Blog - Polly Jemima

A summer Bucket List for 2024

With June looming on the horizon, and our first festival this coming week, we’ve started thinking about summer. The weather here has been a little rubbish the last few days...

Rise and Shine: 10 Tips For a Healthy Morning Routine for Mums

The way you start your day often sets the tone for the hours ahead. A well-crafted morning routine can be a powerful tool to kickstart your day with positivity, focus,...

Mental Health Awareness Week

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, a week to talk about Mental Health. A time to bring it into everyday conversation and to help to remove the stigma that still...

photo of a woman crouching while her hands are on her head

Anxiety Hacks: How to Calm Down Quickly When You’re Feeling Nervous

Feeling nervous is a natural response to certain situations, especially those involving new experiences and high stakes. While it’s completely normal to feel jittery, it’s also crucial to understand how to calm...

The 3 Steps To Help Encourage Kids To Prepare Their Own Food

One of the biggest chores for parents that takes up a lot of time and mental space is planning and preparing meals and snacks for the family. It would be...

8 Steps to Spring Clean and Declutter Your Home

Now the days are lengthening and spring is in the air, I’ve been making a start on my spring cleaning. It feels so good to open the windows and ensure...

Embrace Serenity

In the hustle and bustle of life, it’s easy to get lost in the chaos. Amidst the noise, don’t forget to nurture your inner peace. Here are a few simple...

Marching to the Beat of Radical Self-Care: Embracing a Month of Wellness

I hit a wall at the end of February. I’ve been feeling increasingly burnt out since the start of the year, and I’ve reached a point when I just can’t...

5 Fun Family Festivals for 2024

I’ve been taking the kids to festivals since the girls were little. Camp Bestival and Just So were two of our favourites when the girls were little – they have...

orange slice on top of open book next to a pen

2024 Intentions and my word of the year

A month into the new year, and with the celebrations of Imbolc, I can feel myself coming alive again. The lengthening days and the early signs of spring are wakening...

Celebrating Imbolc

Imbolc is always one of my favourite Sabbats. After a long winter, Imbolc – the mid-way point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, is always a welcome sign....

A better Nights Sleep with Simba

I’m sure I’m not the only Mama who loves her bed??! These days going to bed is a treat! My 9-year-old thinks that is so weird. Honestly, bed is one...

full frame shot of raindrops on glass window

On Grief

“So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.” E.A. Bucchianeri Grief is a funny thing. It’s not linear, there is no...

Monthly Mindfulness Challenge – January

With the rain pounding on the windows, and the wind howling around, it is warm and cosy in my home. I’m in a phase of turning inwards, slowing down with...

January Journal Prompts

January is the quietest month in the garden. But just becuase it looks quiet, doesn’t mean that nothing is happening. Rosalie Muller Wright Two weeks in, and January is slow...

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