Ezél Vermeulen, wife of Springbok legend Duane Vermeulen, shares invaluable tips to keep a family, and yourself, grounded when life looks picture-perfect from the outside. When the Springboks lifted the Rugby World Cup, the world saw the glory. But behind the scenes, Ezél Vermeulen was running her own championship: family schedules, emotional support, running businesses […]
We’ve all seen the memes:“It’s not drinking alone if your kids are home.”“Mommy needs wine.”“Liquid patience.” They’re funny… until they’re not. At first, it’s just a glass of wine at the end of a long day, your little reward. But slowly, it becomes your emotional life raft. The one thing that makes the noise stop.And […]
Motherhood today is a whole different game. Between the constant pressure to excel at work, be fully present at home and still somehow remember to defrost the chicken, it can feel like you’re living multiple lives. For an episode of MOMents, I sat down with Vanessa Raphaely, former Cosmopolitan editor and creator of The Village […]
Somewhere along the way, “busy” became the new “fine.”“How are you?”“Oh, you know… busy!” We toss that word around like a badge of honour, proof that we’re keeping up, doing it all, being productive, being enough. But here’s the truth: being busy doesn’t mean you’re thriving. In an episode of the MOMents, I sat down […]