As a single mother, the responsibility of raising kids alone can be overwhelming. With so much to juggle, it’s easy to put off overwhelming tasks such as estate planning. However, estate planning is crucial for single mums! We need to ensure our kids are taken care of in the event of our unexpected passing.
Below is a comprehensive guide to estate planning for single mothers.Continue Reading →
Addiction can take many forms, including drugs, alcohol, gambling, and pornography, among others. Living with a partner who has an addiction can be extremely challenging and stressful. If you have a partner with an addiction, it’s important to know that you are not alone. You may ultimately decide you want to end things, but there is also hope for recovery.
Whilst you decide which road to take, here are six strategies for coping with a partner’s addiction.Continue Reading →
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One thing I often get told is I’m a single mum, and I have no time to exercise. And you know what, I get it. This can be a tough challenge for us, and a tough one for any mum really! But there are things we can do to support our fitness goals, because we deserve, and need to, take the time to look after ourselves too.
Here are some exercise tips, for a time-poor single mum, that have helped me over the years…Continue Reading →
I talk a lot about daily habits with my Thrive Tribe members; it’s part of what we do to help us on our path to thrive. Daily habits for single mums are the small steps that make a difference in our lives – all the little things add up. And this helps increase our happiness levels!
Daily habits are something that I really encourage all single mums to do, to help you on your path to thriving too.Continue Reading →
During the recent school holidays, we went to Mudgee for a few days and stayed at Wallinga Farmstay. It was just what we needed, to ease back into life, after a pretty rough few weeks of getting sick with, and recovering from, Covid-19.
A short, three-and-a-half-hour drive from Sydney made this trip so doable for a quick two-night getaway.
The last time I went to Mudgee was during my mining engineering university days about 15 years ago… it was a field trip. I remember staying for a night and thinking “If I ever have to move to a residential mining town for work, this would be a great spot”.
And this time, I got to enjoy it so much more and really fell in love with it. Who knew there was so much to do and see?
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