Anna Carroll

Perimenopause is the slow withdrawal of the hormones that helped you put up with things you probably shouldn't have been putting up with in the first place. The job that doesn't pay enough and stopped being fulfilling years ago. The relationship or friendship where the dynamic turned toxic or was always that way, if you're honest. The renovation that keeps getting pushed to next year. The lifestyle changes you know would make you feel better but somehow never quite make it to the top of the...

It's winter in Australia, and during this season, we farmers gather around bonfires. Yes, it took me years and some serious belief-shedding to be able to call myself that. But that's a story for another post. As I sit by the beautiful flames, a few questions arise: Is hypnosis even real? Does it really work? Depending on my mood and the audience, I explain how and why it does. Sometimes at length. Sometimes not. The shortest, funniest answer I've ever given came at the end of a long night....

There's a lot of pointing the finger at mothers. In therapy offices it's practically a century-old tradition - somehow everything traces back to mum. I do wonder, when those psychoanalysts were writing their theories from a quiet study while someone else made their dinner, what exactly they thought was happening on the other side of that door. But that rant is for another day. Today I want to talk about the overwhelmed mother, and the ripple effects this creates in her family. The issue is...