Thoughts from Transition Time

By Ashleigh Brand - In February I wrote about the importance of finding meaning in our work. My point was you don’t have to consider your job "a calling" to still find meaning in your work. The key is that meaning is all about believing in, belonging to and serving...

By Ashleigh Brand - All too often in my coaching sessions the issue of a mothers guilt is raised. The constant pressure to perform at every level (with family, friends, work, carer, educator etc.) leads every mother to feel weighed down with the pressure to exceed our...

By Ashleigh Brand - This week has been a challenging one for me. Keeping on with my agenda to be brave and vulnerable I am sharing about one of my greatest fears and that is all about my nan dying. On Sunday afternoon I thought my nearly 94 year old grandmother was...

I WAS BORN TO BE EXTRAORDINARY - By Ashleigh Brand. 39 years ago this week I came in to this world screaming. Three and a half months early, (and way too early for my mum and dad), I decided hanging around in the warmth of my mum’s uterus wasn’t for me. In those days...

By Ashleigh Brand - Empowerment is what we are all about at the mummy coach - assisting women become strong, powerful and confident women. As part of this process we believe that an essential component of empowerment is embracing your vulnerability.  In part one of...

By Ashleigh Brand –

If someone described you as ‘nice’ would the word ‘nice’ make your blood boil? Would it make you want to tell them to take a hike? You are NOT nice and NEVER want to be nice! Well that is the reaction my friend had last week when she saw the word ‘nice’ on this poster on the back of the bus.

- Ashleigh Brand We all know how busy we are as mothers. It is all too easy to get caught up in the frantic nature of organising the day; working, feeding and cleaning the kids – let alone actually playing with them. In these crazy times we sometimes fall in the trap...

By Ashleigh Brand – Why is it that some people appear to be more resilient than others when faced with a traumatic or adverse situations. As yet there is no quick fix or magic pill that you can take to boost your resilience, so until then following these five key learnings will help you move up the resilience continuum.

By Ashleigh Brand - I read a great quote this week by respected leadership guru Stephen Covey “If the vision we have of ourselves comes for the social mirror – from the opinions, perceptions and paradigms of the people around us – our view of ourselves is like a...