In preparation for my Postpartum Ceremony, I decided to create a vision board to guide and inspire me as I started a new phase in my life. Because I really enjoyed creating my own inspiration cards for postpartum time, I decided to make a new set of cards to suit the new stage as well. How… {read more}
Parenting
My Experience of Postpartum Ceremony
Just over three months after my baby was born, I was blessed with a beautiful postpartum ceremony offered by my doula Tanya of Nourished Beginnings. This was my first pregnancy where I considered hiring a doula and I am forever thankful for having her support. It made such a difference to my mental, physical and… {read more}
10 Ideas for Supporting a New Mother after an Emergency Hospital Stay
I had a wonderful birth experience with our fourth baby. I even had what seemed to be a dream-like postpartum experience during the first 10 days after giving birth. Everything seemed to be going to plan, in the best ways possible! But on day 11, I was rushed to the emergency room with secondary postpartum… {read more}
Inspiration Cards for a Peaceful Postpartum Experience
Since a couple months prior to my due date with baby #4, I’ve been working with a beautiful doula named Tanya from Nourished Beginnings who I hired to help support me during my initial postpartum period. Even though I’ve had three babies before, I am learning so much from her about leaning in to the postpartum… {read more}
Rebirthing Myself as a Mother
After I gave birth to my three older children, I wrote a detailed summary of their birth story. This helped me process the experience and also record the day’s events so I could share the story with each child in the future. However with my last child, born a few weeks ago, my husband actually… {read more}
9 Ways to Connect with Family You Can’t Visit
In just over a week, I’m flying to the United States see my parents for the first time in nearly three years! To say I’m super excited is an understatement! A lot of families have been separated due to the pandemic, especially where we live in in Australia because there are border closures often and… {read more}
How to Help Children Gain Social Skills When They Study at Home
To most parents, starting another school year of distance learning is a great challenge. After all, most parents don’t have a professional training background for teaching. And trying to teach your children can bring back some unpleasant memories such as when mom was trying to teach you how to drive or solve a complex mathematical… {read more}
5 Ways To Keep Your Children Productive At Home
Many parents have been left vulnerable with managing children at home while balancing the new normal of pandemic life. If you feel that you are becoming a substitute teacher for now – you are not alone! This is a guest post from Musa Mawanda, Ph. D, the Founder and CEO of Lugelo, Inc., a mobile and… {read more}
