New year. A time where we are bombarded by advertising for new holidays and gym memberships.
The articles pushing new fad diets, self improvement and the focus on the new year and a new you.
The pressure to make resolutions and to declare to all what pursuit you will make to be better, look better and do better.
In this post I discuss the damage of diet culture and the constant strive to change. And how its only now, at 40, that I feel able to say “I am enough as I am”.
Is it normal to grieve your children growing up and mourn each stage as it passes?
As exciting as it is to watch them grow it can also be emotional saying goodbye to each part of their development. From the baby, to the toddler, starting school and moving into adolescence.
In this post I discuss the emotions of missing your child in each part of their life and the sadness of thinking ahead to ‘the lasts’.
Looking for ways to be more eco friendly and sustainable this Christmas whilst also saving money?
Looking for homemade, DIY eco wrapping alternatives?
Here are some easy swaps you can make this Christmas to cut down on waste that are also more economical long term without breaking the bank.
Are you looking for an easy, all natural recipe to make your own homemade DIY body products?
This super easy to follow and quick recipe makes the perfect natural make up remover, nappy cream and general multipurpose body balm great for dry skin.
Don’t tell me you’re tired, if you have no kids or work a nice 9-5 job and aren’t unwell, even if you really are bloody tired. Because this mama hasn’t slept through the night for 7 years and I’m gonna rant.
School holidays where family fun meets fights, tantrums, mess and a gazillion snack requests.
So I’m now a ‘school mum’. How did I get here so fast?
Having avoided all the cliques at the playgroups here I am now with the actual real pressure to mingle and speak to parents in the wild.
In this post I talk about the awkwardness at the school gates, my ongoing imposter syndrome and my impressions of the other parents.
If the patriarchy had its way we would go from a Miss, the age old indicator of youth and virility to a Mrs; one possessed in marriage.
And if you don’t marry? Do you stay with a child title forever?
In this day and age is it time to say goodbye to Mrs and is embracing the Ms at 18 the right and feminist thing to do?
Primary school offer day is an emotional rollercoaster. The sleepless night before, the refreshing your emails and the anxiety about getting the school you want. But it’s so much more than just the school. It’s the sad crushing reality that your baby is growing up and entering the world.
I remember this with my first born but now it’s my youngest, my last baby, it feels different.
I am going to be 40 in a few months and I’m just wondering, when will I become a real life grown up?
I’m getting older for sure but is it just me that feels like I’m still not quite like all the others and am yet to reach womanhood?
In this post I talk about feeling like an imposter adult, what it means to be a woman and how society has created an idealised version of womanhood which is not realistic.