Yesterday I was having a little nose around Skool, as you do, and I spotted someone promoting a really good event. Interesting subject, good host and something people would genuinely want to attend. There was just one tiny problem... hardly anybody knew the bloody thing existed. 😂 And it got me thinking about how often this happens. You've put all that effort into getting an event ready, probably changed your mind seventeen times about the title, faffed around with the graphics for far longer than you'll ever admit, finally got everything sorted and then popped it inside your own community to wait for the stampede. 🦗 Nothing. It's a bit like getting dressed up for a night out, putting on your best knickers... and forgetting to leave the house. Nobody's going to appreciate the effort, are they? 😂 And THAT is actually one of the reasons we created Skool Events Daily. It's not that Skool needs more events because there are LOADS of them happening. The problem is getting those events out of the communities they're hiding in and in front of more people. So if you've got an event coming up that deserves to get out more, come and have a nose around Skool Events Daily: https://www.skool.com/skoolevents/about And tell me what you've got coming up. Go on, show me yours. Your EVENT, obviously. Honestly, some of you... 😇

Did you know that there are more than 300 million people around the world living outside the country they were born in. That’s a LOT of people making a life somewhere else! 🌍 I was one of them for almost 30 years. I lived across 11 countries and raised my two boys internationally. And last year I created the community I wish I’d had while I was doing it. (I can't believe it's been almost a year on Skool already! 😳) Raising Change Globally is for expat mums. Whether you’re about to move, right in the thick of it, have been doing this for years, or you’re trying to figure out life after coming "home". We talk about children, friendships, belonging, identity, moving again, empty nests, repatriation and all the weird stuff that comes with living this life that people back home don’t always quite get. If you’re living this life too, you’re very welcome to come and join us. 🌍 https://www.skool.com/raisingchangeglobally/about

Have you ever seen a subject matter expert featured in a news story and thought "wow, how'd they get coverage like that?" Sometimes it's luck. Sometimes the reporter sees something that the subject matter expert has shared and follows up. But sometimes, it's because they work with a publicist like our team. Doing work as a publicist has introduced me to numerous journalists and writers, so I was thrilled to collaborate with Edward on this piece and wanted to share it here -- hopefully it offers a little different perspective on the many tributes that have already been shared about Dolly Parton: https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2026/08/27/dolly-partons-10-leadership-lessons-for-business-executives/

One of the things about moving countries with children and living this expat life that people don’t talk about enough is the emotional burden that the expat mum often carries for the whole family. The transition from one country to another, one culture to another, one school to another, can be enormously challenging. Not only for our children, but for us as parents too. And while one partner is off starting their new job, it’s often the mum who’s left trying to make this strange new place feel like home. All while trying to figure out how you feel about it yourself! It’s one of the reasons I started delving much more deeply into emotions and emotional regulation. I wanted to get better at understanding and managing my own emotions so that I could better support my children as they learned to understand theirs. And that’s why I created the Mood Mat. It’s a simple placemat with 16 emotions that becomes a regular feature of the family table. There are no rules. You don’t have to sit your child down for a big conversation about their feelings. You can just notice it. Point to things. Talk about how you felt today. And slowly start learning how to put words to some of the things we’re feeling on the inside. The Mood Mat is now available through my Raising Change Etsy shop and, for the moment, I’m shipping within the UK. It also comes with a series of very short videos called Mood Mat Minis, which help you introduce the Mood Mat and give you ideas for using it with your family, whatever age your children are. You can actually watch the videos on my website before you even buy a Mood Mat, and you’ll find the link to my Etsy shop there too. More videos will be included soon! 🫶🌍

Something I've noticed is how quickly parenting advice takes us to: “What should I DO?” What should I say? What strategy should I use? How do I stop the behaviour? And sometimes that's exactly what we need. But there is another step we can easily miss: Notice before you manage. What am I experiencing? What might my child be experiencing? What changed between us? Sometimes the useful information isn't only in the behaviour. It's in the whole emotional moment surrounding it. That's a big part of what I mean by Energy-Wise Parenting - learning to look beneath the visible interaction rather than only reacting to what we can see. Let's explore this together in tomorrow night's first 'Energy-Wise Live' call inside Energy-Wise Parenting Hub - Thursday Aug 27th 8pm (Syd Aust )