Your Family Survival Coach

I’ve written a number of posts on this blog, before now, about self-care. About the need to look after yourself when the going gets tough. About stepping back, breathing deeply and lightening the load. Funny how we often aren’t so good at taking our own advice, right? Well, I’ve forced myself to listen these last [...]

It is all that I can do to resist coming and dumping a big bag of moaning here, but the past few weeks have been incredibly busy – so very much going on behind the scenes here at the Family Survival Coach ranch, albeit many of these things are progressing more slowly than I had [...]

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums today and look,  if I could quickly pen a floral Hallmark-suitable verse to insert here I would. I really would, but alas it’s Sunday morning and there just ‘aint no time for rhyme ;) Now, whilst lazing in bed enjoying the paper, cuppa and brekky adoringly delivered by [...]

Ask nearly any mum the question, “so, how have you been?” …. and you’re likely to hear the word “busy” pop-up somewhere in her answer. It’s just the way it is ….. most mums are busy ….. unless you know a mum who has time to sit on her bum all day, every day, while [...]

Any woman worth her weight in Wella Baslam, if being  honest, could admit to a disastrous hairstyle … or two. When Kirsty at My Home Truths tossed out the challenge to confess some bad dos, I knew I was up for it. Some women just have beautiful hair. I don’t. If I had any confidence [...]

Stress management is something that I continually work on – rolling with the punches is just not inherent in my nature. From even a wee age, I had tendency to worry and also to allow myself to get over-stressed. If you’ve been there, you’ll certainly know that being a stress-bunny is just no fun. At. [...]