Self-acceptance is much more than self-confidence or self-esteem. It stretches further than body positivity, so far that it touches on the divine. Because only when we truly accept ourselves, the good, the bad and the ugly, are we freeing ourselves to become what we were born to be. Only then can we grow into the … Read more Learning to accept myself as a single mom
To say that I have been going through a hard season would be an understatement. Having no previous first-hand experience with my marriage crumbling and dissolving, I have not known what to expect, at all. I remember vaguely standing on the sidelines when my parents’ marriage ended, but that feels like asking someone to do open-heart surgery when all they have ever done is watched a video of the procedure taking place.
These last couple of months have been hard, globally. First, we watched with horror at what was happening in China, then with fear as it started to spread to other countries. Then we started worrying about our own country – will it hit here? And then the seemingly inevitable happened – we had our first … Read more We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Just like no character in a book can be described and explained in full by reading the blimp at the back of the book, and no chapter makes a whole story, you cannot use the current season of your life to define you. How would you describe yourself? What words … Read more This is just a chapter, not your whole story
Ideas to structure your home to help your kids cope better
For the longest time, I thought that I agreed with Aristotle that there is only one reason for living, and that is to be happy. He reportedly said, “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
While I know, these words will not win your internal battle, I sincerely hope it will at least strengthen the winning side: right now, in this season of life, under these weird and abnormal circumstances, you, brave single mom, are doing a stellar job.
We are living in extremely uncertain times. We have been restricted in terms of movement and contact, meaning many of us have lost some of the things we were clinging to as coping mechanisms. Here are my ways of dealing with the anxiety brought on by the virus, the uncertainty, and the lockdown.
A reflection on my relationship with my own father, after Fathers’ day
