The Maddy Mursa Blog

The fear of the unknown can be one of the most destabilising fears of all.. why? Because you just don’t know what will happen next..  So how do we handle this fear? Two things: Courage and Understanding.. of exactly what lies beneath the fear in the first place.. These steps should get you diving deeper […]

as a powerful tool for good?? So I am reading Enid Blyton’s The Faraway Tree at the moment with my young daughter, and in one chapter the children visit the Land of Tempers.. Everyone is constantly angry, and if you lose your temper there, you have to stay forever. For some reason my daughter thinks […]

This image made huge waves when it was first published by @lovewhatmatters . It is both uncomfortable to look at, and empowering to know how much common experience every single Mother shares. The reason why is pretty obvious. It connects every mother everywhere with those moments we’ve ALL had. The ones of the deepest vulnerability, […]

My child isn’t my easel to paint on. Nor my diamond to polish. My child isn’t my trophy to share with the world. Nor my badge of honor. My child isn’t an idea, an expectation, or a fantasy. Nor my reflection or legacy. My child isn’t my puppet or a project. Nor my striving or […]

“Loneliness isn’t an absence of company. There is nothing lonelier than being with people who aren’t on your wavelength. The cure for loneliness isn’t more people. The cure for loneliness is being understood”  @mattzhaig — This holds so much truth. Ever felt lonely, and gone out and surrounded you by people to try and relieve […]

“We do not become healers. We came as healers. We are.Some of us are still catching up to what we are.We do not become storytellers.We came as carriers of the stories thatwe and our ancestors actually lived. We are.Some of us are still catching up to what we are.We do not become artists. We came […]