Understanding the Ambitious Mother

I see you AND I know you want to shine. YOU know you want to shine.  YOU’RE MY KINDA WOMAN! Okay. I’ll dial it back a smidge but I am still talking to YOU. Yep. You. Because I know you. I AM you. You’re the kinda woman who LOVES (most of the time) being a parent
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Follow the black line

I recently got back in the pool. It started as a way to kill time while the kids were at vacation swimming.  But I’ve actually (re)discovered how good it feels to do laps. I know. Weird right? But all through my primary years and for a few during high school, I swam laps most days.
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It starts with burnout

Well we’ve ticked over to 2018 and of course there is endless discussion around whether you are a New Year’s resolutions, intention setting and ‘word for the year’ kind of person. What’s your jam? For me, I’ve not really set New Year’s resolutions before. I’m a pretty goal oriented ‘doer’ at the worst of times,
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It’s time to celebrate THE uterus. Actually, MY uterus.

I nearly didn’t write this because I thought it’s just simply TMI and also very unprofessional of a clinical psychologist to provide this much information. Then I thought, bugger it. If I was talking about my knee, I’d be happy to share. Plus, having shared this with quite a few women now, I realise just
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My baby is growing up!!!!

I’m having a few little ‘moments’ these days with my parenting journey and thought I’d share them here. They relate to my eldest son, who is 16.5 years. Now I really needed to add the ‘.5’ bit because that’s what’s freaking me out. He’s 6 months away from being able to get his driver’s licence
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