Daily vs weekly planning? Why does it matter, and what’s the conflict? Can’t we have both? Of course, we can. And a bit of both is sure to be good for keeping on top of all we’d like to get …
Art Resources for Home Education and A Free Art Challenge you won’t want to miss :)
Beautiful art resources for home education gathered in one place, just for you, and me 🙂 Now we’ll always know just where to look when we’re in need of a spark of inspiration. A handy reminder of all those wonderful …
What is unschooling? Part 2 : What unschooling looks like…
Welcome to part 2 of what is unschooling? : What unschooling looks like? This post is the second in a 3 part series devoted to the question, what is unschooling? In Part 1, we explored the framework of ideas that …
Finding the motivation to get started : 17+ tips to beat procrastination
Finding the motivation to get started isn’t always easy. Sometimes we’re all fired up and raring to go. Other days our old friend, motivation, seems to have packed up and shipped out. We search in vain, scouring the horizon. And …
Top 7 trusty time management tips I use everyday (home-ed mama of 4)
I’m an avid collector of time management tips. And as a mama of 4, home educating for over 10 years and ever on the lookout for ways to make better use of my time and generally super-charge my efficiency… I’ve …
Living with pain better (what’s helping me right now)
When we’re living with pain, it’s hard to be the nicest, kindest versions of ourselves. But what if we could live with pain better? A question I’ve been asking myself a lot recently. Pain has been my constant companion for …
The power of words and the stories we tell ourselves
Words can be beautiful. Words can lift us up, brighten our day and inspire our lives. But words can also be cruel. Words can limit and torment us, degrade and destroy. Words can help and they can harm, but they …
Self-soothing checklists : the secret to raising our mood and energy levels fast
Self-soothing checklists – A list of soothing activities to cycle through in times of stress to shift our moods, encourage the natural flow of emotions and raise energy levels. When panic sets in, we feel our good mood slipping away, …
What to do when you feel like a rubbish parent : 13 steps to dealing with parenting doubt
In a recent post I shared a list of 9 things to remember when we feel like a rubbish parent. And at the end of that post I promised to be back soon with a follow up – what to …
13 Life lessons from Flylady (or how to get your home clean without neglecting your family)
Want to get on top of the cleaning and spend more time on the people and projects that matter most? These 13 life lessons from Flylady can help 🙂 With most of us spending much more time at home than …
Feel like a rubbish parent? 9 things to remember when you doubt your parenting…
Do you feel like a rubbish parent? Scared of letting your children down? Convinced you’re not good enough, aching to clock out, curl up and wake up in a galaxy far, far away. Being a parent for over 20 years …
Decluttering motivation : when it all seems too much…
Following on from my recent cleaning post, today I’m sharing my go-to sources of decluttering motivation. The best things in life aren’t things. And yet we have so many things. So many things to deal with physically and emotionally. Decluttering …