Nothing gets me more annoyed and dismayed when people assume they know what is going on inside my head. When you assume, you disempower people.

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I wrote a guest blog for FlexCareers with another option that results in connection, higher engagement, empowerment and pro...

“You look so… so… light!”

That was the compliment given to me by a client after I returned from the Nourish Yourself Retreat. It was true, I felt a lightness in my body and mind. I felt happy.

Nothing outside had changed in fact I had a few extra curveballs thrown at my...

National Flexible Working Day was earlier this month and FlexCareers asked me to write about my experience.

This is my story about the hidden dangers of flexible working and 3 things you can do to prevent burnout.

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https://blog.flexcareers.com.au/2018/06/13/i...

Read my guest blog for Flexcareers - my message to all the super sacrificing mothers today...

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Happy Mother's Day. You are amazing.

take care,

Shannon

www.thecarefactor.com.au

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Nourish your body, mind and soul at the next Balanced Babe Retreat coming up in Au...

Balance... life seems to be accelerating as a busy working mother and then there are the curve balls that life throws at you as well.

About 2 months ago, life threw me 3 big punches. Just 1 could knock me off balance and send me into a spiral of stress and negativity, a...

Happy holidays - whatever you celebrate, may it be filled with heaps of joy. 

The holiday season means lots of time with family for me. Love this time of year with them but it can also be stressful. Family time can bring up a lot of old “stories” and self-talk which can...

As 2017 draws to a close, I found myself wishing for more - more for me and more for my clients. That led me to create this "manifesto" - my wish for mums everywhere to be more balanced because that balances your life and improves your life AND the lives of your childr...

The secret behind the Christmas magic isn’t elves, it’s MOTHERS.  

This time of year it seems that working mothers are in a pressure cooker situation. Everything seems to be more intense in every area of your life. Mothers run around behind the scenes doing a million th...

“Be kinder than necessary”, I read … “than necessary” were the keywords for me as I finished the book “Wonder” with my son (a brilliant book by the way and I cannot wait for the movie.) 

Those words “be kinder than necessary” resonated with me and my self-leadership.

So...

Today is Hallowe’en and as a mother I am seriously looking at all this candy I have bought to give away to the children who will come knocking and wondering if I can keep it. I start salivating like Homer Simpson and thinking, “Hmmm, maybe I could just shut the door an...