Monthly Archives: May 2014

When I was a child we used to spend Easter at my grandparents’ holiday cottage north of Geraldton. My mother is one of five, so the small house was always jam packed with a number of families, and the overflow slept in tents in the front yard. Days fell into […]

passing the baton – step up

28 May, 2014 in 2014 May: Generations by Jodie McCarthy

I’m sure you’ve heard the story of the three little pigs. There was a house made of straw, a house made of sticks and a house made of bricks. When the wolf came to blow the houses down (and eat something tasty for dinner), it was only the brick house that […]

Three little pigs & the wise man

27 May, 2014 in 2014 May: Generations by Esther Murray

Penny spoke live on radio about a new book she is reading at the moment called ‘The Third Space’. An interesting conversation about transitions in our life and stress how it affects all of us. Here is a great video clip explaining the whole thesis by Dr Adam Fraser […]

The Third Space

27 May, 2014 in Uncategorized by Penny

(Kelley writing from Rwanda, May 2014) Rosa was almost thirty with three children and one on the way when she heard about the Self Help Groups run by a local NGO that were starting in her area, her village, about 50 kilometres outside of Kigali. This was 2002. She was […]

Rosa’s Story

27 May, 2014 in Uncategorized by Kelley

‘I will never do that when I become a Mum!’ Those vitriolic words spoken in teenage angst that come back to haunt every mother of a newborn child. The complexity of generational transition is never more present than in the early stages of novice motherhood. I find myself doing all […]

Have I really become my mother?

11 May, 2014 in 2014 May: Generations by Amanda

Knowledge has traditionally been passed down from more experienced (older) people to younger ones. Often this comes across as the older generation being quite smug and functioning as knowledge-keepers. However, with the spread of the Internet and access to any fact or figure you want at the click of a […]

Reverse Mentors: you can teach an old dog new tricks

10 May, 2014 in 2014 May: Generations by Elaine Fraser