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 [...]

How To Have Some Fun

This post was contributed by DeAnna Troup is a mother of four kids who loves writing on work life balance on OurFamilyWorld Having fun while you are a parent can be a tough thing to do. You have to deal with getting up at 2 am to feed your child and then get up at 6 am [...]

The Importance Of Being Neighbourly

I recently had the horrifying, gut wrenching experience of thinking my child had disappeared. Our middle son managed to open the locked front door and go for a wander up our street. I’m incredibly grateful that our street is a quiet cul-de-sac, and that there is virtually no traffic. However, there is nothing more terrifying [...]

Raising Superheroes

I have been thinking about the times in my life where I have truly felt on a roll, and felt like I could own the world if I chose to. Then I was reflecting on the times in my life where I felt darkest, and couldn`t see the light at the end of the tunnel, [...]

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  [...]

{Part 3} Different Ways Of Communicating With Your Unborn Child

In this video, Faye talks about the amazing process of connection that mothers and babies go through. I really love creating videos with Faye. She is such a deeply spiritual person, and such an earth mother presence. Faye is a midwife by trade, and a beautiful mother of 4. In this video, we chatted about [...]

{Part 2} What Is Communicating With Your Unborn Child?

Our last guest article by Faye Read discussed the beautiful process of communicating with your unborn child. Faye and I got together to discuss what she does to help parents really connect with their unborn children, and tune into their babies.  Over the next few days, I’ll share the videos Faye and I created!    [...]

Helping Your Children Learn To Share

As adults, we are conditioned to encourage our children to share their toys, food, or anything else they have in their possession. We may not even question why they should share, other than it’s the done thing to do. Children generally don’t naturally share their possessions, it’s a behaviour that is learnt. It’s a wonderful [...]

Mother's Day Craft Ideas

In many countries around the world, we hold a traditional celebration for mothers. In the US, it was thought to begin during the Civil War, to bring together bereaved mothers, but Mother’s day has been celebrated for millennia, with the Ancient Greeks and Romans holding festivals of the mother, to celebrate birth and fertility. These [...]

Children Learning Manners

Children’s manners are something parents are often concerned about, mainly for all the wrong reasons. But manners are actually an important part of life. Manners demonstrate respect to ourselves and others and most importantly gratitude. Manners are also a key aspect in life because they improve communication and relationships between people. This leads to a [...]