You are in a long-term relationship, then bang - you separate. Once happy and connected. Perhaps kids have arrived, financial pressures building, family demands mounting, maybe an imbalance at home and child-rearing duties. You start to think, is this my life? Am I happy and fulfilled? What am I doing? The reality of separation arrives. The reality Separation becomes more of a reality in your mind. But before you take that [...]
When you read this, some may view worth as money while others to self-worth. It depends where you are placed or how you feel within your life and relationship, and where your mind is currently positioned. Worth can, in fact, relate to both self and money. Worth is defined as the value of the item, or as sufficiently good or important as someone deserves. Who then places the value on [...]
The 25th November is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is important to consider the role employers have to play when addressing domestic violence and how it can also affect the workplace. Domestic and family violence not only affects the victim in their personal lives but also their professional life. Domestic violence has very real impacts on employees and the workplace. The victim can [...]
Many children can be afraid when they face returning or starting school. It is very normal, especially for younger children, to have a degree of fear of leaving mum and going to school, especially preschool. There are ways to alleviate this.
Dissolve flying fear forever
For young children, one of the lessons parents are trying to teach them is that they own their body. Then the relatives arrive. We do our best to teach them they are in charge of their own body, what is appropriate and inappropriate touch and when to vocalise when they feel uncomfortable with touch. Then Christmas arrives. There are Santa photos, relatives they may not have seen for the past [...]
Breaking up is hard, but sometimes the relationship you were in just wasn’t working out for you. It’s not healthy being in a relationship that’s strained, emotionally hurtful or abusive, so if it’s time to get out of there, it can be a scary time. There is no one type of breakup, but there is one thing that every breakup has in common: it hurts. A lot. Here’s a few [...]
I recently consulted for an article by Megan Blandford for SBS on Two-thirds of people living with depression are women, and this gender divide starts as young as 12 years of age, new research tells us. A US-based study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison looked at around 3.5 million people in more than 90 countries to determine the age of onset for depression. They found that two-thirds of people living [...]
Yours Magazine, the largest selling fortnightly magazine in Australia, recently wrote an article about my husband and myself and the little things we do to stay forever in love, respectful and appreciative. It is easy, it is free, it means so much. We can all do this - often. As a Relationship Expert I teach many clients how to speak, appreciate and respect their partner. When we make these small adjustments our life and [...]
Being a working mum can be really tough. We work within our home relentlessly, then we go to work and undertake our job or employment role, we spend so much of our time caring for our children, then we remain a loving, caring mum and wife or partner. An article I recently wrote for Rescu.com A woman wears so many hats and performs so many roles. Most of us love [...]
Dr. Karen Phillip, Australia's leading Lifestyle Expert, comments in regards to the recent study done by Washington University on how holidays can kill marriages. Listen to Dr. Karen's take on the study and her advice on how to avoid these breakups. LISTEN NOW!
I have done a few interviews this past week regarding Grandparents babysitting their grandchildren and the strain it can place upon them. I have attached an article below from Seniors Magazine reflecting this. Yes there are times parents need the Grandparents to assist them out with childcare however when did the responsibility leave the parent to care for their own children. When we decide to become a parent we must [...]
