Relocating our small family from Dubai this summer was a decision that has been marinating in my soul for the past few years. When the right time came, we packed up and went "Home." But what does 'Home' really mean?

Let us normalise that struggling to maintain a tranquil and delightful relationship with our teenage child is part of life. Our children are physically, mentally, and emotionally going through a rollercoaster in those developmental years.

Today, I decided to write from the heart. As a single mom living abroad, I, too, faced struggles while raising my precious children. It is not always easy. This article serves as a reminder to all of us that none of these struggles will last forever.

As a children’s life Coach, I come across many children who get into trouble after behaving a certain way If they don’t follow the rules at home.

When our children are dysregulated or anxious, our first instinct is to find ways to make them feel better instantly. During that process, we sometimes dismiss their emotions or come up with temporary fixes or random solutions.

Nothing creates more connection – and potentially lots of laughter – than spending quality undisturbed time playing with your child. Creating fond memories with our children doesn’t have to be about lavish holidays and expensive toys.

I am writing to you today with a broken heart, from the devastation happening in Palestine. As a mom – but first as a HUMAN – these events are bringing a lot of secondary trauma, devastation and sadness to myself and others around me.

Life-coaching is probably one of the latest professions that has been shaping our world since the 1980’s. The role of a coach is to help the coachee set goals, remove blockages and live a fulfilling life.

At some point in our parenting journey, we had to come to terms with experiencing diverse feelings and emotions. Not only with our children but also ourselves and that of people around us.

Today, I would like to encourage – actually urge – you to try writing a love letter to yourself. Due to the busy-ness of life, we slowly lost the sight of how magical we truly are as humans. We got discoursed away and started focusing on things outside ourselves.

Parenthood is a daily moral gamble. Somedays our stakes are effortlessly won with our children, and other times it comes as earth-shattering to both parties. One thing I know for sure, is being a parent comes with immense love, hopes and dreams for one’s offspring.

What do you do when you are smacked on the face/body and mind with overwhelm? A huge question that doesn’t come with a simple universal answer. It hits everyone differently and we all process it differently too. Well, my personal solution is always with kindness.

As the pursuit of happiness continues in our societies, we tend to look for elements outside ourselves to fulfil that quest. What if I tell you that kindness has the ability to uplift our moods, while positively impacting our bodies; would you be surprised?

Mother Earth is what sustains life for all of human kind and living creatures. She is in the literal sense our ‘mother’. She nurtures us daily with her unlimited supplies, beauty and healing properties.

KINDNESS – a word that is being heavily used like “confetti’ on social media over the past years. Asking young children and adults alike to “be kind”.

40 days have gone by since my beloved Mama passed away. Undeniably, it is an awful painful but every human experiences grief differently.

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Giving back to the community in the UAE. It has been so long since I have attempted to write anything at-all. Since the pandemic broke out, I kept on brushing it off, waiting for...

A question I asked myself when my kids were 2 and 4 and continue to ask myself today. Are they sharing their toys? Are they giving heartfelt hugs to their grandparents?...