
Workshops help to build childhood resilience
Award-winning children’s author and child wellbeing advocate Josh Langley will host the workshops aimed at developing resilience through childhood.
Award-winning children’s author and child wellbeing advocate Josh Langley will host the workshops aimed at developing resilience through childhood.
I’m deeply concerned about the rise in eating disorders in our community, in particular among primary school aged children.
Mindful Margaret River volunteers Katherine Seisun and Marg Lindsay find solace and celebration in the ocean thanks to their love of surfing. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of that first moment paddling out, your head ducks through the first wave and the refreshing cold-water washes over you. Your body calms, your head clears, the […]
When moving to a new town or finding yourself home with children, finding connection and like minded people is more important than ever, however getting started can be daunting and exhausting.
My wife and I moved to live in Burnside in early 2018. We didn’t know many people in the Margaret River area and we wondered if we’d feel isolated living in the middle of a forest. It seemed rude to intrude on people’s privacy. But I did anyway!
Judith Maechler (left) and Katrina Edmunds facilitate the Radiance Margaret River group, a casual catch up of mums every Thursday morning from 10 to 11:30am. Picture: Supplied. It’s the first Thursday of February, summer school holidays have come to an end. Just like every household in town with young kids, it’s busy. While our first […]
I recently had the pleasure and opportunity of being the stay-at-home parent for two weeks during the school holidays with my two children. My daughter is 8 and my son is 4. Despite not having previously experienced being the full-time stay at home parent, I wasn’t surprised how exhausting it was. I have seen my […]
“If you’re feeling blue, try painting yourself a different colour.” Hannah Cheatem, Age 8.* This quote fits very well with the theme of my current exhibition at the Cocoon Gallery at the Margaret River Library “Enchanted Child”. It was my desire to explore the world as children see it, through magical themes, vibrant colours and […]
For many people the Christmas and holiday season is the highlight of the year! Time off work and school, good weather, social events and general frivolity. However, for others it’s a time of stress, increasing financial strain, the overwhelm of too many commitments, family expectations, or isolation and loneliness. The ‘silly season’ can be a […]
Once upon a time, in 2012, a lady in her early 40’s arrived in Australia with her husband and her mum. She came from a city about 3,745km away, arriving in a foreign country with no other family or friends. Along the way, she was called a Muslim pig and told to leave and go […]