Goals and Dreams
I’ve been listening to ‘Girl, Stop Apologising’ when I’ve been running or out by myself for the last week {this is actually a game-changer for me, I’ve never been an...
Category: * Self care and Growth *
Finding Balance
I’m sure there have been a million articles written about how to find balance, yet it still seems to be one thing that everyone is searching for like the holly...
On doing it all
The other day, I posted a photo on my Instagram. Alongside it, I talked about filling my own cup, in taking time to myself, and doing things that make me...
If you want something different
Lately, life is changing. Little by little. Small bits every day. I am changing. I’ve never been fond of change. Looking back, anxiety ruled my life long before I even...
It’s never about perfection
Someone said to me recently ‘good luck in finding a perfect relationship’. It made me laugh, in one part because this person was trying to deflect their own issues onto...
What I learned from completing a C25K
A couple of years back, I was super fit. I worked out every single morning, it set me up for a good day. It made me feel strong – not...
Rediscovering the Woman behind Mama
I’m sat on the sofa, the sun is shining through the window, the house is still and quiet. My eldest is studying upstairs, the baby napping, the others out with...
Lessons learned in time
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou One thing that I have come to understand, is that not everybody who enters your life...
Courage over comfort
You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both. Brené Brown One thing the last few years have taught me, is that the things that...
Postpartum Guilt – letting it go
It seems every time I open my Instagram, there is a post from one account or another that I follow that tells us the importance of those first 40 days...
9 Steps for Improving Your Wellbeing
Your own personal wellbeing is just as important as your physical health. A negative mental state or neglected wellbeing can also have adverse effects on your physical health over time,...
Making Sunday Count
Sunday. The day of rest. Except it isn’t anymore. How many of us treat Sunday as just another day? How many of us have to work? Lockdown has shown me...
A leap of faith
This is never how I saw my story unfolding. I was a ‘one marriage, I do forever’ kind of girl… until I realised that didn’t fit anymore. I never imagined...
5 ways to turn around a ‘down day’
We all have ‘those days’ – days when nothing goes right, when you are overwhelmed and overwrought, when you wake up with a serious case of the ‘mehs’. For years...
6 ways to quell the anxiety
I know too well the awful feeling of anxiety. For years I struggled to keep it under control, endless days with my stomach a ball of knots, unable to eat...