Did you know that most mums work a 14 hour shift, 7 days a week That’s the equivalent to 2.5 FULL TIME JOBS. It’s no surprise therefore that we feel overwhelmed, burned out, frazzled, fed up, physically and mentally exhausted. How is that overwhelm affecting you? What is the impact of this on you? When […]
Hello My topic this week in my community group Overcome the Overload, was Complex Relationships. I wanted to share some insights for the wider community. I know when we can start coming from a place of compassion, acceptance and peace, we can ALL benefit. We all have Complex Relationships. They may be with our parents, our […]
I listened to a brilliant podcast last week where Oprah interviewed Michelle Obama. I’d highly recommend it. I was literally hanging off their every word. Have you read Michelle Obama’s book Becoming? It is probably one of my favourite memoirs and I felt so inspired reading it last year. Here’s a woman who really did it all […]
Do you ever experience your anger going from 0 to 100 in a matter of seconds? Maybe you experience a toddler rage of your own? I wanted to share some thoughts with you about it as a way to help you all. One of the most useful ways to actually understand anger and how it erupts […]
On Friday I decided to make a small change. I decided to walk to nursery rather than drive. It may seem super easy but normally, in my head, my time is so tight that I don’t allow myself the extra 20 mins each way as I think what can do in that child free time. But […]
I’m back to work today after a couple of weeks off. I think this is almost the first time in a year I’ve actually taken a big chunk of time off and really rested. Like so many others we were plagued by viruses but it was such a good excuse to do little and also […]
If you’ve been following me on instagram or social media recently, you will have seen a theme…. that is about prioritising your needs over the ever growing list of jobs to do and REST. I was already writing a newsletter on the theme of REST when I got this in an email from an old […]
I recently wrote a post about working with your future self. The task was to help you think about life without any of the day to day symptoms that you might feel (anxiety, bored, overwhelmed, stressed out, procrastinating). Part of the exercise was to start identifying how that future you was different to you today. […]
When I ask women… how would life be if you didn’t feel anxious/stressed/fearful/fed up….. Many of them reply with… “I don’t know”….. It’s hard to imagine how life would be if they didn’t feel anxious, stressed, busy, worried or something else all the time. They don’t know how a day would look like if they […]
How overwhelmed and burned out are you? This screening tool will help you to assess exactly what symptoms you are experiencing as a result of overwhelm and help you identify where your life is feeling out of balance.
