I'm not the Expert, I'm the Experiment!
This is the next stop on our roadmap. We’re still exploring the Danger Zone. The last post was about exhaustion and fatigue. Today I explore depression in an attempt to help us all reveal it and start taking the next step, for ourselves or for our loved ones. Photo Credit: Fulla T via Compfight cc [...]
Includes a sponsored experience The road to a healthier mind and happier mum needs a few detours for fun! In the worst of my depression I just didn’t want to go out and do stuff. Even now I need to push myself to venture out and socialise. But over the last week I’ve been doing [...]
I am overwhelmed by the response I got to my post ‘Exhausted, distracted and depressed’. I am still trying to catch up on replying to all the comments (over 100!) and IBOT reading. What is amazing is how many of us are in the same boat. Or should I say car or bus? We are [...]
Once again, showing why I’m not perfect, even though I wish I was ;) This isn’t a sponsored post, but I am doing Jodie’s 12 week course (again) free of charge so I can share my experiences with you. If you click on the link in the sidebar or here it will take you to [...]
Well, it’s not really the final say, but it is a big thank you to everyone you participated in this project. Over 50 of you contributed a ‘truth’, some of which were used with your photos to make the Truth Part 2 video. There were also some really heartfelt writing from readers who shared there [...]
Image credit: Planning Queen – Planning With Kids I know it has taken me a while, but here it is the Truth about being a SAHM: Part 2. I had to write part 1, to acknowledge the difficulties and monotony of motherhood, as trite as they seem compared with real issues such as loss [...]
Yesterday I published a post that just poured out of me as I cried in the shower. The truth about being a Stay At Home Mum: Part 1 came about because I needed to get it all out. I needed to acknowledge that, for me, being a mum (stay at home or not) is bloody [...]
Scraping weetbix of the floor is the most demoralising job ever There is never enough time (Sadly) painted red toenails can be the most exciting thing in the world Shower grout doesn’t scrub itself Your bedroom is always the last to be cleaned Having to move all the laundry baskets full of crap you picked [...]
Who is the very first Crash Test Mummy of the Week? Melissa – a Stay at Home Mum from Auckland, New Zealand. Who do you live with? Fiance of 4 years, J and my nearly 1 year old daughter Eva. How old were you when you first became a mum? 18 and proud of it [...]
Age: 37
Married with two preschoolers
A SAHM on a collision course in life trying to get organised, take care and have fun!
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