Blog - Polly Jemima

Welcoming in the light

I’m stood in the kitchen, Oren is napping in the sling. There is incense burning, the sun is streaming through the window, the dog is by my feet and the...

Cloth Nappies – a Q & A

I’ve used cloth nappies for my last three children, and it’s always been something that people have asked about. It’s also something that I’ve noticed becoming more and more mainstream...

Finding healing with forgiveness

“If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to...

Twenty Twenty Goals

A New Year is my favourite time to set some goals. I prefer goals to resolutions as they feel more positive. I’ve been thinking about what I want this year...

Separating feelings from yourself – 8 ways to help

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better...

A guiding word for 2020

Apart from last year, I’ve been choosing a guiding word each New Year for the last decade. It helps me to focus on the year ahead as a whole, it...

7 Mantra’s to cling to when you’ve lost hope

There have been countless nights when I been crying hysterically, lying on one floor or another. There have been far more times than I could count when I have been...

Top 5 Benefits of Homeschooling you Need to Know

According to Forbes, over 50% of millennials are already parents, and most of them are choosing to home school their kids. Their main reason is they want to have control...

An activity advent calendar for all the family

This must be about our sixth year of making an activity advent calendar, and we still love it as much as ever! Even the girls who are now all...

Be kind to yourself Mama

One thing I’ve learned over my sixteen years of parenting is that I have to remember to be kinder to myself. Especially when I’m pregnant and have just had a...

5 Learning Activities to Help Parents Teach Recycling to Kids

With news of global warming and climate change being more prevalent in all forms of media, it’s time to rethink what can be done to help mother nature heal. Waste...

5 Ways to Make Your Space Feel Like Home

Image Source: notonthehighstreet.com It is true that home is where the heart is, but at the end of a long day it helps to come home to a warm and...

Journal prompts – self awareness

After feeling so lost lately, and really feeling the overwhelm of life, I decided what I needed to do was start journaling again. Even on a busy day, I can...

Hard days

It’s been a long week. My eldest has been sick all week long, at first I thought she had a virus {and panicked because that would mean the rest of...

This season

This season right now is busy. A baby, a four-year-old, a tween, two teenagers. A single Mama, working from home. Home educating. There is not much breathing space, not much...

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