Have you ever suffered watching a loved one deal with extreme mental mood swings? Here is what has helped me.

Research shows that it takes 90 seconds to go through the motion of an emotion.

Coughing “BULLSH*T” under my breath, as bipolar disease had my grandfather in a psychiatric ward for 6 months of the year and hammering out brilliant work for the other 6.

I find the story of Prince Siddhartha wildly inspiring.

Especially the part when, at 29, he left his family of origin for 7 years, renouncing a life of ease and privilege, in search of spiritual liberation.

The tiny part of the tale that history seems to forget is that he left his wife and newborn son behind.

MAMAFESTO: THE TOP 10 SECRETS TO RAISING A HAPPY & HEALTHY MAMA
You have little ‘you time’ in the day, so let’s get straight to the point.

1. SET CLEAR BOUNDARIES AROUND “YOUR TIME”

“I have no time”

“Shut up, yes you do!” There I said it.

You have the same 24 hours a day as everybody else.

Saying you don’t have time for yourself is like driving a car and saying that you don’t have time to stop for gas. At some point, your life will make you break down.