A gratitude attitude – mindfulness and #everydayjoy

I recently recorded a podcast with the gorgeous Tamu Thomas, founder of Three Sixty and one half of the founders of Motherhood Reconstructed. I love Tamu's ethos about life: "It’s time to recognise that we are valuable and create lives where we take time to feel our value.  I believe that when we feel our …

The Elastic Brain – benefits of meditation

"Mummy I never change my mind. I always keep the same mind." Maurice said this to me yesterday, when I suggested that he *might* change his mind about a sartorial decision. It made me think about the elastic brain. Up until fairly recently we thought of our minds as "fixed", set in place in our …

New Year Wellness toolkit

New year, new you, all the headlines shout enthusiastically. We might write energetic resolutions in our new 2018 journals, or we might shrink further back into the sofa clutching our Merlot and saying bah humbug. Whatever your approach to the new year, you can guarantee that there's an element of transition about the passing of …

Series: What’s in Your Toolkit? 13 – Nicky Clinch

Balance. Wholeness. Purpose. These are the three overarching themes which greet you when you visit Nicky Clinch's website. Comforting words in themselves, which reflect her mission as a Transformational Life Coach, Macrobiotic Nutritionist and Chef. Her Instagram feed is full of inspiration and deliciousness for heart, body and mind. She shares her wellness journey and tools …

Keeping mum mighty – the importance of self care

There are some wonderful things going on on social media to champion the cause of self-care, encouraging us all to take a bit of ownership of our lives and not let ourselves be buried underneath piles of laundry and self-imposed internal negative stress. I've been an avid listener to the Supermum Podcast, Mindset Tips for …

NEOM blog: Reset the Supermum Notion

Regular readers here will know what a fan of an uplifting scent I am. Since my fully indulgent self-care gift of a yoga retreat in Ibiza with my best friend last year, where i had 4 NIGHTS OF UNINTERRUPTED SLEEP which was facilitated by a meticulous ritual of NEOM sleep sprays, balms, oils, I only …

Series: What’s in Your Toolkit? 11 – Jody Shield

I'm literally grinning from ear to ear writing this post as I'm so excited to share with you the words of wisdom that I've been offered from this latest wellness guru/expert/shining light. Jody Shield needs no introduction arguably, but for those of you who may not have heard of her yet, she is a modern-day …

Series: What’s in Your Toolkit? 10 – Eminé Rushton

I met the lovely Eminé last night at a Psychologies event at the Neom store on the Kings Road  – a place I would gladly while away many hours, its array of scents and general atmosphere of space and serenity are good for the soul. Eminé has an ethereal beauty about her, and a calm wisdom about …

Wellbeing hacks for busy mamas

We all have those days where the rhythm is just "off" and from start to finish things seem to be on the wrong trajectory. I'm on Day 6 of my 66-days to positive habits – it takes an average of 66 repeated acts for humans to create habits (and sadly, much fewer to break them) …

Route 66 – setting intentions and the S word

It takes 66 repeated acts for the human brain to register a new habit. So, I'm on a 66-day mission to create positive body habits and beliefs. Join me on Route 66! Day 4: Today: setting intentions. I woke up this morning shivering, despite it being 27 degrees C in our bedroom due to this …