How to make it past the 7-year itch — I am 37 years old and have been in a long-term relationship since I was 19. 18 years together, 8 of them married. And while we have been together for many years, I am a realist. I know love doesn’t last forever and that 50% of marriages end in divorce. …

How a running app changed my fitness & mindset — Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with Adrenal Fatigue — a condition where your adrenal glands are exhausted from prolonged periods of stress, and unable to regulate hormones sufficiently (especially cortisol). Part of my treatment is to avoid high-intensity exercise as this causes stress on the body. I was prescribed…

Ever heard of Levator Avulsion? — I have an injury. I can’t see it or feel it. And there are thousands of other women who also suffer from this kind of injury — however, most are unaware of it. What is Levator Avulsion? The pelvic floor muscles hold all our pelvic organs in place — think vagina, uterus, bladder, rectum……

Here’s to clean oceans and a plastic-free planet. — Last week, I did something that made me feel really good — I invested in Zero Co, whose mission is to ‘untrash the planet’. Twenty-one million tonnes of plastic flow into our oceans every year — that’s one truckload every single day! Zero Co offers a simple yet essential solution to single-use plastic waste: They take plastic from the ocean and landfill, and turn it into dispensers and…

But they work. — My child sleeps in his daycare clothes. If you have a toddler, you know everything becomes a power struggle — they want to have more control over their environment and make their own choices. Rightly so. This can be anything from what coloured plate to use to what t-shirt they want to wear. I like giving my…

1. You’ve Got To Have Your Sh*t Together — Several years ago I created a Virtual Assistant business called ‘The Healthy VA’. The clue is in the name. It was one of the first Virtual Assistant services to specialise in the health and wellness industry and for the first few years, I owned the niche (in Australia at least). …

Parenting is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach — “This essay is yet another example of the parent-shaming drivel that is all over the internet. Written by someone who was never confronted by the prospect of losing their mind, their career, their relationship with their spouse, etc from months or years of sleep deprivation. It’s also incredibly misleading in…

Here’s Why They Aren’t Good for Your Health or Income — Multi-level Marketing (MLM) or Network Marketing businesses use a strategy of direct selling of products through salespeople rather than shops and retailers. Health food, beauty and wellness products are the most common. They promise independent sellers the opportunity to work from home and make a decent income source selling to…

Mothers Groups are toxic. — 1. I Gave Up Trying To Make ‘Mum Friends’ ‘Have you made any new ‘Mum friends’ yet?’ — a question I was frequently asked during the first year of my son's life. I’d heard you could make ‘lifelong friends’ from the local Mothers Groups, but they didn’t really work for me. What I saw was a gang of anxious…