Tag: Starting a family
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Megan Scott: How parenting helped her make room for change
When Megan Scott and her husband were looking to add to their family of three, they weren’t prepared to welcome twins into the world. An avid planner, Megan chats to host, Ruda Landman, about how this huge and unexpected change moment impacted her life and how it taught her to always make room for change…
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The icky, sticky lesson of babyhood that stuck with me
The key substance of parenting is a balancing of needs.
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My difficult, but not impossible, mission to be a mom
Why I’m giving the future me the best chance at motherhood.
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A toddler, & now twins?! The highs & lows of my rollercoaster life
For a busy mom, anxiety and gratitude are flip-sides of the same coin.
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The amazing story of Marlene Le Roux, the Wellington Meisie who was able to rise above
“Krippel Marlenetjie,” they called her, in the township where she grew up, outside Wellington in the winelands of the Cape. Little crippled Marlene.
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Glow
Glow Inc. offers 4 different apps centred around women’s health, including conceiving, pregnancy and baby health.
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My battle against the brutal beast that turned my marriage upside-down
When a rare illness intrudes on your plans for a perfect marriage, it takes a lot of love, and support from friends and family, to fight the good fight and win the battle
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The happy-sad chaos of raising a child from afar
It takes a village to raise a child, but what happens the parents are living in diffetent cities, and the village is far away from home? What happens is that in spite of all the challenges, a plan for a better life slowly and lovingly comes together
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Chatting Change Episode 1: Actress & solo mom Philicity Reeken on the art of being a no-drama mama
Parenting, as any parent will tell you, in-between the abundant joys and rewards, is drama.
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What I learned about life, love, and courage from my fearless Auntie Shanks
She earned her nickname from the gritty and resourceful lead character in The Shawshank Redemption, and when the crunch came and her family were under threat, she didn’t hesitate to put her own bold plan into action