I Do Not Need Work-Life Balance, I Need Work-Work Balance

I Do Not Need Work-Life Balance, I Need Work-Work Balance

Recently I took some time off during the school holidays. We woke up late. We went cycling and rollerblading a lot. We had leisurely lunches and long walks. It was beautiful weather and the days seemed to stretch on forever, filled with wonderful things like 

The Struggle is Real, and How To Lean Into It

The Struggle is Real, and How To Lean Into It

This year, I feel like the Queen Elizabeth II that year when Fergie broke up with Andrew, and life in Buckingham Palace was generally falling apart. The queen remarked that she was having an annus horribilis. I’m having my own version, minus the papparazzi. I found 

Seven Years A Mum: Things I Have Learned Since Having Children

Seven Years A Mum: Things I Have Learned Since Having Children

Exactly seven years ago, my life as a self-assured, fresh-faced, pert thirty-something who spent her weekends blissfully attending Friday night drinks followed by yoga and pilates classes on Saturdays came to a sudden, screaming, abrupt end. Oh, how I thought I had it together at 

Finding a New Running Route and Spiritual Home

Finding a New Running Route and Spiritual Home

Leaving Melbourne for Sydney may seem like a small move, a mere 963km, but it was a enormous upheaval for me. I felt like a tree that had dug very deep and comfortable roots that were suddenly and painfully ripped out. We are now putting 

Why It is Possible (and Beautiful) To Combine Motherhood and a PhD

Why It is Possible (and Beautiful) To Combine Motherhood and a PhD

I look back on my PhD with a misty-eyed fondness, as I enter the brave new world of post-docness. I find myself making glib statements to fellow students like “I would do it all again in a heartbeat!” (much to their annoyance). I all but convince 

Changing the Narrative on Working Motherhood: “I Know How She Does It”

Changing the Narrative on Working Motherhood: “I Know How She Does It”

I was at the airport on my way to a conference, travelling solo for once, and visited the bookshop. I had brought along papers to read, but the thought of reading an actual book seemed so much more appealing. And I was intrigued by the 

How to Finish a PhD while Raising Small Children, and Keep Your Sanity Part 1: Time Management

How to Finish a PhD while Raising Small Children, and Keep Your Sanity Part 1: Time Management

How do you do it? I am often asked, as though I am standing on my head right at that very moment. The question is about how I am managing to do a PhD and raise two small and very cheeky children. Actually, I am convinced 

To My Patients: Thank You for Letting Me Take Care Of You

To My Patients: Thank You for Letting Me Take Care Of You

This is a difficult post for me to write, and I have put off writing it for far too long. Today is World Family Doctor day and it is time to put pen to paper. I have made the sad decision to leave the clinic I 

Dear Working Father: Here’s How You Can “Pay” Your Stay-At-Home Wife

Dear Working Father: Here’s How You Can “Pay” Your Stay-At-Home Wife

This is Part I of my thoughts to that lovely post by a father who calculated what his stay-at-home wife and mother to his toddler would cost him if he had to pay for all the services she provides. But really it’s an open letter to 

How Being Overwhelmed Affects Your Health (And What To Do About It)

How Being Overwhelmed Affects Your Health (And What To Do About It)

Being a GP isn’t easy, but there are some aspects of my job that are quite simple. Like asking a few well-placed questions about lifestyle with every patient that walks in the door. I am constantly surprised at how commonly lifestyle factors contribute to illness