The soundtrack of Sonia Bestulic’s childhood was the near-constant buzz of TV news. Confused by the parade of chaos and misfortune on the screen, she remembers firmly deciding to be, what she calls now, part of the solution. “I felt the pain of the world and...
Just as our wardrobes need a detox, so do our expectations! When a woman expands her identity to include motherhood; her world is injected with an overwhelm of societal and cultural expectations; as she is challenged with the weighty pressure of what it means...
I became a mother to three children; who all arrived in the world in two years and 7 months. My initial self-care definition was to sleep when I could, eat as regularly as I could, and get some movement in, while I strived to get back to ‘real exercise’. My...
‘Mum, can you sign this?’ We have barely entered the house from school pick-up, and my son eagerly pulls out a permission slip from his bag. Whilst reassuring him I will sign it, he manages to source a pen, prodding me for a signature. I scan over...
