By Jules Sebastian I remember finishing a two-day overnight job and coming home feeling completely overwhelmed. The kids were tired and irritable – they missed their mama terribly and I missed them also. I missed my husband and the feeling of connection and calm that had slowly been eroding the …
How to Achieve Work/Life Balance Without Losing Your Cool
By Julia Christie As mamas, we face new challenges every day, but one recurring hurdle, is work/life balance. Just when I find myself in the right mindset and settle down in my work space, the mum guilt kicks in and I think I should be spending time with my littles, …
How Being A Mum Made Me Better At My Job
By Khara Williams We have 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 idea that having kids automatically means you’ll work less, and have less efficacy, than men, or women who don’t have kids. Why …
5 Ways To Boost Your Confidence
By Haylee Hackenberg Do you lack confidence, mama? I’m a writer, and a good portion of my work is taken up by resume and career advancement related writing and coaching. My job allows me to speak to some fierce AF women. I’m talking human rights advocates, extraordinary women who have dedicated …
How To Turn Being Busy Into Your Superpower
By Jo Burgess While you may associate “being busy” with feeling frantic, exhausted AF or overwhelmed, there are many surprising benefits that come with keeping busy, too! However, there’s a fine line between “calm and organised busy” versus the frantic, “I-left-my-wallet-in-the-fridge” kinda busy! It’s time to harness that fierce energy, …
Working From Home? Here Are 7 Hacks To Make Life Easier
By Nicole Fuge, MD® Managing Editor Working from home has become the new norm for many of us since 2020. And whilst we’ve learned to adjust and have managed to find some sort of rhythm among the craziness. There are days when things just don’t seem to click and before …
How to Balance Working from Home and Motherhood
By Mama Disrupt® Two years into this sh*tstorm and so many mums are still working from home while taking care of the kids full-time. To say it’s a struggle is a massive understatement. So if you have your kids at home with you, you’re no doubt trying to balance their schedule …
3 Simple Steps to Declutter Your Mind
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 …
Why Turia Pitt Is One Of Australia’s Most Inspirational Women
By Rebecca Hooton Confession time: we’ve always had a mama crush on Turia. So needless to say MD® HQ was buzzing after securing her for our latest cover. And if it’s even possible to love her more, after chatting to the mum-of-two, it’s not hard to see why Turia Pitt …
Sally Pearson: How To Be A Healthy And Happy Mum
By Nicole Fuge, MD® Managing Editor Sally Pearson is beaming. And for good reason. With her beautiful baby, Ruby, recently turning one, Sally officially survived the first year of motherhood [well done, lady!] and she’s just wrapped up a cool commentating gig at the Tokyo Olympics [yewww]. So now she’s back …