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The year I lived on less than $40k Self Love

The year I lived on less than $40k

Why it’s important to know how to manage your money   In 2018, my two kids and I lived on less than $40,000. It was incredibly challenging. I know many single mums find themselves in a similar position and that’s why you need to know how to manage your money and develop a good understanding of your finances. During my separation and divorce, the family home was sold and I lost my six-figure salary (I…
hiddy
October 22, 2019
How to create a vision board Self Love

How to create a vision board

How visualisation can help you set goals  A lot of people are not where they want to be in life. There could be a million reasons and many of them might sound familiar to you. ·        Maybe you’re stuck in an unfulfilling job. ·        Perhaps you’re a single mum - parenting and working, always pulled in different directions, trying to please so many people. ·        Or…
hiddy
October 14, 2019
Easy ways to practice gratitude MinimalistSelf LoveSlow Down

Easy ways to practice gratitude

Sometimes it’s hard to be grateful. When you’re going through a truly rough patch in your life, or your kids are being extra challenging, giving thanks usually isn’t the first thing on your mind. But over the past five years I’ve learnt lots of easy ways to practice gratitude. They don’t take much time and have brought me many wonderful benefits. For me, practicing gratitude is closely tied to slowing down, simplifying my life and…
hiddy
October 5, 2019
Sleep and Rest: Make space in your day to be a happier you slow down, slowing downSelf LoveSlow Down

Sleep and Rest: Make space in your day to be a happier you

It’s always there isn’t it? The list. You know what I’m talking about don’t you, busy mum? The ‘To Do list’ you keep in your head each day – the one that means you can’t slow down and waits to pop into your weary mind just as your head hits the pillow. The one that robs you of precious sleep and rest and takes up so much of your time there’s none left just for…
hiddy
September 24, 2019
Hey you busy mum, slow down and make time to self love. MinimalistSelf LoveSlow Down

Hey you busy mum, slow down and make time to self love.

Reduce your feelings of rush and trying to fit it all in. Initiate your self love process instead!  Does that sentence give you goosebumps? Maybe it sounds like an impossible? Perhaps your mind simply wanders there in gentle curiosity, as a nudge to you to start thinking about concentrating more on yourself? A possible?  Being a mother, we know it can be easy to slip into a space where you hardly get time for you…
hiddy
July 6, 2019
Listen Up! Your House Is Asking For A Homely Renovation. DIYHome RenovationSlow Down

Listen Up! Your House Is Asking For A Homely Renovation.

Do you adore your home and like me, little by little, love to pretty it up? Having a home which is gently and lovingly upgraded, reflecting you and your inner world is an absolute blessing I believe. This is all possible even if you are the owner of the house you dwell in or in some cases, even if you are not. Significant changes in your home can be either small or large; cost the…
hiddy
June 18, 2019
The must do money thing. Self Love

The must do money thing.

When it all feels like it's crashing in ... The morning I shockingly discovered (omit any discussion) I was financially frozen out of all my money and all that I had been tirelessly working for, was right before heading to school for drop off. Fear intensely took over. Glacier still I stood, I was terrified to every inch. My life raced before me. F$%* my mind screeched and mapped! How would I put petrol in…
hiddy
February 15, 2019
Behind the scenes – living large with less. Slow Down

Behind the scenes – living large with less.

Living large with less? What does it mean for you? Lets have a look.   I overheard someone say the other day … “I am doing this challenge with a friend at the moment; neither of us are buying a single new item of clothing in 2019. I have way too many clothes and too much stuff anyway, I don’t need anything else. I just need to simplify” she drifted off. This could mean living large…
hiddy
February 4, 2019
A 6 figure salary. Overnight to nothing. Home RenovationMinimalist

A 6 figure salary. Overnight to nothing.

The #1 secret of living large with less. Terror took over. My (financial) future looked frightening. In an instant I thought “if my personal losses weren’t enough already, why now this professionally too?” and “how on earth will me and my kiddies afford to eat?” Never afraid to put my nose down and bum up, I have always been a working mama, juggling the juggles. A once encouraging and thriving career in I.T. travelling the globe…
hiddy
January 18, 2019