My thoughtful purchases of 2024 so far… The days of splurging and consumption are long gone. As I have aged (hopefully like fine wine) and entered the ‘parenting era’, I don’t compensate for it but acquire less. 99% of everything I own are thoughtful purchases. If life has taught me any lessons, I don’t need […]

Perceptions of Dubai are by far more short-sighted than you think. Dubai is a city of distinct transition—is the grass greener on the other side? It still seems like a blur my time spent in the Middle East, it was circa 2010-2012. For the later part, I constantly fell in and out of love with

Keeping to the same theme as last week’s blog post, in which I shared being a Caregiver to my Dad, this subject goes hand in hand.  (I promise a style post will be coming very soon.) I have always said that I desire not to pass on certain habits and behavioural attitudes to my child

Divide & Conquering the role as a Caregiver to an Elderly parent. Empowering your role as a Caregiver… Did you know 61 per cent of women are Caregivers? My role as a Caregiver took me by surprise, it is a true testament of real labour of love. Taking a role as a parent can be

Like most things in ‘parenthood’ that bite you up the bum without warning until you google them I have a list of many; for example sleep regression, the fourth trimester blog post here I wonder why parenting is not part of the academic curriculum?   If you have noticed a sudden change in your child’s behaviour

Applying for a school WILL become an obsession at one point in your life if or when you become a parent – if you have more than one little human chances are their siblings are automatically accepted into school so horay! worry no longer, this is the general rule of thumb in the glorious world

A: YES! Paris is worth the trip for children even for a day, but I advise a 5-6 day stay to make the most of your time in the Parisian city of love. What child would not want to hop on a bullet train and travel via the Euro star? the spiel of travelling through