The Night Light

If you're a woman and feel alone; exhausted; guilty; rejected; like a failure; emotional; like everything is too much - then this page is intended for you. Even though this page is intended for woman, guys, you are more than welcome too!

My name is Carisa. I'm a wife to a fabulous husband and mother of 2 gorgeous kids – a boy of 4 years and a little girl of 2.

After I matriculated in a small town in the Karoo, I studied and then climbed the corporate ladder in a FMCG company for almost 10 years until a few things in my life happened all at once. One of which was a bit of a burn out. So June 2016, I called the corporate life quits for a while and decided to spend some time as a “stay at home mom” (Not sure I always believe I fit into that exact definition, but that's the closest one ;-))

What you also need to know about me is that according to my Myers-Briggs profile I'm a thinker and that also makes me a worrier. Needless to say, that makes me my own worst enemy a lot of the time. :-)

I've realised that we as woman struggle with a lot of the same issues. We also feel a lot of times that we need to be strong and cope on our own. Don't get me wrong, woman are incredibly strong. However we all get our days/weeks/seasons where it all becomes a bit much, especially to bear alone.

That is where this blog comes in. It is intended for me to write my stories and lessons. The hope that it will ensure you know that you are not alone and maybe make you think a bit as well. I know that my stories are definitely not the toughest out there - not even close! I also know that our stories will never be 100% the same, maybe not even 50%. However, I can bet you that we will find some similarities, especially about how we feel in those situations. The intention is never to tell you what to do, but just share my own journey.

So please read and enjoy. Know you are not alone. Take a moment to think if there is something you can take out of it so as not to fall into the same traps I did.

I would love to hear from you lovely ladies! So please leave me a comment. And share the posts if there is someone out there you think it can benefit.

Happy reading,

Carisa