By Jo Burgess A cluttered mind makes you unproductive, indecisive and stuck in your own way. Getting rid of mental clutter is just as important as culling physical clutter, as it gives you the freedom to focus and make way for more important things. I’ve compiled a simple three-step process to help you …
5 Ways to Overcome the Juggle of Motherhood
By Amy Molloy When Amy released her first book, The World is a Nice Place, she had no idea how popular it would be, going into reprint after only 12 weeks. Focused on helping readers recover from their past hurts and experiences, when it came time to release the sequel, Amy opted …
The Cake Recipe All Mamas Need in Their Arsenal
By Christin Gewek Quick nut cake Makes one 20CM (8 INCH) cake // Ingredients 2 ⁄3 cup (75 g) walnuts 4 eggs, separated ½ cup (125 g) butter, softened 125 g (4½ oz) caster sugar 125 g (4½ oz) ground hazelnuts 125 g (4½ oz) quark (40% fat) or Greek-style yoghurt …
The Quinn Girls #DISRUPTED
By Kerrie Simon-Lawrence, photography Melanie McNiven, shoot location Kingfisher Bay Resort on Fraser Island Eleesha Quinn can still remember the Instagram photo that changed everything. “My daughter Logan asked me to be in a picture with her. I had never really liked to be in photos, so I said no. I’ll …
How Being a Mum Made Me Better At My Job
By Khara Williams, director of relationships, businesswoman and mama We’ve come so far in the workplace gender-equality debate, but there’s still a long way to go. One of my pet peeves is the prevailing sentiment that having kids automatically means you’ll work less, and have less efficacy, than your non-parent or …
How to Give Less of a Sh*t About What Others Think
By Carlii Lyon I suddenly realised, at the age of 35, that certain forms of disapproval and rejection are healthy and if anything, a good sign of progress. I would even go as far as saying, if you have the approval of everyone around you, either you are playing too small, …
5 Cool Ways to Transform Your Bebe’s Room
By Nicole Fuge, MD® Managing Editor My fav room in the house is my daughter’s bedroom (which is lucky seeing as I spend what feels like all day in there feeding, changing, playing, repeat). So now, as she transitions from baby to toddler, her needs are changing and I’m forever …
Mila Kunis On Motherhood – “We Can’t Be Perfect All The Time”
Ukrainian-born Mila Kunis knows how tough being a mum can be – so much so that she signed on to star in Bad Moms in 2016, and then its sequel, Bad Moms 2. She shares daughter Wyatt Elizabeth and son Dimitri Portwood with her equally famous husband Ashton Kutcher. And …
Chillax With a Slice of This Homemade Marbled Cheesecake
By Christin Gewek MAKES ONE 24 CM (9½ INCH) CHEESECAKE Ingredients // For the base 75 g (2½ oz) butter 175 g (6 oz) digestive biscuits 1½ tsp brown sugar 1 generous pinch of salt // For the filling 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) cream cheese 200 g (7 oz) …
6 Best Apps For a Mama Pick-Me-Up
It used to be that getting a mental-health pick- me-up relied solely upon squeezing in a therapy appointment, losing yourself in self-help books (who has the time?!) or finding some quiet time to meditate (ever tried to do that with a three-year-old hanging off you, demanding a choc-chip biccie?). Not …