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Category:relationships

father and child
  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • May 12, 2024
  • parenting, relationships

Guilt-free parenting 

Guilt-free parenting means embracing the idea that you’re doing the best you can with what you know and have. It’s about acknowledging your mistakes compassionately and using them as teachable moments to show your child how to learn, reflect, and bounce back with grace. After all, parenting is a journey, not just for your child, but for you too.

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unsolicited advice
  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • April 9, 2023
  • relationships

Unsolicited advice is like an unwanted gift.

Unsolicited advice is like an unwanted gift. The main effect of unsolicited advice is the emotions it stirs, oftentimes intense and negative.

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  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • January 10, 2023
  • minimalism, relationships

10 tips for time management in parenthood

Time management may look different in every family; however, there are some tips everyone could use to establish a less chaotic and more enjoyable family life.

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  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • October 18, 2022
  • mental health, relationships

Turn your FOMO into JOMO

FOMO can affect every age group that is involved in the use of social media. No exceptions there. The more you use social media without having set healthy boundaries, the more you are at risk of suffering from FOMO, to a smaller or greater extent.

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  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • September 27, 2022
  • personal growth, relationships

Expectations lead to disappointment

Why do we really expect others to act according to our will? To read our minds? Let us keep our expectations to ourselves for us to grow.

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  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • August 30, 2022
  • relationships, work

Why you should say no more often

There is a motto that no is a full sentence. I disagree. Sure enough, you want to decline a request without coming across as a hostile and rude badass.

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  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • August 9, 2022
  • interviews, relationships, women

#3, The role of women in a patriarchic society

Nevertheless, there is still a long way to go as far as actual gender equality is concerned. The statistics and figures do not lie

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  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • August 2, 2022
  • interviews, relationships, women

#2, The role of women in a patriarchic society

Still, I never wanted to be a boy. In France, if a girl was athletic, adventurous…. she was called garçon manqué ( missed boy)!

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  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • July 26, 2022
  • interviews, relationships, women

#1, The role of women in a patriarchic society

Time and time again, I meet mothers in heterosexual couples who affirm that the bulk of family responsibility falls on them. This includes not only the more obvious tasks of cooking, cleaning, taking children from place to place but the management side of family life

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  • Ioanna Gkiza-Soeder
  • July 19, 2022
  • mental health, personal growth, relationships

Let the kids embrace boredom

When a child yells “I’m bored”, they might as well be hungry, curious about their parents’ doings or seeking attention. Let the children be bored! You cannot imagine how valuable and necessary boredom is. Offer your child free time to do nothing and applaud their boredom.

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