For those who don’t know me personally, I’ve been a full time mama for over 16 years. During that time I’ve had various “jobs”… homeschooling my kids being the main (most time consuming) one! But I’ve also worked as a blogger, written children’s books, taught parenting classes, facilitated school holiday workshops… and done all the… {read more}
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Motherhood Affirmation Cards ~ Free Downloads or Inspiration to Make Your Own
In preparation for my Postpartum Ceremony, I decided to create a vision board to guide and inspire me as I started a new phase in my life. Because I really enjoyed creating my own inspiration cards for postpartum time, I decided to make a new set of cards to suit the new stage as well. How… {read more}
My Experience of Postpartum Ceremony
Just over three months after my baby was born, I was blessed with a beautiful postpartum ceremony offered by my doula Tanya of Nourished Beginnings. This was my first pregnancy where I considered hiring a doula and I am forever thankful for having her support. It made such a difference to my mental, physical and… {read more}
10 Ideas for Supporting a New Mother after an Emergency Hospital Stay
I had a wonderful birth experience with our fourth baby. I even had what seemed to be a dream-like postpartum experience during the first 10 days after giving birth. Everything seemed to be going to plan, in the best ways possible! But on day 11, I was rushed to the emergency room with secondary postpartum… {read more}
Inspiration Cards for a Peaceful Postpartum Experience
Since a couple months prior to my due date with baby #4, I’ve been working with a beautiful doula named Tanya from Nourished Beginnings who I hired to help support me during my initial postpartum period. Even though I’ve had three babies before, I am learning so much from her about leaning in to the postpartum… {read more}
Rebirthing Myself as a Mother
After I gave birth to my three older children, I wrote a detailed summary of their birth story. This helped me process the experience and also record the day’s events so I could share the story with each child in the future. However with my last child, born a few weeks ago, my husband actually… {read more}
Starting Again: Mid Year 2023 Update
It’s been over a year and a half since I’ve even logged in to post on this website! It took me a good 20 minutes to find my way around again LOL. This online space was a huge part of my life from mid 2013 to about 2019, and I learned so much about not… {read more}
Top 10 Camping Road Trip Accessories
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost 5 years since we finished our 12-month trip around Australia! We have a few friends about to embark on their own road trip adventures so I thought I’d share some of the items we found most useful during our time away. Autoseal water bottles – We invested… {read more}
