Stop Using Facebook as a Weapon
By: Rodney Olsen
Do you remember the three essential rules of keeping a mogwai from the eighties movie Gremlins? Read more
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How to Scroll Through Instagram Without Hating Yourself
By: Jennie Scott
Goodness, I wanted to be like her.
I somehow started following her through Instagram, that wonderful and terrible social media app that lets us peer into the lives of people we don’t even know. She is a lifestyle and fitness guru, one of those people who is gorgeous and seems to turn everything she touches to gold. Read more
The Mummy-Bod Blues: How Social Media Can Drag Pregnant Women Down, and 3 Tips to Prevent It
By: Linda Lou
Social media can be a joyful and positive experience for women sharing their pregnancy or birth of their child with the world—but for 46% of women in a new study, it played a big role in creating negative emotions around their body image. Read more
5 Ways to Deal With Unhealthy Mum Comparison
By: Amy Van Veen | Focus On The Family
After just one mothers group at a local community centre, new mum Claire* found it too negative an environment to go back.
“I felt like I was back in high school,” she said, adding that everyone seemed to be trying to prove their baby was best, comparing the development of their newborns and sizing up each other’s parenting techniques. Read more
Four Reasons Why You Should Try a Social Media Fast
By: Sheridan Voysey
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn – I use and enjoy them all. But sometimes I enjoy them too much.
I have just completed a social media fast. It wasn’t a long one – just four weeks – but the effects have been significant; enough to prove I need to do it again. Read more