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Where can you find me?

You may have noticed that I haven't been around here at Story of Mum so often over these past two years. That's because I've been exploring all sorts of new and wonderful things over at Sea Soul ...
Yes, this has been impossible

This has been an incredibly hard pandemic for mothers.
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For when it feels hard

How are you?

...And honestly... how are you?

I have to confess it's been a hard couple of weeks over here.

Maybe it's the change in the season. A cold wet grey ...
For when you feel fearful and overwhelmed

At last week’s online Mamas’ Retreat in Mamas’ Everyday Retreat, we talked about our hopes and ...
Scaling the six month wall

How are you? ...
Back to something...

How are you doing?

Are you 'back to school' or 'back to homeschooling' or mostly feeling back to front...?

And how are you looking after yourself? Is there a little more ...
Are you doing it all?

Today we're sharing an excerpt from this month's Mama-Loving Mail. If you'd like to sign up ...
It's a lot

How are you? ...
Join #FamilyDiscoHour every Saturday!

My daughter is really missing her friends, and fun, and school discos - so she and her brother came up with the idea of starting FAMILY DISCO HOUR, a virtual disco party on a Saturday morning - to ...
Join us for #familydiscohour

Are you free on Saturday morning some time between 9am and 10am to join us for a virtual isolation family disco...?

HERE'S THE PLAYLIST!

My daughter is really missing her friends ...
Eco-anxiety and taking imperfect action

How are you feeling about the environmental challenges we face?

Are there simply too many other challenges in your life right now to add the climate crisis to the mix ...
The juggle

How are you doing? How are you surviving the juggle?

We often talk about motherhood in terms of juggling. Probably because there is always something to be done. Or in fact, there are ...
Join our June 2020 retreat

MIDSUMMER RETREAT: Release, Refocus and Recharge.

UPDATE: Due to COVID-19, this retreat has sadly been ...
Cold water wisdom for living courageously

How are you feeling this January? Fired up and ready to make changes? Or exhausted at the very thought, already too overwhelmed to imagine changing anything?

Or maybe you’re ...
You are holding so much

How are you doing?

Please, put everything down for a moment.

This is your reminder to tend to your own needs.

To remember that YOU are vital - you are holding such a lot ...
When does it get easier?

A long time ago, I can clearly remember people telling me that it would all get easier when the baby was six weeks. It didn’t particularly…

Then it was, “It will get easier when they’ ...
Join our January 2020 retreat

BEAUTIFUL BOLD BEGINNINGS:
A DAY RETREAT ...
Self care: baby steps

How are you, love?

Because it matters. How you feel truly, honestly, absolutely matters. And I doubt you ask yourself that question enough. ...
It's a huge change for you too

How are you feeling?

Autumn can be a time of transition, of new starts and shifting seasons. And that is both wonderful - and hard at times.

So... how are you really ...
I broke myself...

In this month's newsletter, Pippa Best share s a recent journey through mental and physical health challenges:

...one that taught her the power of slowing down, sitting with and ...