Tag: learning
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What I Do As A Girl Mum
Raising a daughter comes with its own joys, challenges, and lessons. These are some of the intentional things I do as a girl mum to help raise a confident, kind, and resilient little human—while still figuring it out myself
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Things I Stopped Stressing About As A Mum
For a long time, I thought that being a “good mum” meant being a perfect one, or at-least a perfectly put-together one. I spent so much energy stressing over things that, in the grand scheme of things, didn’t actually matter to my daughter or my well-being
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Outside Noise
I thought it was a universal human experience to walk into a room and immediately begin calculating how to be “palatable.” I thought everyone spent their drive home replaying conversations, wondering if they said too much, or if their tone had misinterpreted, or how others thought of me. If they wondered if they had accidentally…
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Why Age 3 Has Been Harder Than I Expected (how I managed it)
Funny enough everyone warns you of the sleep deprivation of the newborn phase and the tantrums through the “Terrible Twos.” But somehow, in all the conversations about motherhood, nobody ever truly warns you about the “Threenager.”
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Things I No Longer Apologise For
I realised that apologising for my existence and boundaries was actually just a way of making myself smaller to keep other people comfortable. I’m done with that.
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I Stopped Scrolling and Started Living: What Getting Off Social Media Taught Me
What if the reason you feel stuck isn’t because you need more—but because there’s too much noise? After stepping away from social media, I discovered something surprising: a quieter mind, a deeper appreciation for my life, and a passion I never saw coming. Here’s what happened when I finally stopped scrolling.
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Why Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone Changes You
We all have a comfort zone. It’s the place where life feels familiar, predictable, safe. We know what to expect, and there are few surprises waiting for us. While comfort can be a good thing, staying there too long can keep us from growing.
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Why Setting Boundaries Feels So Scary: How to Handle Confrontation When Anxiety Takes Over
There are moments where setting a boundary feels less like sending a text message and more like preparing for battle. Your heart starts racing. Your stomach twists into knots. You rehearse the conversation over and over in your head, imaging every possible response and outcome. You know what you need to say. You know the…
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The Trial Inside My Head: Why I’m Finally Putting Down the Red Pen
If someone else spoke to me the way i speak to myself, I would call it emotional abuse. I would tell a friend to walk away from that relationship; I would recognize it as toxic and cruel. But because the voice lives inside my own skull, I call it “accountability.”
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8 Ways To Build Confidence (While Still Figuring Life Out)
For most of my life, I lived with a quiet, persistent suspicion: everyone else has a secret that i missed. I’ve spent years scrolling through social media, watching carefully curated lives unfold on a screen, and feeling the stinging ache of being “behind.” I compared my messy, unpolished reality to everyone else’s highlight reel and…