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M I D N I G H T The witching hour. The time I’

M I D N I G H T

The witching hour.

The time I’m beating myself up because I should have been asleep already - she’s bound to wake up any minute. But the peace is too good to want to sleep through.

The hour that means we’ve made to though another day, survived another 24 hours.

Midnight. The time of stillness, peace and solitude.

The hour that symbolises success and accomplishment and simultaneously invokes thoughts of relentlessness, of having to do it all again in a few hours.

The hour of confusion, the darkness emphasising my belief that I don’t know what I am doing, a time when the doubt creeps in even louder, the uncertainty, the questioning myself, the need to get it all right.

Midnight. Will she wake up any minute? Should I try and sleep before she wakes up? Will she be able to go back to sleep? The hour of uncertainty and limbo.

Midnight. The unsettled peace before it starts again.

I did a workshop with @mothershipwriters this week and this was one of the pieces to come out of it. I haven’t done something like that before and it was a great session that inspired a few pieces that are different to my normal musings 😍
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C A T C H - Y O U R - B R E A T H Stop. Take a b

C A T C H - Y O U R - B R E A T H

Stop.

Take a breath.

Breathe deeply and focus on nothing else.

There’s a reason why yoga teachers continuously bring you back to your breath. Why they keep on reminding you to breathe and to pay attention to the rhythm as you do.

By pausing, breathing and resetting, you’re able to go deeper into a pose. Able to hold it longer.

And you’re able to grow.

Just like in yoga, catching your breath and focusing on it away from a yoga mat, gives you the chance to tune out all the head chatter. To focus on what you’re doing and clear all the distractions.

If you’re like me, as a ‘thinker’, you get caught up in everything that ‘has to be done’ and you forget to breathe.

Forget to focus on the act of breathing as a way of clearing the mind, clearing the distractions and connecting with the drumbeat inside you.

So next time the overwhelm hits, anxiety creeps in or panic consumes you, take a breath.

Take a step back, focus on the simple act of breathing and allow yourself to grow within the space you create.

Only by being kind to yourself will you be able to nudge yourself deeper and hold it for longer.

Today’s Love Note is for catching your breath amidst today’s chaos.

I’d you’d like little reminders to catch your breath, be in the moment and focus on self care, head to the link in my bio to sign up for Love Notes delivered to your inbox 😍
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S I L E N T - T O - M E Pouring milk onto cereal

S I L E N T - T O - M E

Pouring milk onto cereal with the anticipation of eating while it’s still crunchy rather than soggy.

Opening my laptop to finally finish some client work that is well overdue.

Turning on the TV ready to binge watch the episodes of This Is Us that I’ve been saving up.

Slicing a lemon for that well deserved G&T.

Getting a clean towel from the laundry cupboard ready to wrap up after that long, luxurious, peaceful shower.

Thinking about sitting outside in the sunshine with a good book.

Opening a meditation app to have 10 minutes of tuning out all the thoughts.

All events that seem silent to me but have the power to wake a sleeping baby from her slumber and put an end to my carefully planned me time
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C A U G H T - U P - I N - S H O U L D S I’ve be

C A U G H T - U P - I N - S H O U L D S

I’ve been caught up in what I ‘should’ be doing to help her sleep ‘better’

Caught up in trying to get her to sleep in her cot because that’s where she ‘should’ be sleeping.

Caught up in creating a schedule, weaning her off me, encouraging her to eat more.

And all the time I’m caught up, I’m missing out.

Missing out on the cuddles, on the unscheduled moments, the contact napping.

Missing out on the little moments worrying about the, seemingly, Big Things.

Today she slept right here, her snuffly, ‘I almost have a cold’ breath hot on my body.

And I forgot about the shoulds ❤️
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F R E E - M I N D F U L N E S S - S E S S I O N

“You are not your breath, you are not those sensations, you are not your emotions or even your thoughts; you’re the detached observer of all of these things, viewing experiences from a distance as they come and go without struggle.”

Beautiful words by @themammacoach ❤️

Sometimes we just need to stop, take a deep breath and remember that we are not our emotions or thoughts. That these will pass, that whatever we’re experiencing and feeling right now wont consume us forever as our attention moves on.

Join me for a FREE session this morning to start your day off with some self care and a little mindfulness
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N U R T U R E The word nurture is so heavily asso

N U R T U R E

The word nurture is so heavily associated with parenting, we all know babies and children need nurturing.

But what so many of us forget is that as mums we also need to be nurtured, and more than that, we need to nurture ourselves.

The early days, weeks and months of parenthood are a rollercoaster of emotions that leave us struggling to know our own names some days let alone to stop and think about ourselves, to ‘take time away’ from being with our baby for self care. It can feel greedy, selfish and unimportant to make time for ourselves.

Then before we know it, self care and nurturing ourselves becomes a ‘thing’ and we all know there are enough of them to get through every day.

But I have learned the hard way that, as a mum, it’s even more important that I look after myself! I physically cannot look after her when I am exhausted or when my mental wellbeing is spiralling, both of which come from me not allowing myself time to pause and catch my breath. So, to be able to nurture myself I have had to work out how to create space for self care. It’s not always daily, it’s not always the same thing but it is always something that makes me feel nurtured.

Tomorrow I am running a FREE session on what it means to be nurtured, how we as mums can nurture ourselves and what feelings and thoughts come up as we explore the topic. There’ll be mindfulness activities to help you get grounded and into the present moment, tools to take away and use when you feel your head chatter taking over, space to explore your feelings and emotions and, best of all, time to connect with other new mums.

Head to the link in my bio for info and to sign up - I’d love to see you and your little one there
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