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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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Tell me I’m not the only one 😅 Two glasses o Tell me I’m not the only one 😅

Two glasses of wine used to mean a late night and a good conversation. Now it means ibuprofen, a litre of water, and being in bed early enough to get a solid sleep cycle in before my kids inevitably wake me up through the night.

(and don’t worry, I took my makeup off after this 😘)

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Nearly ten years in and I still have mornings wher Nearly ten years in and I still have mornings where it hits me completely out of nowhere that I am actually living in another country.

It’s usually when I’m doing the school run, which is ironically the most ordinary, unremarkable part of my day.  But I’m driving past houses that were built before America was even a country. 

My kids are in their schools, somewhere learning to read and write and become little people, in villages that have existed for centuries, and this is, in fact, just a normal day for us. 

I’ve just accepted that two things can be true at once - that this is completely my life and that it will never quite stop catching me off guard every now and then.

Anyone else ever had that moment of looking up from your completely ordinary day and think wait, how did I get here?
Nobody told me this, so I’m telling you Your cr Nobody told me this, so I’m telling you

Your credit history does not cross borders - you are financially a teenager again.

You will not feel like yourself for longer than feels normal. It’s not a red flag, it’s just the process.

You will Google things you’re too embarrassed to ask out loud. Constantly. For years.

Becoming a mother without your people nearby is its own kind of hard that nobody prepares you for. You figure out who you are as a mother without the village you thought you’d have.

Bureaucracy is a full time job and nobody warned you - GP lists, bank accounts, tax registration - it all lands at once and none of it is intuitive.

Homesickness more than often isn’t about a place - it’s about people, feelings, and sometimes it’s about a version of yourself you can’t access anymore.

You will have to ask for help in ways that feel embarrassing for someone your age - do it anyway.

Starting from scratch making friends is REALLY hard - you feel like you’re back in school again.  That being said, you will find it easier to put yourself out there more than you would (mainly because you don’t have a choice).

if you’re in it right now, you’re not behind. you’re just in the middle of it.

Hi, I’m Lauren. American mum in the UK, talking about motherhood, identity and what nobody tells you about building a life somewhere new. if that’s your thing, follow along 🤍
Nobody told me this, so I’m telling you Your cr Nobody told me this, so I’m telling you

Your credit history does not cross borders - you are financially a teenager again.

You will not feel like yourself for longer than feels normal. It’s not a red flag, it’s just the process.

You will Google things you’re too embarrassed to ask out loud. Constantly. For years.

Becoming a mother without your people nearby is its own kind of hard that nobody prepares you for. You figure out who you are as a mother without the village you thought you’d have.

Bureaucracy is a full time job and nobody warned you - GP lists, bank accounts, tax registration - it all lands at once and none of it is intuitive.

Homesickness more than often isn’t about a place - it’s about people, feelings, and sometimes it’s about a version of yourself you can’t access anymore.

You will have to ask for help in ways that feel embarrassing for someone your age - do it anyway.

Starting from scratch making friends is REALLY hard - you feel like you’re back in school again.  That being said, you will find it easier to put yourself out there more than you would (mainly because you don’t have a choice).

if you’re in it right now, you’re not behind. you’re just in the middle of it.

Hi, I’m Lauren. American mum in the UK, talking about motherhood, identity and what nobody tells you about building a life somewhere new. if that’s your thing, follow along 🤍

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