Zooming down slides Wet and cold weather means that a lot of families are hitting up soft play centres these days. As most other mums and dads sit bleary eyed having a coffee and browsing the internet

I don’t like horror I'm not a big fan of Halloween. As a child I liked the concept and always wanted to have a Halloween party and watch scary movies. Then I watched a few and realised I don't like horror

Where do I fit in? I sometimes wonder about my purpose in life. At the age of 40 I’m still trying to figure out where I fit into this world. What do I have to contribute to society? I’m not being “productive”

Controlling tone of voice I recently read a news article - Mothers with 'controlling voice' fail to persuade teenagers - which claims that mothers who talk to their teenage children in a "controlling

I’m back on Steemit! After a 4 month break I'm back on Steemit! During my "time off" from blogging and podcasting my kids were off school for the summer, so that kept me busy 24/7. Oh and we

I needed more role models Growing up as a British Indian girl in the 1980s/90s the only South Asian female role models I had (aside from my own family) were Bollywood actresses and the roles they played

I haven’t posted anything on Steemit for a while as life has been hectic recently. I have however managed to squeeze in my podcasts which have been going well. However, I always have the feeling that I’ve

The Man In the Myth I was recently asked to be a guest on BBC Asian Network Radio’s late night discussion show. It was part of a panel and we were talking about the obsession with celebrity and why we

Can Women Have It All? Yesterday was International Women's Day. I celebrated this day by hosting a special episode of my podcast The Sisterhood of MummyImperfect. This hour long episode was dedicated to

Muslim mums protested Last week a group of Muslim mums protested outside a primary school in Birmingham because there disagreed with a programme called ..... that taught kids about LGBTQ relationships.

#Exhausting and frustrating I've recently read some social media posts which painted a realistic picture of being a parent. One of them was Duncan Jones, the son of David Bowie who described having children

Dorky I travelled into central London by tube today at around the same time that school finished for the day. I found myself looking at, and eavesdropping on the conversation of, a couple of secondary

London Museums As we live in London we have taken our kids to the Science Museum several times, as well as other London museums. It's not too far away, it's free and Mini Me 1 and 2 (who are now 9 and

Podcast Happy New Year Steemians! I've had a busy Christmas holiday period with the kids and now I'm back to blogging and podcasting. On my first podcast episode of 2019 myself and my two guests discussed

The kids have stated to get invites Recently Mini Me 1 and Mini Me 2 have received a few invites to birthday parties that involve a sleepover. Personally I feel they are too young to sleep over at friends

My 40th Birthday Last weekend I turned 40! I had a truly magical weekend and felt very loved and blessed. My family also came over to surprise me (including my Mum who came all the way from India!) Then

Podcast clip If you read my last blog post you will know that I recently started my own podcast - The Sisterhood of MummyImperfect. As part of the weekly podcast I have a panel discussion called Shut The

After thinking about it for some time, I decided to produce my own podcast. It's called The Sisterhood of MummyImperfect and is a way for me to bring together things I blog about, creative material that

Today is Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. I was born and raised a Hindu and growing up we always celebrated Diwali. It was always a pretty big deal for us and involved going to the Temple, going to

I've always hated zoos When I was younger I hated zoos....and circuses that feature animals. I just always felt sad looking at poor gorillas and lions sitting in concrete enclosures in cold and damp England,