Joni Leimgruber

About Joni Leimgruber

Joni lives just outside Sydney in the beautiful Hawkesbury region with her three children. Having journeyed through depression, marriage breakdown and some of the other curve balls life can throw, she is passionate about cheering others on and encouraging them to embrace themselves and their story. She is terrible at telling jokes and regularly comes down with foot-in-mouth disease while blushing profusely. Joni writes to encourage other single mums on Instagram at @singlemumsthriving.

loyalty/ˈlɔɪəlti/noun the quality of being loyal.”his extreme loyalty to the Crown” a strong feeling of support or allegiance.plural noun: loyalties“rows with in-laws are distressing because they cause divided loyalties” It’s a funny thing, loyalty. When I google image search ‘loyalty’, there are a LOT of dog images…. but is that really all we […]

Am I A Loyal Friend?

6 Nov, 2020 in November 2020: Loyalty tagged friendship / loyalty / vulnerability by Joni Leimgruber

When I thought about how my 30s would look, it wasn't this. It wasn't single motherhood and figuring out how to rebuild my health and my family. It looked more like one of those TV ads, you know the ones, with the handsome husband, happy kids, skinny wife and sun-setting in the background. Aaaaah...the stuff of dreams!

Living our best life, through all ages and stages

5 Oct, 2020 in October 2020: Ageism tagged aging / growth / single / single motherhood / thirties by Joni Leimgruber

Never apologise for showing your feelings. When you do, you are apologising for the truth. — Never apologise for showing your feelings. When you do, you are apologising for the truth. Jose N. Harris Why do you take everything so personally? Why do you let this upset you? You just need to understand that’s not what I meant. These statements run around in my mind like […]

Unapologetically Emotional

7 Sep, 2020 in 2020 Sept: No Apologies tagged #emotions / emotionalflexibility; emotionalagility / self-compassion by Joni Leimgruber

Here is a personal story of the impact of BLM on one of our bloggers. We love her courage and vulnerability to peel away the layers in a desire to be a champion of people: The Black Lives Matter movement has unsettled me. Yes, I’m aware of how self-serving this […]

BLM from a ‘White’ Perspective

10 Aug, 2020 in 2020 justice calls tagged Black lives matter / love your neighbour by Joni Leimgruber

Cultivation is vital through all seasons. Throughout Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn, the harvests of our lives give and take a little – and through all the seasons, our hearts and minds require careful and intentional cultivation. It’s Winter now. Figuratively and literary, in so many ways. Our landscape lays […]

3 Ways to Cultivate Through Winter

6 Jul, 2020 in 2020 cultivating tagged #gratitude / season / self-compassion by Joni Leimgruber

There was a TV ad in the 90s. A beautiful, happy family sitting in the dimly lit lounge room of their trendy high-rise apartment. City lights flickered outside as this family laughed and smiled and lived the dream. This was my favourite ad when I was a kid. I think […]

Single Mum? You and your kids can thrive

22 Jun, 2020 in 2020 June: The parent trap tagged parenting / raising kids / single parenting by Joni Leimgruber