Latest Articles
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Relationships 325
Who’s the Boss?
I recently realised that I, along with most other members of the teaching and auxiliary staff at school, usually refer to the principal in conversations as ‘the boss’. ...
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Parenting 520
Chores Supporting the Development of Children & Brotherhood
I have found it to be quite common and even ‘the norm’ today for kids to not to do any chores, or to complain about the little chores ...
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Healthy diet 488
To Nourish or Bludgeon – How do we Use Food?
What is it about food that keeps us coming back, already full, feeling content and satisfied and yet, in creeps that little voice saying, “You need to eat, ...
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Parenting 406
The Truth About Mother of the Year Competitions
I’ve just voted in a nationwide contest for the 2018 Mother of the Year award, but the woman I voted for almost certainly won’t win. I didn’t vote ...
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Parenting 319
Baby’s First Haircut
A beautiful Sunday summer’s morning in Australia… blue skies, cool breezes and the sounds of cicadas and kookaburras fill the air. My partner and I discuss how to ...
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Healthy diet 511
Food and Society’s ‘Way of Eating’ – How True is it Really?
Food is necessary, that there is no doubt about, BUT how many of us have ever stopped to consider how and why we eat the way we do? ...
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Communication 498
Mobile Phone, the Screen that Screams for Attention… Observation from a University Student
In the last couple of weeks I have found myself feeling quite surprised by the amount of time that mobile phones consume my – and many other of ...
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Global Issues 479
The Evil in War
The dictionary’s definition of war is “a state of armed conflict between different countries, or different groups within a country.” (1) The word ‘war’ comes from the old ...
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Relationships 406
Sex and Intimacy – a Journey of Understanding
For many years in our marriage relationship there was very little true intimacy between my husband and I as we know and feel it today, although at the ...
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Global Issues 341
Judgement, Acid Attacks and Lack of Love for Others
In the world today there are many different ways people live; whether it be their financial, educational, religious or health choices that differ, for each individual how they ...
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Relationships 455
Relationship Ripples
Who would have thought that relationships and their ripples would have such a profound impact on life, everywhere? Relationships present an opportunity to evolve in one’s own relationship, ...
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Parenting 545
Staying Vulnerable
Recently my eight year old son has gone through some changes – one such change being that he no longer shies away from his vulnerability like he used ...
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Male Relationships 358
From My Love for Men
Ever since I can remember, I have always been surrounded by men. Before the age of around 11 most of my friends were boys, from the ones with ...
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Couples 571
I found my Mr Right Online and we are Building our Relationship
I had been a member of a few online dating sites for a few years, searching for Mr Right. I chatted to a number of men, but they ...
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Global Issues 384
Media Mayhem
While watching some footage on Hurricane Irma wreaking its havoc through the Caribbean and the USA in September 2017, the television broadcasters were lamenting that the radio broadcasters ...
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Healthy Lifestyle 361
Cigarette Smoke – What was it Telling Me?
Growing up with Smoking It seems on looking back over my lifetime of more than 76 orbits of the sun, and through much of my developing years, everyone ...
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Family 388
No Passport required: making Relationships about Love
Relationships are precious. There is the potential in each relationship to reflect back to us an aspect of the puzzle we are all here on earth to piece ...
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Family 531
Family Is More Than Blood
When I first heard the saying ‘family is more than blood’, it felt like a relief because as much as I love and care for my family there ...
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Parenting 441
Boy to Man: Our Roles as Mothers
I am a parent, a female parent. I have a son and a daughter. I am married and my husband and I share many of the parental responsibilities ...
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Sexism 518
Being a Man – Through the Eyes of a Woman
I have met many men in the 67 years of this life. Some have come into it for a moment or two, some for a little longer and ...
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Sexism 610
‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’ is perhaps One of the Biggest & Most Damaging Lies in History
For most of my life I have bought into a myth of such magnitude that it is impossible to either calculate or fathom the sum total of its ...
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Parenting 382
Parenting my First Child – Flying Blind or Creating my Own Road Map
Having children, parenting, the whole family equation, was not something I had given a lot of thought to, so when we had our daughter it was very much ...
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Parenting 530
Boundaries and Consequences when Parenting: Do we Need them?
Children can be very cute, adorable, loveable and gorgeous, all knowing, extremely observant, and often one step ahead of us. So when it comes to raising children there is ...
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Exercise & Sport 454
Playing Ball with Children’s Needs!
Recently I took a group of children for some ball games at a school holiday activity club. The activity was informal and all about play. In this session ...