You know how it goes! It’s December, and we’re in full countdown to Christmas mode. It seems to me the whole world goes crazy at this time of year. Especially women. I’m not sure if it’s hormonal (we could always blame it on the moon’s alignment with Venus or some such, couldn’t we?), or whether [...]

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Newsflash! For all my readers who live in, or near the beautiful city of Melbourne – have we got a treat for you! Two of the most amazing women I know are combining their talents to help make your Christmas easy! Chris Owen (my partner and co-author of Save Our Sanity: The Christmas Calm Manual) [...]

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The tinsel and wrapping paper have hit the shelves of our department stores! It’s mid-October, and that can only mean One Thing… (cue Beethoven’s fifth… da da da dum) Christmas is on it’s way once again! In fact, the little widget I have on my homepage tells me that Santa is due to visit in [...]

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It’s the time of year where every festive greeting is all about Peace, Joy, Goodwill to all men (AND women!) And over at Save Our Xmas Sanity I have just written about A Time of Peace. Here, I would like talk with you a little about a Time FOR Peace. I am really curious about [...]

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Less than two weeks to Christmas… How’re you doing? With SOXS as a significant focus this festive season, I’ve been focussed on my own preparations, my reactions and feelings in a different way this year. It’s been an extremely busy couple of months, and I knew I had to fit Christmas in there somewhere, but [...]

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After a successful launch of SOXS last week, I sat down to think about my own personal Christmas (and yes, I’ve invited the whole family HERE this year… that’s a story for another post.)  And checking my diary, I realised that even though the kids only went back to school for term 4 last week, [...]

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Like a long awaited birth, Chris and I are very proud to announce the launch of SOXS – Save Our Christmas Sanity: How to Make Your Christmas Easy! Whilst the labour was long, the actual birthing process ran smoothly, with no pain killers necessary (well, apart from the odd glass of something after a long [...]

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I confessed on Chris’ Take A Bite blog yesterday – I have an addiction. You know how some women buy shoes.  And some spend their spare cash on makeup or expensive perfume.  Others like to buy designer clothes.  And others invest in nipping, tucking, primping, and stopping gravity from doing it’s stuff. Well, my body [...]

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