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How to Face Your Separation with Confidence When You’re a Stay at Home Mum
Are you a “Stay at Home” Mum who is thinking about separating or a single mum who has recently separated? Perhaps you’re worried that your husband or long-term partner is unhappy and may leave the relationship and family home without much warning?...
How to Save Money on a Gluten Free Diet
If your child follows a gluten free diet, you’ll know how expensive it can be. Even though you realise it’s essential for their health, your Mum CFO brain has likely wondered how you can provide gluten free goodies for your family without spending...
The Mental Motherload – 6 Ways to Reduce That Heavy Burden
Do you feel fatigued from all the decision making, the need to remember all those items on the endless to do list and the weight of parenting and household responsibilities? There’s a term for this experience - “The Mental Motherload”. The mental...
8 Cool Decorating Ideas for Kids’ Rooms
Kids' rooms are not just bedrooms. They are a place for inspiration, joy, memories and most of all, an outside expression of your child's personality. A kids' room without any colour or decoration looks empty and sad and will certainly not become a...
How to Get Divorced (Even if You Don’t Hate Each Other)
We’ve all seen them – the explosive divorce battles with two parties burning everything down and salting the earth for good measure. Spite, anger, bitterness, loathing, rage, jealousy – leaving a smoking ruin where the relationship used to be. And...
The Benefits of Learning a Second Language as a Child
Do you remember learning to speak your native language? Of course not, and that’s because the skill is nurtured almost from the moment we’re born. Between 0-3 years, the human brain is at its most flexible, absorbing everything it encounters and...
What’s the Difference Between an Architect and a Draftsperson?
We’re always receiving emails and telephone calls from potential clients asking for advice, so I thought I’d start answering these in a series of blogs. Hope you find my answers and insights useful when designing and building your new build home or...
4 Ways to Help Prepare Your Finances for a Recession
If you think storms may lie ahead, it makes sense to prepare your craft for choppy waters. With Australia facing continued economic uncertainty, it may be time to take stock of your finances and get in the right shape. First the good news. The...
A Guide to Eliminating Fire Hazards While Working from Home
Flexible work is here to stay with many working mothers now balancing the responsibility of working from home and taking care of the kids as they adapt to the ‘new normal.’ In theory the idea of not leaving the home sounds relaxing, however you...
How to Kick Ecofriendly Goals in the Laundry
The laundry has always been a popular room in the home and not even a global pandemic stops the loads of washing and the stain removal. The laundry is the 3rd highest household contributor to water wastage, so it is important we start to implement...
