Apr 19, 2023 | Coaching, exercise, family, fun, goals, Mums, my journey, parenting, play, reflections
What are you most looking forward to this summer? In December I had the pleasure of joining Claudia Geratz MSc for her Bye Bye 2022 reflection webinar. It made me realise just how many of my joyful memories of last year came from swimming. 🌊 A full moon...
Mar 22, 2023 | Coaching, family, health, home education, my journey, parenting
It’s was a long battle, but in January we received the news that Oscar will be getting an Educational Health Care Plan. I’m not big on labels, but this feels huge to me. It’s justification that we were right to take him out of school. It’s justification for me to find...
Mar 8, 2023 | creativity, family, fun, identity, my journey, parenting, play, reflections
My dad is mine. Dad taught me to work as little as possible: just enough that I had the time and money to play hard. He was always caving, abseiling, diving, rock climbing, and generally exploring and having a good time. Now in his 70s, his flat is full of science...
Feb 22, 2023 | Coaching, family, home education, parenting
“I’m not doing enough.” This is the main worry I hear from other home educators. It takes time to adjust your expectations of home education and realise you don’t need to fit in with any school curriculum any more. There’s no need to compare what you’re doing to what...
Jan 18, 2023 | Coaching, family, goals, home education, identity, mindfulness, Mums, parenting, wellbeing
Do you just wish you could have a couple hours to yourself? It’s not much to ask, but those couple of hours can be seemingly impossible to find. And when you do find them? You spend them doing stuff you HAVE to do: getting ahead on meal prep, going food shopping,...
Dec 7, 2022 | family, identity, money
Christmas time can be a stretch for everyone financially with presents to buy, extra mouths to feed, decorations to buy and power, meals and parties and drinks and shiny outfits to pay for. This year though it is even worse for many people who have already been...
