Through the Ruth - A Podcast where we get to the heart of home

Domestic Situations can be among the highest causes of stress. 

Whether it be getting out of a DV experience, or finding the financial stress means bringing in house mates to make ends meet.

What help is out there?

What are the steps I need to take?

Who can I even trust to talk to?

Join me as I discuss the questions at hand and offer some practical solutions at the same time. 

Thank you for listening to 'Through the Ruth' 

xoxo Ruth 

#DomesticViolence  #HelpLine #MovingOut #MovingBackHome

Being Evicted is a scary time, full of uncertainty and anxiety.

So what CAN you do that will ease the turmoil this process can create in your life?

Listen to this episode of 'Through the Ruth' to gain info on what to do and what not to do during this time, and remember, eviction doesn't say who you are... it's how you handle it that will speak volumes.  This time too shall pass.  Help yourself to make it smoother and pass quickly so you can focus on success again for your future. 

#Eviction #GettingEvicted #PropertyManagement #RealEstate #BeKind #Purple

Pet ownership is a double edged sword. 

They are with us for such a short time and yet show us a life time of love. 

If you or someone you know has lost their shadow, their best friend, their baby, I hope we can share in this time of grief after losing my 'mini-me' Agatha. 

Thank you for choosing to join me. 

My home looks different to yours. 

Have you considered what that means and why?

The people that live inside it are different, so what we like to do is different too. 

We learn by sharing stories and gain insight when we hear how other people describe their 'normal' when they get home from work. 

Stop and think 'Where is my favourite place in this world' and if it isn't home, then change it until it is the first thing you jump up and answer without a blink of an eye. 

Share with me what is your life when home, [email protected]

xoxo Ruth. 

We all live differently, so can you imagine learning what is normal to you ACTUALLY isn't normal to someone else!?

There is no quicker way to learn this than to live with someone else. 

One might have grown up in a noisy household and the other jumps at loud noises.  We often live with different people throughout our lives, whether it be when we are growing up, first moving out of home and having 'flat mates' right though to when we have a life partner and then have kids or others move in to make the household big. 

Thank you for joining me for another episode

xoxo Ruth

In many homes, one person runs everything and the other sits back and reaps the rewards. 

This episode is not about gender BUT STATISTICALLY it is the Male that is not meeting their share.  If this is not your household, then great, but what if it is?

Is it fair for the female to be doing more than half the role of home (including cleaning, cooking, paying bills, getting extensions, going to shops, chemist, doctors appointments, booking all appointments, taking kids to sport, paying for these, cancelling when they are sick, taking time off work to tend to sickness in the house, booking leave ahead for appointments etc. etc. ) and then be expected to also work full time? and maybe then also sharing the cost fifty fifty?

As an adult, who doesn't simply want a second mum, needs to step up and take HALF the role of looking after home.  Gender should not be an excuse for servitude.  Free domestic labour.  Because it's a second FULL TIME ROLE and true partnership is exactly that.  Partnership. 

I am one of the lucky ones.  But saying that alone is sad. Lucky ones? So many of my friends do not have that 'fortune' with their partners and then the partners say they were blind sighted when they finally leave. 

Partnership.  What do you think that means exactly.  What can change for the better now, so it doesn't change for the worse later and you 'never saw it coming'. 

Have you ever thought about who sees you. The real you.  The one behind closed doors. 

We automatically think about the people inside these areas only.  But the home itself sees and knows the real you.  The one you cant hide from others.  And perhaps that's why we are so comfortable being at home. It doesn't judge us, or tell others. It just listens. 

Thank you for listening,

Ruth xoxo

No one starts a family with the expectation it will end in Divorce.

Even if not married but you have a family together, separation hits home hard, even when the split is amicable. 

Todays episode we have guest speaker Billie who works for a Law Firm discuss what to consider to keep the change moving in a successful direction. 

If your heading towards the big D word, what can you do now to prepare, and what should you do even when your both in agreement of the next direction for the family. 

A big shout out to Billie for sharing her knowledge base in an effort to keep the process flowing successfully. 

**Note: No content on this Podcast is Legal Advice.  It is recommended you seek your own advice for your circumstances at all times**

xoxo Ruth

Join me as we discuss the way our home affects our nervous systems!

What makes the atmosphere feel different? What can we do to change it?

thank you for joining me again, 

Ruth xoxo

In this episode we discuss the philosophy of how homes shape who we are, who we want to be and who we used to be. 

We can look back at memories and know we are not the same person as we were when we lived there. 

We would now make different choices, and sometimes we wouldn't change a thing. 

If only walks could talk hey, imagine the versions of people that resided there before and after you AND who are now different to who they were too at that time.  That version of all those people no longer exists. 

Fascinating.   

Thank you for joining me again, in my journey to find get to the heart of home. 

xoxo Ruth.