So long to the sisterhood

Interestingly, some of the biggest judgement comes from other women. In fact, it isn’t just mums judging non-mums – they are judging each other, too. The conversation might be around a natural birth versus a C-section, breast versus bottle…
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Subtle pressure and expectations to have kids - I'm over it!

As women, one of the biggest pressures to have children often comes from your parents or family. I have friends and co-workers who have shared stories with me of not really wanting kids or sitting on the fence about kids, yet, still deciding…

How motherhood is portrayed in the media

I grew up with strong female role models on TV. With shows like Ally McBeal, Melrose Place, Dynasty, Dallas and Murphy Brown and trail blazers like Mary Tyler Moore and Lucille Ball in the sixties and seventies. Not to mention Buffy, Wonder…

Why you should buy books direct from the author

My book was my passion project (an expensive project at that) and I love that so many women are loving the message I share about choice and making your own rules. Something not too many people know is that when you buy a book from Amazon,…
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It's time to change how we raise young girls

Girls can be so much more than just mothers. We can be world leaders, mentors, great educators, doctors, scientists, entrepreneurs, law makers, ambassadors for charitable causes and everything in between. We have been voice of change in many…

Who has the right?

On Wednesday 18th October, 2018 Queensland MPs voted to scrap laws making abortion illegal meaning that Queensland women will now be able to choose to have an abortion without risking criminal prosecution. Firstly, that is great news. It…
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What you can say to a childfree woman that you cannot say to a pregnant woman or mum

Double standards are all around us and I, along with the many childfree women around the world, have been subject to this our entire lives. As childfree women, we are subject too judgment and criticism, mostly from mums and other women who…

Puppies Over Parenthood

There are increasing numbers of people adopting pets rather than having kids, with the Oxford Dictionary adding the term ‘fur baby’ to its official lexicon in 2015. Increasing numbers of people (sixty-four per cent, up from fifty-nine per…

Being a Rockstar Aunty

There are also plenty of childfree women who have oodles of love, affection and advice to share with nieces, nephews and friends’ kids as their honorary aunties. Elizabeth Gilbert explains it well in her May 2014 blog: ‘I have come to believe…

Womanhood does not have to equal motherhood

Once upon a time, I was a little girl growing up in the 70’s and 80’s and I had a cubby house which my Dad had made for us one Xmas.  I lost track of the amount of time I spent in that cubby.  We had a huge dress-up box, little mini shop…