Women sharing life together
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This is a blog sent in from one of our Raphaellers. It’s an honest and open account of a situation that many struggle with …… My beautiful baby boy is 3mths old and I love him to bits but it has also been the hardest time for me. I also have an amazing 8yr old [...]
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I came across this piece written by Shirley Conran and really wanted to share it with you as it gets to the heart of the relentless “everything-ness” of the working Mum! Don’t take it all as gospel, take from it what works for you. Personally, I was reminded that I don’t need to do all [...]
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I really wanted to write about this one this month as I’ve become acutely aware of people who are uncomfortable with eye contact. It’s one of those things that easily flies under the radar unless it is pointed out. We run around at a million miles an hour, we text, email and if we’re lucky [...]
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I’M EX-OR-STED” Exhaustion is not something to be taken lightly. We bandy it around as if it’s trendy at times “Oh I’m exORsted” …..right? But it’s nothing to be proud of and certainly isn’t a trophy. We don’t realise the danger zone we are in when we are feeling this way. Being overly busy is [...]
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With so many TV shows, movies, computer games, stories on DVD etc available to us these days, any parent would be forgiven forgetting some of the old fashioned treasures that we grew up with. Reading a story at bedtime is one of those things that is easily cast aside in busy family life however there [...]
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There is a fine line between being a parent who encourages their child to reach their potential and being a parent who pushes a child out of the joys of exploration and into the life long stress of premature productivity…..perish the thought even vicariously fulfilling their own misspent youth through their child. Dear Alana, I [...]
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There are various arguments as to why and how our little toddlers begin to really put us through our paces when they hit the ripe age of 2! There will always be exceptions to the rule however there are ways that you can entirely prevent this from tearing your home apart. So many stresses in [...]
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I think we can all agree that life has changed dramatically from the days when we were children. Life is more expensive, families are more spread out, often across the world meaning less Grandparents on call and the working environment has changed drastically with far more flexibility and many working from home. This means the [...]
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Hello my name is Vicky and I am a single mum to an 11year old son called Thomas. If you are a parent, you will know that it not only is one of the greatest gifts you could ever be blessed with, but that it is also one of the greatest challenges you can be [...]
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How to be more satisfied with your life…. Our generation and culture has become so wrapped up in achievement that we hold ourselves in contempt if we are not burning the candle at both ends. Why do we feel the need to be busy, why do we feel that we have to earn our place [...]
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