
Control-Alt-Delete 2020
What a year! 2020 – there’s so much to say about you, so much I’d love to scream about, cry

The pecking order of motherhood
What a bizarre phrase – the pecking order. Originally referred to the expression of dominance in chickens: a measure of

Two worlds: merged or diverged?
As I lay in a steaming hot water, sensual salts warming my body and rejuvenating my sleep deprived, washed out

Motherhood’s magical intricacies
Published here: https://isabellaandus.com/blog/guest-blog-talya-zwiersWe all dream of perfection when thinking about motherhood: we will be perfect mums, our birth will go

One heartbeat…
Tonight as I rocked my crying 1 year old to sleep, I was so overwhelmed by the feeling of total

It just takes a millisecond…
I get shivers down my spine when I think how quickly life can change: in a blink of an eye, a

To run or not to run, that is the question?
When overwhelm strikes, and emotions go wild, my automatic response has always been to flee and run! Run as far

Birthday shenanigans and reflections
How can my baby girl be 1 today? Where has the year gone? Sounds like a cliche right? But seriously,

Danger: the comparative illusion
… or disillusion? “The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an