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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...

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...

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...

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...