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Tips to get through suicide hour with autonomy & respectful parenting
This time of the day does not have to be a struggle. It also does not need to be a time where you exert maximum power over your children in order to get them to obey. Read my tips to get through suicide hour with autonomy & respectful parenting.

7 Time management tips for working & homeschooling moms
This year, working from home, whilst schooling from home, has become mainstream. Now, more than ever moms are in need of some superhuman time management skills.

Processing emotions & pandemic edition journal prompts
I have written things down for as long as I can remember. I would never call what I wrote journaling back then, it was more like incessant list making. But, I was never without a notebook. Fast forward a few years and I have become devoted to my journal practice as a...

How to add a banner to your WordPress website with a link to the South African governments’ official Covid-19 portal
The South African government is requiring all .za websites to link to their sacoronavirus.co.za Covid-19 portal somewhere on their landing page. This needs to be done by Thursday, apparently. See official tweet here. This is supposedly to reduce the amount of fake...

Holding on to the joy when your life is crashing down around you
I am not a stranger to feeling like your world is falling apart. In fact, my life has taken a more downward dips than I care to admit is normal. However, none of us are immune to adversity. No matter what someone's life looks like from the outside, there is 100%...

Positive Parenting
This is an excerpt from the book 'Money and the Law of Attraction' by Esther and Jerry Hicks. Not normally the book I would go to for parenting advice, but I tend to find tidbits of wisdom to support my parenting journey in all media I consume, as it is a passion of...

One foot in front of the other
Just keep going. Keep moving forward, one foot in front of the other. I think, that perhaps, this is my philosophy to life? Because eventually you will get there, to your dreams, your goals. It is inevitable, as long as you keep moving towards them, no matter how...

Minimalist decision making
My note from The Universe today was thus; True life mastery, Christine, is more a function of knowing what to want, that knowing how to get what you want. Incidentally, my word for 2019 is minimalism. “Let’s imagine this new year as a blank slate. It’s like an empty...

Maybe you should embark on a quest?
Last night I stumbled upon a gem of a YouTube video. It was linked in a post recommended by one of the few newsletters I receive - I am pedantic about my inbox and only sign up to the best newsletters. Anyway, the YouTube video was a talk by Chris Guillebeau at the...

How to Have a Really Good Reading Year
In January 2017 I challenged myself to read more books than the year before. The goal was 52 books, a book for each week (it's what the happier, healthier, more successful people are doing, you know). Oh my, how I failed so miserably... I later changed my goal to 30...

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