Keep doing your thing
I listened to a fabulous podcast episode on a drive home a couple of weeks back by Sara Tasker. I love her Hashtag Authentic podcast and this one really struck…
What is emotional by-passing
Over the past few months I have been immersing myself in emotional by-passing. Over the years I have (like so many) been through a few traumas and a fair amount…
The message I received
This week I come to you from a place of emotional exhaustion. I went on a magical 4 day course over the weekend but it pushed me to my emotional…
When will I be enough
When will I be enough. When will I love myself enough. Be enough for my partner, my children, my work, friends. When will I be enough she whispered through tears…
Protecting your time
We are moving into Autumn and with it comes Virgo energy. The back-to-school feels is around and not just because it literally is back to school. Virgo energy brings with…
How to get started with Oracle cards
Oracle cards are such a wonderful way to tune into your support network around you. You can view these as whoever- your light workers, your devas, your angels, God, ancestors…
An introduction to manifesting
How many times have you heard “manifest” or “manifesting” or “I am manifesting.” It does feel a little like a buzzword and I only more recently have been actively manifesting…
Notes of love
One Monday morning when Ali was off we all wandered to the local shop and outside they had left the magazine inserts from one of the papers for people to…
Forest Bathing
Hey loves, I wanted to chat all things outdoors today. I heard a wild fact recently about the amount of sunlight children get vs adults and I just cannot remember…
10 things I have learnt at 32
Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to meeeee. Happy birthday Naomiiiii. It’s ma birthday and I’ll send a letter if I want to. But this week…
11 ways to follow your heart
Hello love, I wanted to write to you today about following your heart, finding your reasons why and how this has helped me over the past few years. Pre-2014 I…
One small sign
We know it. We understand the concept of it. But throughout our days we forget it. I try to remember this concept but there will always be times when we…
8 things I learnt from dating
There I was ‘boyfriendless’ – is this even a word? Wondering whether I would ever be loved again. Ah, the desperation was palpable in my newly singleton 22 year old…
Everyone deserves happiness
Deserves, that’s an interesting word. Do we simply deserve to be happy? Is it just a thing we all get given at birth like a little token “here is your…
Self-care is just a bullshit term nowadays
I love chatting self-care. I could harp on and on about how wonderful it is for you to drink more water, take time to slow down, listen to your body…
Dear you
Dear You, You, yes you. We’ve had a really challenging few weeks. I didn’t want to mention the challenging time but it’s unavoidable and I didn’t want you to think…
There is no such thing as balance
Hey lovely! A very happy Friday to you- I hope you have been well and enjoying March so far…if only it would stop pissing it down with rain. I am…
You can’t be loved until you love yourself-lie
Hey Gorge, How are you? How was your week? “You can’t be loved until you love yourself. ” This is something we see around the internet. Pre-internet I wonder if…
You can’t be loved until you love yourself
Hey Gorge, How are you? How was your week? “You can’t be loved until you love yourself. ” This is something we see around the internet. Pre-internet I wonder if…
How is your mental load
Hey gorge! I hope you are super well and have had the most fabulous week. Happy Galentines day for yesterday and Happy Valentine’s Day for today. Though my subject isn’t…
Ditch the condoms
The first point I want to make is when I say ditch the condoms, I don’t mean in regards to new partners or one night stands. I mean when you…
A thrifty cat themed birthday
The twins love cats. Like…really love cats. We have daily walks playing spot the cat and whenever they see a cat in a picture they go wild. Xanthe is called…
sustainable period products
what’s in yours? ohne organic tampons As an ambassador for ohne and now also their customer experience lead- I can’t tell you how much I adore ohne and their biodegradable,…
Should I choose FAM
After years on the pill and never really understanding my body-when I was thrown into the fertility world I was asked to understand my body at such a deep level…
Winter care 101
Ignoring your period has become the done thing. Let’s take it back to the 1960s with the introduction of the pill. No longer do you need to worry about getting…
One way to stop PMS
PMS- that acronym that is banded around, but did you know that having PMS is not actually something we should have to suffer with. PMS is a sign that things…
What is cycle tracking
It’s something that has become more and more popular over the past few years. As womxn are realising that in general they have been surpressed in society and have been…
Kate’s Story- breastmilk after a loss
I may not have had the chance to feed my baby but my breasts did an awesome job at trying and I owe it to them to share ‘our’ story. …
20 months of breastfeeding twins
IVF changes your outlook as a parent. It’s impossible for it not to have moulded you in a certain way. The pain and heartache never leaves and so when my…
£200 bathroom makeover
Hey babes! I am so pleased to be able to share my bathroom makeover. I spent hour pinning and researching and could never have imagined I would have turned my…
Post Partum Boob Confidence From A Young Mum
I am so excited to share this blog post from Cecily White who is mum of 1 and 21 years old.Before I had my little one at the young age…
My Wife Went to Greece and All I Got Was this Lousy Family…
‘What, none?’ There’s nothing quite like the gut-punch of being told by your GP that you have no sperm. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Niente. Rien. Shit all. OK stop it…
My road to body confidence
I asked some ladies to pop me a blog post if they fancied about their boobs. This may seem odd to some but actually I feel that it is rather…
The cheapest and easiest way to use cloth nappies
Once upon a time I said- oh I can not pass an opinion on cloth bumming children because I haven’t done it or I have only cloth bummed one child….
The human Cow- when you feel like you want your body back again
Previous before getting pregnant I was a Health Visitor, which lets be honest they are kind of like marmite you either love them or hate them. I remember countless birth…
Choosing the flexitarian diet and cutting down on sugar and coffee
This is a little post on my flexitarian diet so far. I decided a couple of months ago that eventually I would start to try and eat better. I wanted…
White and wood herringbone flooring- a guide on creating parquet with other colours
This post has been a long time coming. Once upon a time I found a Pinterest picture of parquet with white weaved in. I was sold. I wanted my downstairs…
How to decorate an Easter Tree cheaply
Baubles- in case you missed it are officially live on my website here. Easter baubles that is. The smaller baubles to my super popular Christmas ones in a handful of choices…
Eight weeks into breastfeeding…
Today’s guest post for The Boob Store comes from Charlotte who gives such a lovely rounded view of breastfeeding. A new mum a few weeks in and in my opinion,…
Breastfeeding Twins Solely 10 months on
Breastfeeding is something I was always desperate to achieve. When you feel like you have had zero control over getting pregnant and then had a higher risk pregnancy- all you…