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The Rollercoaster of Running A Business Alongside Motherhood

The Rollercoaster of Running A Business Alongside Motherhood

Running A Business Alongside Motherhood Is A Rollercoaster I love being a mum and I love running my own business. Running a business alongside motherhood sits together well - most of the time - not always but I don't expect anything to be an always!  Balancing the...

Why Holding Space Matters

Why Holding Space Matters

Holding Space for Mothers in Mother Circles Holding space for mothers in Mother Circles so that they can be honest about their mothering experiences is both healing and empowering.  It changes the way they view themselves and gives them permission to do motherhood...

5 Essential Skills for Becoming a Mother Circle Guide

5 Essential Skills for Becoming a Mother Circle Guide

Mother Circles provide a safe and supportive space for mums to come together, share experiences and find solace in the sisterhood of motherhood. As a Mother Circle Guide, your role is crucial in creating and nurturing this empowering environment. What skills are key?...

8 ways to Mother from your empowered inner feminine

8 ways to Mother from your empowered inner feminine

As an empowered mother, there are many ways to nurture and care for your children from a place of inner strength and femininity. This means leaning into your feminine qualities of compassion, communication and not being afraid to look after your own need. Here are...

Birth Partner Stories

Birth Partner Stories

Supporting someone who is giving birth can be worrying, scary and confusing. Some birth partners have shared their experiences for us, share it with yours so they can see they are not alone in their worries. I’m honestly not sure what I wish I’d known (it was 6 years...

What About Dad?

What About Dad?

This is a guest blog from lovely Kate Sower, one of our Mother for Life mums. With Father’s Day and International Fathers’ Mental Health Day looming, I thought this would be a great topic for my next blog. A father’s role has dramatically changed over the past few...

Finding Balance in Motherhood

Finding Balance in Motherhood

It's Friday night: 7:40pm. I'm sitting in my car somewhere the other side of Perry Barr and it's pouring with rain. I'm cold because the engine is off. I still have 20 minutes until Neave finishes netball and I've been here for an hour. In that time I've drafted an...

Mum – Give Yourself Permission

Mum – Give Yourself Permission

I find that I often use the words 'give yourself permission to rest' or 'give yourself permission to let go of whatever it is that is bothering you' when I'm holding space for others. I think they let go in that moment but I bet they are back on it as soon as they...

Introducing Mother for Life

Introducing Mother for Life

Introducing Mother for Life… As most of you already know, Blossom Yoga & Wellbeing rebranded to Mother for Life on 14th July 2020. I’ve been updating all our social pages and posts to include the new name, but have been having a bit of trouble getting the new name...

Why Self-Care Feels So Hard For Mums

Why Self-Care Feels So Hard For Mums

I have not always had a healthy relationship with self-care. I can be a martyr which is not good for me or anyone around me. I often throw my toys out of the pram - usually when I've neglected me for a while. The whole 'self-care' isn't selfish' thing didn't sit well...

Why Mums Do Not Need To Worry About A Messy House

Why Mums Do Not Need To Worry About A Messy House

Our house has been chaos for months now and at times it has driven us all completely mad. We've had our cellar extended, Pod built, window replaced, patio dug up, trench down the garden and now the decorators are inside. We have had people here, doing something, since...

Ten Tips for Birth Recovery

Ten Tips for Birth Recovery

TEN TIPS TO RECOVER FROM BIRTH • Set realistic expectations. Don’t expect too much of yourself in these early days and weeks. You’ve just given birth, your body has undergone a huge physical transformation and emotionally it’s been a rollercoaster (and will continue...

Motherhood Imposter Syndrome

Motherhood Imposter Syndrome

I often feel that I'm not as competent at what I do as you might think I am. I doubt myself, talk negatively to myself, convince myself that everyone else's classes must be much better than mine and lose myself down the rabbit hole of comparisonitis on Instagram every...

The Benefits of Baby Massage

The Benefits of Baby Massage

Massage is one of the best ways for your baby to experience the benefit of touch. It is also a beautiful way to welcome your baby into this new world she is adjusting to. Life in the womb is warm, dark, quiet, soft and constant, with food on demand and contact at all...

Accepting things for what they are

Accepting things for what they are

This week has been a week of learning to lean into acceptance for me. Acceptance that things are what they are and acceptance that I can never achieve as much in a day as I think I need to! Acceptance is a tricky subject. I talked about it in my Wellbeing Live on...