Uncovering the Secrets to Natural Birthing Bliss!

Katrina is the driving force behind Empowered Birth and has recently written a beautiful and inspirational new book “A Modern Woman’s Guide to a Natural Empowering Birth”  You can find Katrina and order a copy of her book at https://www.facebook.com/InspiringBirthStories It is our pleasure to share her powerful, and inspiring creation with you: Uncovering the Secrets [...]

Our Actions Count: A Tribute To A Little Man Gone Too Soon

Working in the natural parenting industry, I’m often told stories of children who have experienced only the opposite of natural parenting and unconditional love. It’s a sad part of what I do, but the unfortunate reality of my job. Today I have the sad task of writing a tribute for one such little person, who [...]

The Reality Of Becoming Dad

Paul is the proud new papa of a beautiful baby girl and he has a website devoted to real baby product reviews by a REAL dad. You can see Paul’s most recent Car Seat Reviews at New Dad Reviews. The reality of life with a newborn It’s amusing how sometimes in life you create these expectations in your [...]

5 Ways To Introduce Kids To The Outdoors

This post is contributed by Jess Spate. Jess is a long-distance hiker and rock climber, and part of a family that loves the outdoors. She works for Appalachian Outdoors (where you can find a good selection of kids outdoor gear, and edits a British outdoor clothing site. Kids that enjoy the great outdoors tend to be more active [...]

7 Relaxation Techniques You Can Share With Your Child

Whether it be to wind down for bed time, or to cool down after a meltdown, we all need to learn how to relax. When I was in primary school, we had a fabulous teacher who insisted we all learnt basic tai chi, and meditation techniques. He also firmly believed that that each day should be [...]

Ways To Work At Home And Be With Your Children

The most common reason most people put their child into childcare is because they need to work. But there are ways to work at home and be with your children and it isn’t an insurmountable task either. First off what will working at home be like. Yes you will need to have flexible working hours [...]

Dear Mom I Love You

I had the privilege of  having a very spiritual and revealing conversation with a special woman this evening, and it highlighted a lot of the emotional baggage that I carry around with me. I’m a  very different person to my mother, polar opposites in fact, and my parenting style has sometimes been the catalyst for  [...]

{Guest Post} Natural Decorating

Natural Decorating We live in a world where art is all around us, waiting to be discovered by curious ands. I am speaking of nature, Mother Nature’s wonderful gift to us as our natural source for art. There is really no need to spend your weekend shopping in a chain holiday décor shop when you [...]

Communicating With Your Unborn Child

  Written by Faye Read from Soulbirth A lot of research has been done in the US, showing that babies in the womb are very conscious of their surroundings.  It has been scientifically proven that babies see light, hear sounds and absorb information that is either given to them, or absorbed from the goings on [...]

A Bit Of Mother's Day Fun

We celebrated Mother’s day today, in true family style, with two little boys sharing the bed, one of whom had spent the night with a bit of a fever. Mommy got a bit of a sleep in, and then breakfast and a lovely cup of tea in bed, as well as a hand decorated card and [...]