This has taken some serious balls to post to tell you the truth.. 😣 And I’m only posting with the love and support of my Growth Club Girls! 💗👭🏽🌻 and because my son took these pictures and then showed me that he added these “LOVE YOURSELF” graphics to the photo. 👇🏽👇🏽 It hit me hard.Continue reading “My arthritis journey..”
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Representation Matters
THIS GIRL’S MAMA IS HAPPY TODAY! 😁 After the school run I went to @sainsburys for some essentials, yes I was brave enough to do the food shop with two tired kids👏🏽💪🏽 & spotted this @mamalifemagazine 😍 As a Mama, who works empowering Mamas, & a writer, based in Staffordshire, something tells me this caughtContinue reading “Representation Matters”
You can be happy.
Maybe you need to break up with your boyfriend.. Maybe you need to eat healthier.. Maybe you need to redecorate your home.. Maybe you need to start being creative again, sing, dance, write, draw & paint for fucks sake! Maybe, just maybe with making some small but COMMITTING to changes.. YOU CAN BE HAPPY. It’sContinue reading “You can be happy.”
You don’t want to think about what you don’t want..
If you think: 😕‘I don’t want to feel like sh** anymore’ 😕‘I don’t want to have anxiety anymore’ 😕‘I don’t want to be afraid anymore’ 😕‘I don’t want to be skint anymore’ 😕‘I don’t want to be insecure anymore’.. YOU aren’t going to make the changes you want in your life!! Every time you thinkContinue reading “You don’t want to think about what you don’t want..”
FINALLY THRIVING.
🌿 Look who’s in the office with Mama again? My baby boy is better than he was, quite chatty today but he’s still under the weather. So he needs to be with me. 🌿 I’m feeling so grateful that I can be there whenever they need me. That I can take care of my family,Continue reading “FINALLY THRIVING.”
Source
Source is like a ball of fire, the ball of fire. I came from it, yet when I touch it I wince at the singe of my fingertip. I suffer when I leave it. Source is the ball of fire. In which when I submerge myself, I will burn, I will shine and I willContinue reading “Source”
Receiving Criticism..
Something happened today.. As some of you may know I write creative pieces such as short stories, poetry etc. And today I was a part of a workshop in which four of my own poems were to be critiqued.. 😬😬😬😬 I’d had fleeting thoughts about it last week but soon forgot about it. Last nightContinue reading “Receiving Criticism..”
Am I a crystal convert? 💎
🌿 I really wasn’t sure about all this crystal stuff before. But I L O V E this Rose quartz pendant. It may just be coincidence that I’m noticing a positive change when I have it on or close by me but it really doesn’t matter. If I feel Fabulous, who cares why?? 💗🥂 🌿Continue reading “Am I a crystal convert? 💎”
One of those days.
🌿 So this was my day today.. a series of messy mistakes. I forgot the kids had non uniform day, I missed my morning lecture as my daughter needed to see the doctor. I smashed the coffee jar, stalled the car, was late for the afternoon lecture and sweated the whole afternoon. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY..Continue reading “One of those days.”
Creating
🌿 Creating 🌸Creating a legacy my children will be proud of, creating content to help girls and women, not only feel better, but FEEL F** FABULOUS about themselves & their life!! We only get THIS ONE!! 🌿There are people, organisations, and networks present today, evident today & working today for the good of others thatContinue reading “Creating “
A dip. (Hypothyroidism)
🌿 Sharing this from @hypothyroidmom I’m having what I call ‘a dip’. 🌿It’s just that, things become much more difficult, some impossible. But it’s just that. A dip. I will come back up and carry on, doing all the things I once; for a short while accepted that I wouldn’t be able to do. 🌿Continue reading “A dip. (Hypothyroidism)”
🌿 Exploring, a new season
🌿 As much as I detest the cold. The pain in my hip, the discomfort of shivering, & the inevitable deadly cold sores. 😩😷 🌿 I do love being seriously wrapped up and being on a speedy walk in the crisp air with my pooch 🐶 while my bairns ride their bikes 🚴🏾🚴🏾♀️. 🌿 ThankContinue reading “🌿 Exploring, a new season”
Captured moments of magic.. #TBT
Throwing it back to 2012. The year I gave birth to my second born. My son, my man, my boy. 💙 Maternity leave was very much anticipated. Working full time with a one year old to 37weeks pregnant.. I was sooo ready. I had been fortunate enough to get a new job, a promotion andContinue reading “Captured moments of magic.. #TBT”
Post Natal Throwback 🌿
Here is a #throwback to a few years ago. I had two under two. 👶🏾👶🏾#Breastfeeding one on demand and #PottyTraining the other. 🙇🏻♀️#PostNatal hair loss #Hypothyroidism #depression and building #anxiety was challenging me day and night. 😖💔I lost a lot of friendships, got made redundant, lost my career. Most days I was in the houseContinue reading “Post Natal Throwback 🌿”
Two under two.
Now my son is almost 5 and my daughter is 6 and a half. They are so independent now that as annoying as trivial needy moments can be, I find myself secretly relishing in them. “Mummy lie in bed with me” “No babe your a big kid now get to sleep night night I loveContinue reading “Two under two.”
My ‘GO TO’ (Dairy Free) Ice Cream 🍦
🌿 This Swedish Glacé ice cream is Dairy Free, and made with soy. ✅ 🌿 Since my kids have dairy intolerance I’ve been so pleased to find that my local ASDA store stocks this ice cream in Chocolate & Vanilla! 😋 🌿 We sometimes have the vanilla one with dairy free chocolate sauce 😍👌🏼👌🏼 SoContinue reading “My ‘GO TO’ (Dairy Free) Ice Cream 🍦”
How I started my day.. (clean eating)
🌿 I have been eating “clean” cutting out processed foods and refined sugar. 🌿 Yesterday & today I made this smoothie and found it was ACE for KICKING CHOCOLATE CRAVINGS ❤️🍫🙌🏻 Foods I have cut out: White Potatoes 🥔❌ Pasta 🍝❌ Bread 🍞❌ Biscuits 🍪, Cakes 🍰, Sweets 🍬 etc❌ Sugary Drinks or ArtificialContinue reading “How I started my day.. (clean eating) “
An emotional note to my bairns.
I will be the one to wipe your tears, kiss you goodnight, do your homework with you, wash your hair & cheer you on. Every breath I have goes to this. And I will never be willing to give that up. Because they are some of your needs and just some of what you deserveContinue reading “An emotional note to my bairns.”
Mama’s Me Moments..
MAMA’S ME MOMENTS ; Are you making time for YOU?? I’ve completely lost count of how many times a member of family or friend has firmly said to me “and don’t forget to look after YOURSELF” I’m sure some of you have heard this too. I’m pretty sure I always responded with what I thoughtContinue reading “Mama’s Me Moments..”