kinwomen

I look out of the window, flames lick at the top of gum trees across the road. My heart beats faster and it’s as if helicopter blades slam around inside my head. I run and grab one child, tucking him under my arm like a newspaper and pick up my […]

The Privilege of Choice

9 Sep, 2015 in 2015: you choose / Uncategorized tagged #choices / #integrity / #privilege / brenébrown / kinwomen by Elaine Fraser

While contemplating my writing and life work recently, I asked myself some questions. What is the greatest achievement of my life so far? What will the next season be about? What will my legacy be? No one event stands out in a life punctuated by a series of small successes […]

ordinary beauty

15 Aug, 2015 in 2015 everyday ordinary tagged everyday / inspirartion / kinwomen / motherhood by Elaine Fraser

A beautiful friend of mine this week was relaying to me her massive disappointment in herself because she felt she wasn’t good at doing a task that she had never done before, and will probably never have to do again. Her disappointment was palpable. She had such high expectations of […]

Self-Compassion | Self-Kindness

12 May, 2015 in 2015: nuture / Uncategorized tagged benevolence / compassion / failure / inadequate / kindness / kinwomen / nurture / self-compassion / self-nurture by Penny

I listen to the radio quite a bit as part of my working week, mainly during my drive time – a newsy, current affairs channel on the way to work, and music often on the way home. On two different occasions this week, I heard the life story of women […]

Talent & Climbing a Mountain

14 Apr, 2015 in 2015: Determine tagged 720AM / betty churcher / climb every mountain / determination / judith durham / kinwomen / no regrets / the seekers by Penny

January is a month of planning and reflection in our house. We buy a wall calendar and plot out travel and other significant events that we know of. We reflect on the past year and think of all the blessings, lessons and challenges. When we make plans for the year […]

Give Us This Moment

10 Jan, 2015 in 2015 Jan: Today tagged #liveinthemoment / #livetoday / #moments / #newyear / #today / #todayisagift / kinwomen by Elaine Fraser

The word depreciate is generally used in relation to a house or a car – and it’s not something we particularly like to hear. It is all about a reduction in dollar value. Depreciate can also mean “to belittle or to lessen the value of, by derision, criticism etc; to […]

Appreciate or depreciate?

6 Sep, 2013 in Sept 2013: Men / Uncategorized tagged children / family / kinwomen / men by Esther Murray