self-regulation development. Plus, you have the added benefits of being able to play it anywhere, anytime with no need to lug around lots of equipment [...]
At some point we all dream of leaving the ‘rat race’ behind us and sailing off into the sunset for a life that is stress free, relaxed and joyful. But is this even a reality with the way we live our lives? We often refer to our lives being part of it, but most of us [...]
Since the beginning of time, when there’s a problem running wild around the world, a movement rises to provide a solution. It starts with a front runner who creates the first product, course, book or program. Then others add their expertise to the fray until there is so much noise that it’s hard to know where [...]
Right before my life shattered into a million pieces, I remember thinking that it must be easier to just collapse, be given mind numbing drugs and go slouch on a couch in a clinic somewhere. I just needed a break. A break from life. A break from the pressure. A break from feeling like nothing was [...]
After the year I had experienced, I needed something to lighten my days and bring a smile to my face. So, we adopted two adorable, 10-week old, black bundles of fur that we quickly referred to as our ‘House Panthers’. Like most things in nature and the animal kingdom, they brought immediate entertainment, love and laughter [...]
It’s become normal – and something of a bragging point – to be able to point at how hard you’re working. It’s like we’ve confused being burnt out with being successful. The second we adopted social media as a staple in our lives, we also adopted a highly visible way of life. We find ourselves enmeshed [...]
So many of us spent so much of 2020 desperately wishing that the 1st of January 2021 would hurry up and be with us. We were hit – and hit hard – but somehow we held onto the hope that 2021 would be better. Now, here we are … already one month of 2021 gone and [...]
Every day is a battle between finding time and getting everything done. Some days it feels like you’re a magician, magicking things out of nowhere, moving through time that doesn’t exist, putting out spot fires, dealing with the demands of staff, customers, suppliers. It never ends. It’s stressful. More stressful than you could ever have imagined. [...]
We’ve been taught for decades that being stressed is normal. There’s a perception that if you’re not stressed, then you’re not working hard enough, and the pressure is piled on for you to ‘lift your game’. If others around you are struggling under the weight of the things they need to deliver, but you’re sailing along [...]
We live our lives lurching from mini-break to mini-break, from this holiday to the next. Life carries such an intensity now. We’re all exhausted, we’re all stressed. We know that it’s not good for us; we know we’re unwell. But we carry on anyway. All around us are messages for us to stop, to slow down. [...]
