Blog - Polly Jemima

Teaching Your Child to Cook: A Beautiful Step Toward Confidence, Connection & Capability

In a world that often encourages us to rush, teaching our children to cook is a powerful invitation to slow down, connect, and grow together. The kitchen becomes more than...

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Simple Summer Food Prep for Nourished Family Meals

July brings long, golden evenings, wildflowers in bloom, and little ones running barefoot in the garden. It’s also a time when the pace of life shifts—we spend more time outside,...

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Home Educating with Chronic Illness: Easy Ideas for Low-Energy Days

Gentle Ideas for Days When You’re Stuck at Home and Don’t Have Much Energy There are days when chronic illness flares, fatigue hits hard, or your nervous system just needs...

A Family Meal Plan for July

It’s been a while coming, but I’m trying to get back into the habit of meal planning for the month. Honestly, half an hour of planning makes the whole month...

Exploring the Zoo One Animal at a Time: A Free Printable for Curious Kids

One of the joys of home education is following your child’s natural curiosity, and there’s something magical about the way kids light up when they learn about animals. If you’re...

Single Parenting with a Chronic Illness

gentle ways to cope, support yourself, and keep showing up with love I’ve been parenting solo for a long time now, almost a decade. It’s never been easy, but when...

How to Strengthen Family Bonds Through Shared Activities

You don’t have to be a perfect parent or have everything figured out to raise a close-knit family. What matters more is showing up and spending time together in ways...

How to Add Texture and Warmth to Minimalist Spaces

Texture brings a room to life. It adds depth, comfort, and character—without disrupting the simplicity you’re aiming for. Adding warmth to a minimalist space doesn’t require big changes or extra...

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Simple Ways to Refresh Your Outdoor Space for Spring

There’s something calming about being outside in your own space. No meetings. No screens. Just fresh air, sunlight, and the feeling of being home. But after a long stretch of...

10 Simple Practices to Anchor Your Nervous System and Reconnect with Yourself in the Chaos of Everyday Life

Parenting young children is one of the most beautiful, exhausting, and emotionally intense experiences life offers. The constant demands, the noise, the mess, the unpredictability—it can leave even the most...

Creating Space for Joy in the Everyday

In a world that often rushes you from one task to the next, it’s easy to let the simple pleasures of life pass you by. Between work, errands, responsibilities, and...

The Art of Making Your Home Feel More Like You

There’s something special about walking into a space that immediately feels like it belongs to you. Not because it’s filled with expensive furniture or follows the latest trends, but because...

7 TED Talks That Will Help You Heal, Rebuild Confidence & Remember Your Worth

There are moments on this healing path where we just need someone to speak truth into our bones — to remind us we’re not broken, we’re becoming. Over the past...

40 Pieces of Life Advice for Women in Their 40s

Turning 40 is not a crisis—it’s a coming home. These years invite you to honour your truth, redefine your rhythms, and root into what really matters.

Sacred Simplicity: How Cooking Can Be a Spiritual Practice

Our daily life is replete with actions that appear mundane yet contain an undercurrent of spirituality. One such common activity is cooking. Yes, you read it right! In addition to...

Mindfulness for Mama: Finding Peace in the Pause

Simple Daily Rhythms That Reduce Overwhelm as a Gentle Parent

30 little goals To make you healthier and happier this year

A lesson in letting go

How to simplify and slow down

A ‘Do Nothing Day’

Unconditional Self-Worth

5 things to do when you are in darkness

Mind the little moments

A ritual for letting go