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I woke up this morning feeling slightly dejected. It has been almost 10 years since we have been married and it is a very happy relationship for the most part. We have two beautiful kids, a cosy home and a degree of financail stability yet I feel dissatisfied. 3 years ago I quit a well paid, challenging and motivating job to be a stay at home mum. For me the decision was simple. I wanted to be...

I hold my hands up to being an occasional *read 'frequent'* pessimist. I don't necessarily expect everything to go wrong and to fall to pieces around me, but I don't always have high expectations in life. I habitually assume people won't want to spend time with me (Quite what all these wonderful friends of mine stick around for I don't know!) I often decide before I open the recipe book that...

Easter was perfect; time away, chilling, eating and egghunting. I miss those days already. I don't miss the huge pile of chocolate we had on the kitchen sideboard at all. The kids steadily worked their way through most of it but I have done a bad thing and chucked the rest away. Bad mother. I got fed up with fighting over 'Cadbury's creme eggs'. I think they are delicious but three in a day is...

So many of us say ‘I just want my children to be happy’ but what are we doing about it? Making sure they are educated, fed and watered and ensuring they have friends and hobbies but these are all external things. How many of us are really equipping our children with resilience, emotional understanding, gratitude, self-love, worth and hope? I think these are important factors for mental...

From Beaches to Babies The glow of the fading sun draws thousands of soul searchers I am one of them. I walk across the sand And place my foot into the mild Mediterranean sea I step up from the water onto a cratered rock, and then another As I tip-toe further away from solid land The warm winds pass across my cheek, and I take a breath The island air fills my lungs, I hold onto it, then gently let...

After a young boy told his mother he had no friends to celebrate his 11th birthday with, his mum decided to make him a “Happy Birthday Colin” page on Facebook. The 10 year old has a condition similar to Asperger's syndrome, which affects his social skills and his ability to make friends at school. According to his mum, little Colin is often laughed at and has no choice but to have lunch in...

Research reveals that several women own a pair of skinny jeans in hope that they will lose weight. The study conducted by StyleClub, a fashion and lifestyle club questioned 1,000 women and found 87% wear jeans at least once a week. The study revealed that more than half keep a pair of skinny jeans in the closet that they don’t fit into, in the hope they will soon lose enough weight to wear them...

An exercise-loving mum has received criticism for posting a picture of her toned body on Facebook, with the caption: 'What's your excuse?' Mum-of-three Maria Kang (32) from Los Angeles, California, runs a non-profit business called Fitness without Borders, which promotes physical education in schools and local communities. In the picture posted to her followers, Kang appears with her...

A number of Irish primary schools have been reaping the rewards of meditation time for students. Children are using it in the school yard during moments of conflict and other pupils say it has helped them ward off nervousness during exams. Teachers have noted the improvement in children’s concentration and say it has worked as an anger-management strategy. One principal even said meditation...

Journeying Through Motherhood It is my conviction as a mother of two young girls that parenting is the most challenging and worthwhile job we will ever do. Prior to becoming a mother, I was a committed and hard working social worker and psychotherapist who worked all the hours she could. Becoming a mother was huge for me in terms of adjusting to my new role and it brought up so many conflicts...