Catagories
I write about all the parts of my life. Through my words and stories, I bring together what I experience, do and feel passionate about. Just as life is not tidy in neat boxes, there are overlaps and everything is connected, like an ecosystem. That’s just the way I like it. But for your benefit though, I’ve created categories and subcategories on my blog posts so that you can see which ones may be more relevant to you.
Life Stories
SELF DEVELOPMENT
| HEALING | HEALTH | PURPOSE | PARENTING |
RELATIONSHIPS
I write to process and make sense of the events in my life, past and present. I am a storyteller.
Current life stuff: Parenting from afar, Living in the UAE working as a teacher for the Royal family and working on exciting projects
Childhood
PARENTING | EDUCATION | CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT | WALDORF EDUCATION
Being a mother has been the greatest gift to me and I’m always learning. I’m passionate and endlessly curious about holistic, alternative and conscious parenting and education. I’m a qualified and experienced Waldorf Kindergarten teacher with many years in primary school years and homeschooling too.
Currently: I’m a parent to a nearly 17-year-old. I’m a private teacher for a Royal family in the UAE and also setting up a Waldorf education support platform for parents, teachers & nannies in the UAE.
Low Impact Living
LIL LIFESTYLE
| ZERO WASTE | ECO-ACTIVISM | SUSTAINABILITY | EARTHKIND
I am an earth warrior at heart. I believe that being part of the solution to a healthy planet is starting with our own individual actions. In 2015 I named this path Low Impact Living (LIL) and with each thing I did, work or personal, I asked the simple question “ How can I do this with the least impact as possible?" I soon discovered aiming for ‘low impact’ gave me better results than NO impact.
Currently: Finding ways to live a more earth-kind lifestyle in the UAE. Supporting products and places that put the earth’s wellbeing first. Seeing where and how I can make a positive difference.
Projects
JADES’ TINY HOUSE | WRITING | PRODUCT DESIGN | DESIGN | CREATIVITY
If at my heart I’m an eco-warrior then in spirit I’m a creator. An artist. A maker of things. This is the doing that comes out of my dreaming. The action from the inspiration. This is the stuff that gets my heart pattering excitedly and is continually working and wheeling from the back to the front of the mind then makes its way into plans … and then into hands.
Currently: Setting up this blog site. Setting up the Waldorf Oasis Project which is a supportive online platform for teachers, parents and nannies in the UAE. Wrighting books. Making my first tiny house on wheels.
My LIL reviews of earth kind Products & places
LIL PRODUCTS | LIL BUSINESS | EARTHKIND
I try to live a simple life where I need less stuff but when I do shop or go places I like to vote with my wallet. what we fund grows. I use and try products as well as visit and support places that are committed to putting the well-being of the earth first. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about genuine effort and progress. I choose to use my money as well as my time and space online to promote these businesses. Conscious consumerism CAN make a difference.