Photo credit: Pinterest I was served a post on my Instagram explore page the other day by Toi Marie . It was a carousel. The first slide read “I’m deeply uninterested in letting my mothering be defined by worry.” I highly recommend you go and read that carousel here as I don’t want to butcher it or repeat every word she said. Instead, I want to focus on that one line and give my perspective. Since returning to work three months ago - despite only working four days a week - I

Photo credit: Pinterest As we enter a new year I am reminded that growth is not always linear. It’s not necessarily that next promotion or celebrating your second or third kid on the way. Sometimes, growth isn’t about speeding up and crossing the next threshold or opening the next door. Sometimes, growth is about slowing down or changing lane. Taking a step back through the door you opened last year, because it might just not be quite right. It can be about trying new things.

Photo credit: chelseaneff_photography Before I had a baby I thought being busy equated to being productive. But, in reality I was never really busy in that way. At least, I thought I was busy but I was definitely not productive. I was busy enough to be stressed but not busy enough to genuinely be moving the needle in any part of my life that I truly valued. The one thing I did consistently stay busy at was work. I would start between 8 and 8:30 am in the office and finish aro

Photo credit: Pinterest Now, hear me out. This might sound like a cop out for bad parents. But it is not. Our grandparents and hell, even our parents lived in a different age when it came to the parenting experience. Mobile phones weren’t smart phones when I was little. Smart phones and the internet have meant that we have been subjected to an insane volume of contradictory parenting advice. Books are being published at record levels. Apps tell us when our baby should next be