The Art of Being a Calm Mum

I'm going to be honest with you.

This week has been hard.

Not hard in a "busy but managing it" kind of way. Hard in a "I have nothing left" kind of way.

I'm burnt out. And for a little while I did ...

There are moments in life that stop you in your tracks.

Not the big dramatic ones you can see coming. The quiet ones. The ones that creep up on you when you're already running on empty.

Mine came in...

This time last week, I was sitting in my car with tears streaming down my face.

School refusal. Both boys. At the same time. It was a lot.

Today I’m sitting in my car again. Same car, same school ru...

I've been taking a bit of a trip down memory lane lately. And it got me thinking a lot about some of the challenges I faced when I first became a single mum.

I was on my own, in the middle of COVID, ...

Just the idea of creating some space as a mum can be overwhelming, let alone actually making it happen. You are already carrying an invisible load and what? Now you somehow have to find time to fill y...

This morning I caught up with a friend for coffee and we got talking about this process of normalising what is happening in our life.

For her it was in relation to overcommitting in her business and ...

If you are a mum who is looking for an easy way to ground yourself and calm your nervous system, this video is a must watch.

I make reference to a simple, yet powerful practice that I learnt while st...

Last night both my boys got up a couple of times during the night.

They’re often unsettled when they come back home after spending time with their dad, and as I lay there listening for the next set o...

I was at the beach yesterday. It was the first time in a long while without kids in tow. It got me thinking about my early days of divorce. Not long after I made the decision to leave my marriage, I h...

Have you ever been asked, “Where do you see yourself in five years?”
And found yourself wondering what job you might have, or who you might be with?

If someone had asked me that question five years a...

About a week ago, I was sitting on my couch, tears streaming down my face, wondering how I’d managed to get to such a low point. As a single mum, I’ve become familiar with anxiety, but this time, it f...