The rollercoaster called motherhood...and why it takes a village!

Motherhood is wild and everyday is a rollercoaster. Sometimes I love it, other days I am thinking wtf and somedays it’s all of the above. It changes everything…and I had no idea how much until I was in the thick of it!

This part of my life is beautiful, messy, exhausting, joyful and overwhelming….I love a bit of chaos but I also crave some peace. I am super health conscious, but sometime I just want to be passed a glass of wine!

This has always been a challenging time in a women’s life but we use to be in it together, feeling held and supported. We recognised that becoming a mother wasn’t just about having a baby, it was about the transformation of a woman (a rebirth). And we need to bring this back!! They say '“it takes a village” for a reason!

I have worked with a lot of amazing women (mostly mothers) and we have one thing in common…. We feel burnt-out, overwhelmed and running on empty.

THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE LADIES!

We’re often expected to just get on with it, without a chance to recover from pregnancy and birth. We just power through the sleep deprivation and keep all the plates spinning. But we don’t won’t to complain incase we seem ungrateful, we don’t want to admit it is challenging because Instagram makes it look easy! And somewhere along the way, many women lose touch with themselves. Can anyone relate?! Does anyone else feel confused by how many things we feel at once?!

So I want to change this and have a different experience of motherhood. When my body feels nourished and my mind feels calm, I feel like I am living the good life. When I feel burnt-out and exhausted, it feels like bedtime can’t come soon enough.

This space is for the mama’s, to celebrate the wins and to hold each other through the more challenging days. You know those days, like when you but petrol in your diesel car….. yes, that happened.*

So let’s bring back the village!

*and thank god it was quite easily fixed!