I asked my mums recently how many of them felt guilty about the amount of times their kids had been on electronics over lockdown. All of them felt guilty – 100%. Guilt can be such a good stick to beat ourselves with and stop us from implementing changes that actually make a difference to […]
As a human and mother, I’ve found it interesting how some days I can completely manage a complete sh*t show of terrible behaviour and other days a tiny thing can set me off. Some days my patience is endless limit and other days, even the hint of a whine can set me off on a […]
I talk a lot about overcoming overwhelm but what does that actually mean? Does it mean that you’re ‘zen like’ all the time? That nothing ever gets to you? That you’re completely able to handle ever single situation? And I don’t ever believe that to be true because we are human, we have […]
Last week I shared some insights about how we react as we do. This week I wanted to share some ways to approach this. I want you to remember a few key things from last week – what are your needs, what are you doing each day to look after yourself, everything you feel […]
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 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 […]
I’ve been busy back at work over the last week now that the kids are finally back and school and well (whoop whoop) . There’s a real recurring theme with my clients around failure – and a sense of failure when we haven’t achieved perceived perfection. We give ourselves such a hard time around failure. […]
Last Tuesday I went to see psychotherapist and author Philippa Perry as part of the Edinburgh Book festival. I don’t know if you’ve read her book, “The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and your children will be glad that you did)”? It’s probably one of the only parenting books I recommend at the […]
I’ve been reflecting the last few weeks about how challenging mothering is at times and it’s something that feels like such a taboo to talk about. There’s no other role that I know of in the world where we are pushed to our limits as much as being mums. It’s the spectrum of emotions we […]