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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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You can love them with your whole body and still h You can love them with your whole body and still hit 6pm needing everyone to stop effing touching you 🤪

If you’ve ever whispered “please just don’t touch me for one second” into the void, you’re not a bad mum. You’re a normal one.

It’s rarely about the kids themselves. It’s everything before that moment. Answering emails with one hand and stirring dinner with the other, someone hanging off your leg, someone else asking for a snack you’ve already said no to three times. By the time they climb on you for the fortieth time, there’s nothing left to give.

Then the guilt comes in, like admitting the hard part somehow cancels out the love.

The part I really struggle with is the idea that there’s a right amount of hard someone is allowed to talk about before it becomes too much.

You can be completely obsessed with them and completely touched out in the same evening. Most of us are!

Save this for the next time you feel guilty about it, and send it to the friend who needs to hear it too 🤍

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Welcome 🫶 Hi, I’m Lauren. American mum of tw Welcome 🫶

Hi, I’m Lauren. American mum of two, living in Yorkshire. I talk about raising half-British kids, motherhood when you’re more surviving than thriving, and trying to look after myself somewhere in the middle of it all. 

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Welcome 🫶 Hi, I’m Lauren. American mum of tw Welcome 🫶

Hi, I’m Lauren. American mum of two, living in Yorkshire. I talk about raising half-British kids, motherhood when you’re more surviving than thriving, and trying to look after myself somewhere in the middle of it all. 

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Some weeks the pilates happens and I drink my electrolytes like a functioning adult. This was not one of those weeks.

What did happen was reading every single night once the kids were finally down. Sometimes it was ten pages before my eyes gave up. It still counts.

Romantasy and fantasy fiction books are the cheapest escape I’ve found as a mum, and I will not be taking questions about how spicy they are.

Send this to the friend who reads under the covers like she’s still twelve and hiding it from her mum 😂

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