by Anna Heydenrych | Sep 7, 2018 | Life lessons
I want to talk about food. I don’t consider myself a foodie as my interest in food is not intended, but rather incidental. I do however hold certain beliefs about food which have guided me to embrace a whole food diet and inspired me to be more intentional...
by Anna Heydenrych | Aug 15, 2018 | Life lessons, parenting
I want to teach them less. I have noticed that my children have a consumerist craving for more. I have a consumerist craving for more. There is just a lot going on and we are wanting what we see. We believe that more is more. More will surely result in...
by Anna Heydenrych | Jul 19, 2018 | Life lessons
I’ve been thinking of this one for a while now. A blog post about my body journey. It’s just such a critical topic for women to be able to connect over, I think. I think that I have spent way too much time in my life obsessing over it. I have spent way...
by Anna Heydenrych | May 18, 2018 | Life lessons
I was chatting to another mom recently. An inspiring sort of mom, the kind who looks effortlessly stylish with a mom bun, kid on hip and locally-made leather handbag strung over her shoulder. She mentioned that she chooses rhythm over balance. This was a cool...
by Anna Heydenrych | Apr 12, 2018 | Life lessons, parenting
My son asked me yesterday, “Mom, do you like being a girl?” I like being me. I have journeyed to this point, having endured the insecurities of being an adolescent girl, the compromising, quietness of being a young grown up girl and the feisty assertiveness of being...
by Anna Heydenrych | Dec 30, 2017 | Life lessons
I recall standing on a London underground train platform at the age of 23, with tears welling up in my eyes because I had just returned from a sunshine-filled holiday in my home country of South Africa. A return to dull weather, a dull job, a dull commute. This...
We want to live a slow life. A life of connection and simplicity. A life that allows us the space to assess what we really want to be spending our time and resources on. And so here we are, the Slow Down Family, working on slowing down more. We are figuring out how to apply this to all areas of our life, and how to do it while raising small children and pursing our dreams.
Follow our journey here as we share our experiences and tips on how to minimise and create space in our lives for the things that we really want to keep.