I love to learn more about mystical and magical mamas using their creative wisdom to heal and nurture others. I first spotted Charlie's beautiful brand - Magic Organic Apothecary, when looking around a baby boutique a few years ago. I loved her whimsical illustrations and was drawn to the eco cardboard packaging. I was keen to learn more about the story behind her brand and try her beautiful products.... How was MOA born? As a baby my daughter suffered badly from eczema and so, ...
Balance
Mama Energy – Healthy cravings
Cravings! We all struggle with them, especially when we’re stressed or feeling emotional. And let’s face it mamas, when don’t we feel overwhelmed and/or vulnerable? We want to be healthy but more often than not we allow these cravings to override the healthy eating intentions. Not to mention how obsessed they make us when we’re trying to resist them. At times the cravings feel like an integral part of our busy lifestyle and we give into them, because we have so much else to deal with ...
Big Creative Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert
A few weeks ago I luckily found myself at Alternatives, Creative Living Talk by Elizabeth Gilbert. I desperately wanted to go last year but the event had SOLD OUT and rescheduled. The universe or my friend Beth gifted me with a spare ticket. Normally when I go to these types of talks, I come away a little deflated, feeling less than, a little more lost - Hosts stand of stage and talk of how they healed themselves and sold XXX amount of books. This talk was different - Elizabeth was ...
Detoxing in the bath
I have just had a detox bath - My head feels clear and light, my body feels cleansed and my skin is soft and pure. I put some salt in my bath, no expensive bath oils here, just SALT!! I first learnt about salt baths when I needed to start detoxing my daughter. I read about Epsom salt baths for little ones who were suffering with vaccination and metal overload. My daughter likes to really play in the bath so I was a little concerned about her ingesting the salt, but really in ...
MAMA – Love, Motherhood and Revolution
I have read insatiably since becoming a mother.. Something happens when you give birth to life, you just question and ponder everything. The only way I have absorbed such knowledge and understanding is by reading. My dream is to have an outside library so you can grab a book and read in the sunshine until your heart has absorbed every word with love. Naturally I have about 10 books on the go at any one time, the need for variation and something I can fit easily into 30 mins here and ...
A nurturing space for adults and children
Mamas, what has been the most depressing part of your mothering journey so far?? At the top of list is the lack of nurturing and welcoming spaces for mothers and children. We all know being stuck at home is isolating and suffocating. I have travelled far and wide, taking journeys of over an hour to seek solace in nurturing spaces. I often find my peace in the wild; walking in the woods and the fresh breeze at the beach. But it's not enough to visit there, I feel I have to live there, ...
Our top tips for beating the last of the winter blues
It’s been bitterly cold for the past few weeks and I have been suffering with severe winter blues! Chances are that you feel that way too? So, even though the spring solstice is less than 20 days away, I would like to share with you my 10 top tips how to beat the last of the winter blues on SNOW DAY - NO 4 The peace that snow brings does give us a chance to go inside and really feel our emotions. Dashing around just isn't an option. I personally have moments of loving the calm ...
Musical healing
I was listening to a birth trauma webinar by Jennie Harrison (Enlightened mamas) a few weeks ago. Hearing her story took me back to my birth trauma which I'm still healing alongside my daughter. Listening in tears it was so enlightening to hear you can actually talk to your child about this trauma now.. This is something I just didn't think of doing, worrying Flo would be too young to connect with it. But we must remember we are always connected, age and stage does not ...
Our triggered moments
There is a dark side of mothering which is hard to confront and fills us with guilt/shock/horror and subsequently a notion that leads us to beat ourselves up with mama guilt. BUT the dark side has purpose, a portal, a mirror for us to confront what is hidden within ourselves. We are human, but as mothers we are expected not to be - We want to be kind, happy, connected and caring every single day. It is simply not possible is it? Is there a superhuman mother out there? Please make ...
Mama living with Endometriosis
This is how I would like my pelvis to look and feel. I'm so upset to say its a very different picture and not one I feel I have much control over right now. The pain in my pelvic area was getting out of control in 2016. I had not been feeling well on the right side for around a year and a dull pain was getting increasingly shocking, shooting down my leg with aggression and might. I always carried on despite pain often not listening to the truth behind its origin. I had to carry on, I ...