LifeWalking With MySelf
Since I last wrote… RONA arrived at our place… The Teal Wave and Greenslide crashed into Australian parlance…and I’ve had to rebalance (literally)!
International Day of People with Disability
Questioning my limits, abilities and disabilities. My ongoing invitation to authentic, open-hearted conversation about life’s real big stuff.
Re-Entry Stress, the Let-down effect and Term 4
The rollercoaster continues - Melbourne breathes a sigh of relief as lockdown ending is announced…. and I know I’m not alone in feeling the complexity and associated stresses of re-entry.
The future, fears and an outbreath
I’m beached!! Ramblings of a tired fellow traveller, heading for an outbreath before facing the future and return to the outside world again.
Being Ourselves in the Toughest Times
When times are tough it can feel so hard to be ourselves. But… how can we be anything else?!!
Struggle - and Lockdown in Melbourne AGAIN!
So Melbourne, here we are in lockdown again and with our kids learning from home. In today’s post, I share a few of my thoughts as a parent, educator and whole-self living parent.
Being the Parent you want to be - LIVING your values
In this post, written last week, I reflect on living your values as a parent. Better late than never!
Perfection and Gingerbread House Learning
I love cooking with children for all the wonderful learning opportunities it creates.
Magic Powers!
You know the magic of “the not parent”? It’s that magical power which gets your children willingly doing things that other people tell them to do! I’ve got that magical power… but only with YOUR children, not my own.
All about STEAM in the Virtual Village
This term a small group of passionate, creative and inspiring young people have been meeting Wednesdays 4-5:15 for STEAM Club. A beautiful email exchange between Dr Greg Giannis, our awesome STEAM Club facilitator and one of the parents highlights exactly what STEAM (or STEM) is all about. So I asked them if they’d mind if I shared it with you. Being generous Virtual Village members they said yes!
Maternal Mental Health, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness
This week is Perinatal Mental Health Week and I wanted to spotlight the importance of support for families experiencing loss.
Back to School!
How are you feeling about the kids returning to IRL school tomorrow (if you're in that position)?
Probably pretty elated! We're long overdue for some time and space where we're not juggling all the balls, all the time all at once.
Possibly a little bit of anxiety about how they might deal with it, about them staying safe and feeling safe, and tending to all the things that school requires.
And for some parents, they might actually feel quite torn because they've really enjoyed the new found rhythms of lockdown life and home based schooling.
Wow! Holiday Joy
It's hard for me to describe the joy and excitement that I've witnessed this week as I've been invited into Victorian family homes. Brought together in a virtual village, through the amazing potential of technology, we have indeed imagined, connected and created.
Pausing to Really See Our Children
𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧?
It's so tough to do when we're so stretched and under resourced in lockdown in Melbourne right now. And yet this morning I was reminded of how important it is.
Are your kids Zoomed out?
Today I'm going to share some of my thoughts on why younger learners (aged 5-8) will happily spend hours on screens for leisure, but you have to drag them to their live school sessions and school work, at the end of a long term of remote learning.
A hint: It’s about student engagement in online learning and teachers not just trying to replicate their physical classrooms online.
9 Simple Ways to help yourself on RU OK day
Today is RU Okay day, and I want to give a huge shout out to ALL the amazing parents who are part of the Virtually There Village.