Hi. I’m Amanda. I’m mumma to 2-year old Joshua (we call him Joshie), wife to Gareth and cat mumma to Poppy. We live in Papakura, New Zealand. It’s almost as far South in Auckland as you can get and still call it Auckland. We’re surrounded by native bush, kereru (wood pigeons) and tuis. I’m writingContinue reading “My experience returning to work after maternity leave”
Category Archives: For Mothers
Filling your bucket
I’ve been working on some exercises for my coaching tool box and thought this one might be a useful one to share for anyone who might be feeling overwhelmed, afraid, tired or just in need of a boost right now. It’s based around this analogy of a bucket. In that we all have this invisibleContinue reading “Filling your bucket”
Dear mums, how do you want to make a meaningful contribution to this world?
Dear mums, How do you want to make a meaningful contribution in this world? One of the most important jobs we have is raising our babies into happy, healthy and successful adults. But the truth is that we’re not always recognised, or valued, for our contributions in this. It often feels like the gravity motherhood,Continue reading “Dear mums, how do you want to make a meaningful contribution to this world?”