Women have gathered together for centuries. We have gathered in Circle and created our own communities. Yes, Circles are a form of self-help group but they are also different. Here are 5 differences between a Mother Circle and a self-help group: Focus: A Mother Circle...
Imagine Fully Supported Motherhood Within Mother Circles In the journey of motherhood, filled with its peaks of joy and valleys of challenges, imagine a world where every mother has a circle. A circle that represents a safe, sacred space where mums come together to...
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...
Baby Blues is a real thing, and here’s what it's all about: You're home. You have a brand new baby in your arms and you feel overwhelmed with love and joy. Birth is over and you can be home with your new family. However, within a day or two you start to feel low,...
Childbirth is a monumental time in any person’s life. Not everyone is blessed with the opportunity to bring new life into this world. However, the blessing of a new baby also comes with challenges that most of us haven't anticipated, prepared for or even been told...
I'm sending you lots of love if you have babies starting school or nursery over the next few weeks. They are much stronger than we often give them credit for and ever so brave. It is also ok to shed a few tears because things like this are big milestones. They are...
This is a guest post by one of my lovely mums, Lillian. Something that has struck me time and time again is just how exhausted I feel on a Sunday evening after spending the whole weekend with my little girl. Surely, I cannot be the only one who is completely run down...
Mothering teenagers is really tricky. It's very different to mothering babies. I get far more time by myself than when the girls were little but when they do need me it's for high level issues such as friendships, boyfriends, exam choices/results, disappointments and...
Today I would like to gift you The Happy List. A list of things you can do to feel happier. I'm not saying that you're not happy. I really hope you are but it can be difficult to be happy all the time. In fact, we are not supposed to be always happy so please don't...
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...
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...
Over half of all new mums - when asked - say that they have scary thoughts. That means that the real percentage is most likely even higher. What if I drop my baby? I think my baby would be better off without me? What if something falls on him whilst he's sleeping....
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...