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Three gentle reminders for the mum who feels like she’s “just surviving”

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Rediscovering Yourself in Motherhood: Small Habits to Try

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Chaos, Coffee & Tiny Humans: Life Lately

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Three gentle reminders for the mum who feels like she’s “just surviving”

When I became a mom abroad, I knew it would be difficult, but I was perhaps a bit naive as …

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Rediscovering Yourself in Motherhood: Small Habits to Try

Motherhood is beautiful – but it’s also a season where it’s so easy to lose yourself. The long nights, endless …

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Chaos, Coffee & Tiny Humans: Life Lately

Hi friends – it’s been a minute, hasn’t it? I realised the other day that I haven’t posted on here …

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Why I Breastfed for 2.5 Years – And Why I Finally Stopped

I recently stopped breastfeeding – FINALLY. I can shout it from the rooftops. My toddler is 2.5 years old, and …

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The Mental Load of Motherhood (and What Actually Helps)

Motherhood is beautiful, but let’s be honest – it’s also exhausting. I’m not just talking about physically exhausting, but mentally, …

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Hi! I'm Lauren, a 33 year old US expat living in Yorkshire with my husband and little ones.

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If this showed up on your feed, I’m assuming you If this showed up on your feed, I’m assuming you don’t need to be sold a lifestyle. 

You’ve lived long enough to know most of what we see online is carefully arranged and mildly exhausting. 

This is the unfiltered middle. The everyday stuff that isn’t impressive, isn’t optimised, and isn’t trying to prove anything - but still counts.

If that sounds right, stay. If not, no hard feelings 🤍✨
If this showed up on your feed, I’m assuming you If this showed up on your feed, I’m assuming you don’t need to be sold a lifestyle. 

You’ve lived long enough to know most of what we see online is carefully arranged and mildly exhausting.

This is the unfiltered middle. The everyday stuff that isn’t impressive, isn’t optimised, and isn’t trying to prove anything - but still counts.

If that sounds right, stay. If not, no hard feelings 🤍✨
Ladies can we just…not? I came home from my one Ladies can we just…not?

I came home from my one night of freedom and since then…a sick child, even worse sleep than normal and now I’m sick too.

And somehow my brain goes: “Yep. That’s what you get.”

Why the f*ck do we do this to ourselves?

Because mums are conditioned to believe:
Rest has consequences
Joy must be earned
If things go wrong, it’s because we dared to step away or do something for ourselves 

Logically, I KNOW illness isn’t karma.
But emotionally it feels like the universe saw my joy and said, “Cute. Anyway - suffer.” 

And the worst part?
We don’t even complain properly - we just push through, feel guilty, and carry on.

So if you’ve ever thought:
“I shouldn’t have gone”
“I jinxed it”
“I’m being punished”

You’re not ungrateful, you’re exhausted. Lie down, babes 🤍

Anyways, apologies to the universe for thinking I was allowed one night off xox

mum life, motherhood, mum of two, mum guilt, comfort creator
No one really prepares you for this side of raisin No one really prepares you for this side of raising kids away from home 😅

It’s beautiful, hard, grounding, and sometimes incredibly lonely - all at once. 

If you’re a mum doing this without your village nearby, I see you 🤍

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