If you’ve been on either end of those words you know the power of them. For a loved one to declare ‘ I choose you’ can be the beginning of an incredible journey. Likewise, when the words change too ‘I don’t choose you’. In my last post I was reflecting…

Explaining to my son that his choices are his own really forced me to sit down and articulate the concept of experience and reaction. In his world, his little sister still ‘made’ him act a certain way and it wasn’t his fault. …

I met someone today who shared what he’s been dealing with in his life over the last 6 months. Sometimes the greatest gift you can give someone is to witness them; to see them in their vulnerability and to hold that space for them. This man wore the discomfort of…

The rolling over of a new year always brings new opportunity to reflect and to plan goals for the next year ahead. This last year with the COVID19 pandemic certainly gave us all a lot to reflect on. I certainly spent a lot of time considering the moments and lessons…

Feeling the love — Forget-me-not Today is my son’s birthday. It’s a beautiful day and the outpouring of love has brought me to tears a few times. We’ve had many video calls with terrible singing (a fun family tradition), messages from around the world, a special call out from his…

Identity is fundamentally human; Identity is one way we understand ourselves and everything around us. We are born into a world that we attempt to understand by assigning labels and creating social constructs to adhere too. These labels, or attributes, can be categorised in to four main types of information…

This has been my mantra since I become a parent 7 years ago, but it’s something I’ve believed all my life. The ultimate gift of love is to dedicate your valuable time to the betterment of someone else. …