When I became a mum at 23, I had no idea just how transformative it would be.
I look back and laugh with compassion at my naivety. I thought I’d just be me, with a little human. But it’s so much deeper than that.
Because Motherhood isn’t a stage in life — it’s a calling.
It’s not just the 9 months of growing life, the giving birth, the 6 months recovery or the 2 years til hormonal homeostasis returns.
It’s a continuous reclamation. A recalibration.
It’s a discovery of all that’s been lost in the modern world.
A return back home and reconnection to truth.
An awakening on every level.
It will push you to limits you didn’t know were there, only to lead you back to a state of peace you’ve never even known.
It will illuminate all the places we’ve been lead astray — searching, needing, wanting for things that don’t feed the soul — and have you wondering, plotting and planning how to create a life that will, all while that world keeps spinning.
The one that doesn’t offer you the space, grace or support to do so. And to stand firm in your own advocacy, your own path takes a different kind of resilience.
The goal should never have been to snap back(ward), it should only ever be to spring forward - both gently and fiercely and with all the love.
#motherhood
Zen master season, this is not. An era of firing on all cylinders, this isn’t.
This is my learning to be ok with injecting my mayhem/mundanity with micro moments of self care era.
My time of mastering the ability to find joy when under pressure or sleep deprived, and to not depend on the consistency of a multi-layered morning routine to get in the zone,
it’s my ‘grab it when you can’ phase of appreciating the moments I do have to myself, however scarce and to laugh at the ridiculousness of all things,
to soak up the divinity of little faces, even when worn out
And to remember that the beauty of young motherhood will one day be long gone and I’ll feel proud that I loved the hardest I could, while managing the best that I could and come out the other side a different kind of woman.
#love #motherhood
Motherhood isn’t a phase. It’s an initiation. It’s the hardest and the most divine transformation you will ever go through.
For reference, my boys are 6 and 3 now and although the chaos continues - the sheer weight of tiredness of those early years is waining and I am so unbelievably grateful for every single hard lesson, tough day and long long night.
Because I’m built different now.
#mama #mamalove #matrescense ❤️🔥
I wasn’t prepared for this feeling.
6.5 years ago, life was intense. Having a baby and opening a business - one is pulling you inward and the other is pushing you outward. It was like trying to balance two totally opposite energies all at once, I needed to nest and he needed to fly.
There were sleepless nights, neverending days for all kinds of reasons and not much time to process what was happening as a family or as individual people. At times I worried if he also felt the stress we were under.
But now, with time - the feeling of seeing your first born brought into the fold of a growing business, it’s finally starting to make sense.
Because a full life doesn’t equal an easy one.
There truly is no perfect way to build a life of love.
There’s only commitment to your own unique version of one - ultimate trust and continued learning, even when it feels so uncertain. Especially when it feels so uncertain.
@jabboxing.club ♥️
#family #parentlife #lifeoflove
I first met Joanne, the founder of @skinmattershollandpark over 10 years ago when I was in the height of my hormonal acne struggle.
Since then, I’ve been seeing her and her incredible team a couple times a year.
This year, we decided it was time to really give my skin the attention it deserves while balancing the beautiful chaos of early motherhood - with a more consistent dose of TLC.
I’ve always been incredibly selective about who I trust with my skin (I’m 30, no Botox or filler), and I’ve never doubted them and their approach. Every time I leave, I feel completely rejuvenated and glowing.
Treatments since January:
– 3 IPL sessions
– 3 advanced vitamin facials
Next up, I’ll be working with Jo on microneedling/polynucleotides and with Antonia for myofascial release - because mama’s ready to feel a little more relaxed and a whole lot more radiant. ✨💫✨
#SkinMatters #HollandPark #skinrecs #glowingskin #skintreatments *brandpartner
