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The Awakened Mama, Brisbane (2025)

23/09/2022

I know we shouldn’t have to remind ourselves of this as parents but being “Awakened” for me, is about being present, fully awake and aware that our children’s goodness is never in question.

Yes, we get triggered and start acting out a pattern at times but then we get the choice to “wake up” and remember that in this present moment, all is well and all is good! This is always true in the present moment. There’s never anything wrong!

(Thanks for bringing us this Glennon quote )

08/09/2022

“I just have to warn you, I don’t complete on things. That’s my MO these days!”

I’ll never forget Christine’s words that she professed heading into my first ever delivery of The Awakened Mama program in 2021!

💭This could be a challenge if she stops showing up, 💭I thought to myself.

But she kept showing up.

She not only complete TAM 1.0 but became my assistant on the next course.

And yes, she completed on:

💥 Becoming an Aussie (w her fam in tow)
💥Buying a house
💥Conscious Parenting (which is ongoing)
💥Decorating her house
💥Home schooling her kids when needed
💥Taking on aspects of her health

Ahhhh…

🤔 Sometimes, it’s just the stories we tell ourselves…
🤔Sometimes, we just need a community of supportive Mamas to have our back…
🤔Sometimes, we just needed the space to focus on ourselves…
🤔Sometimes, it’s merely time to keep up with who we’ve become…

Hats off to Christine and other Mamas like her who have become more than they are even aware of.

🙋🏽‍♀️ If you’re ready to give yourself some space
🙋🏿 If you could use a community of engaged Mamas supporting you
🙋‍♀️If you want to shift the stories you’ve been telling yourself…

Enrolments for the 2022 The Awakened Mama are NOW Open!

(Message me quickly so I send you the details)

06/07/2022

Not your kids dreams, but yours!!

Remember when we used to daydream and be able to easily rally off the things you wanted to do with your life??
(Maybe you are still briming with dreams and working to find the time to realize them – good on you!)

I have asked my fair share of Mamas what their dreams are and heard…CRICKETS!

I have even been that person who gets all tongued tied and complicated and excuse-driven because I’m not attuned to my own dreams like I used to be.
(One of my main blocks has actually been “I already have a great life, who am I to want for more?!?” This is a very dangerous statement because it implies DESERVEDNESS at its core!)

What if you could have a dream JUST BECAUSE?? My 6yr old likes to remind me that “just because” isn’t an answer but in this case, I would argue that it’s the most freeing way to access your dreams.

No justifying
No reasoning
No explaining

JUST BECAUSE I CAN!

Who’s in for stirring their dreams up and seeing what pops out the other side?? Comment below if you’re ready to dream again!

22/06/2022

No more “compensation” dreams 🛑 🛑 🛑 🛑 🛑 🛑 🛑 🛑 🛑 🛑 🛑

What if everything you’ve created into your life up to now has been largely based on the “Not having” motivator?!?

Most of the money, experiences, friendships and even possibly our kids is our attempt to fill some unfulfilled void deep within us. It’s quite an unconscious programming.

So, one of the aims of The Awakened Mama course is to RECALIBRATE your insides so you can just LET GO and start creating from a place of freedom and joy.

😮‍💨 😮‍💨 😮‍💨

In this program, we build upon the premise that “you ARE already whole and complete”...so now what?

I recall 4 years ago now, creating the dream of being a “full time family” in Switzerland…

Over and over again people would exclaim, ”But, why?” After quieting that need to justify our dream, we found ourselves saying:

“BECAUSE WE CAN”!

It took work getting to that place of ‘no thing’ to fill a void driving that creation.
It’s a muscle I needed to develop: being vigilant in my “LET GO” process. (It's an ACTION word I have come to understand!)

Many of the 6 modules of The Awakened Mama course came into clarity during that 18 month adventure overseas.
Reverse engineering dream-like experiences like this one as well as my partners childhood dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics; the exercises we run through with Mamas is current and fresh!

The next uptake of the course for 2022 just opened so click the link in the bio for our next start date. With our fresh new value proposition , I look forward to shifting not only our purpose but how we powerfully incorporate money into it!

Check it out NOW and see if it’s a fit for you in 2022! 🙌🏽

01/06/2022

When did we come to believe that we could have one without the other?

I think it’s time we remember those formative years…when we only just just pulled ourselves up from that crawling position to the much anticipated WALKING STAGE!!!!

We inherently KNEW that falling was part of the deal. We never hesitated, avoided or tried to move around the obvious impact of balancing on two legs that had never done this job before. Falling was how we learned this whole balancing business.

So this is a mere reminder (aka, you already know this at your toddler core!): you are going to fall!
Breakdowns are part of the deal!
Living a powerful life = breaking through learning from breaking down!

You can now let that exhale go. You’re right on track. You’re exactly where you’re meant to be. This was how it was always going to happen.

Ahhhh…what a relief… 😌

29/05/2022

What does it take to support your mate?

This is not an “I have the answer” post but rather a dialogue into the journey I am on. I think it’s part of “awakening” to acknowledge those parts of ourselves where we are unsure and a “work in progress”.

I have been with my partner for 22yrs! There have been so many iterations of our coupling but one of the major themes has been: we go after our dreams in parallel play!

(For those who haven’t noticed your youngins in “parallel play”, it is that fascinating playdate where us Mamas think our children are playing together, but they are actually playing their own game NEXT to each other 😆

I wanted to use this funny example to describe my relationship because we have “gone for it” in so many ways over the past 2 decades that neither of us has actually stood in the official “supporter” role!

I feel like that time is coming for me…but I’ve never done it before.
(And I fear I may be bad at it!)

So, my goal is to support my mate with GRACE and ENCOURAGING LOVE.

Now, send HELP! 🆘 🆘 🆘 I have no idea how to do this…YET!

26/05/2022

Stickers Everywhere!

A good friend told me before I had kids that “stickers will be the bain of your existence!” and I kind of know what she means now.

My daughter isn’t the worst culprit in the world but every once in a while (like the other night), it gets too much!

When she stuck them on her mirror (again) after I’d finally scraped the others off, I reacted…and later felt I could have handled that differently.
After the fact (see the phases I refer to below), I became aware of what had triggered me from my own childhood – that moment when my step-father used to come home from work on the prowl…looking for where us kids had messed up and hadn’t kept our rooms perfectly ordered 😤

As an Awakened Mama, it isn’t about being PERFECT and never reacting. I believe it’s about becoming more and more conscious (more awake to the whole of what’s going on, rather than being trapped by our emotions – that are often driven by our past!).

In the journey of awakening to the here and now, I believe it happens in phases.

Phases of Mama Awakening:

1. Unawares that we are reacting or being triggered at any time (seemingly the bliss state and yet life occurs as CHAOTIC and OUT of CONTROL at best!)
2. Starting to take notice AFTER an event has occurred that perhaps something deeper is being triggered
3. Having an “in the moment” pause and notice about what’s going on
4. Being pre-aware of what’s about to happen (like your own version of the crystal ball)

Rather than waiting for that “perfection state” to rain down on you, how about starting to notice what “phase” of the “noticing” you are in?!?
As you begin waking up to yourself, you will start to breath in the inner power of your own ability to choose how you respond.

PS. Anyone (like me) have a moment in the last week where they REACTED and were triggered?

12/05/2022

I’m back at it!

The only consistent thing about 2022 for me up until 4 weeks ago, had been my exercise routine. I even brought my weights on vacation with me to the beach! (And I then lugged said weights down the lift each morning in my hessian bag…feeling so committed!)

Then, the big “C” hit our family and the workouts ceased 😞
I believe it’s important to honour what our bodies are going through and so stopping was important.
Even after I felt much better, I allowed my body 2 extra weeks of healing and slow yoga and walking ONLY.

And then the day came to start up again.
I felt incredible in my body as I started again.

It only took 5mins before that exultation turned to gasping (it’s amazing how stamina is trained – and it can quickly go wayward – but it also returns as quickly as it leaves you so don’t let your inner voice convince you otherwise).
But I completed it!

As I have been an exerciser most of my life, it’s so vital to ask yourself “why am I doing this?” during differing seasons of your life. It changes and if we are not keeping up with who we are becoming, that’s when we can experience it as STRUGGLE!

Here’s a WHY to moving one’s body that’s often forgotten: CONFIDENCE!
And I don’t mean the kind that comes with strutting the beach in your bikini – I’m talking about that deep sense of knowing “I’ve done the work”, I’ve left sweat on the mat, I’ve moved past a point I wasn’t sure I could. These moments translate to a tangible sense of self.

As a Mama, this kind of confidence can be revealed as a powerful POSTURE in the face of the every-changing landscape of parenting.
Whether it’s the constant questioning from your kids who want things, or the planning of your family schedule or even future pacing where you want your family unit to be at in 5 years time – it takes stamina to navigate that. Posture matters!

Get that body moving, that heart pumping, that breath gasping, those muscles stretching and that confidence humming…take that first step to inner CONFIDENCE!

Struggling for movement ideas, just ask me, I’ve been at this since I was 14!

10/05/2022

Does your inner voice ever tell you...

“Don’t be selfish”, or
“Have you done everything for them first?” or
“Mothers don’t really get the luxury of doing ANYTHING solely for themselves?!”

When did we start believing that doing things for ourselves was selfish or unmotherly any way?

Has this been passed down from our own mother or our own matriarch? (Perhaps this messaging was implanted there many moons before then from those who benefited from us thinking that way 🤔)

We are that generation of Mamas to rise up and take time for ourselves. Let us demonstrate the benefits of being more present, more attentive, and more connected to the world around us! We can do this!

Some powerful Mothers are showcasing the value of having their own passions live in harmony with their family life:

👩‍🎤 I love the music icon P!NK as she navigates her passion and contribution to the world and weaves her family into it intimately (watch her newest doco “All I Know so Far” on Prime to see behind the veil! It’s so so good!).

👩🏾 And then there’s Michelle Obama, who continues to showcase her own individual contributions to society while simultaneously raising girls who are conscious and aware of their own potential in life! They really can work in synergy! (And you don’t need a White House to do it)

I believe we can begin to commit to activities that are solely for us – even amidst the inner chatter we might have.
What if we observe those voices rather than “believe” them?
What if we continue forward amidst the outdated whispers from our past (whose sole purpose is to try and keep us stagnant)?
Imagine being so alive within yourself that every ounce of service that emanates from you is lit up…

There is no better Mothering than that!

Comment below if you’d be up for some of that?!?

08/05/2022

Why celebrate Mothers??
(And I mean all mothers here – not just double-duo Mamas like us - we counted and it was our 7th Mothers Day today (this is our first Mother’s Day and 7th pictured here) – how cool is that?!?)

Because it’s one of the most all-consuming jobs on the planet and yet often, lacking appreciation from those we’re constantly caring for.

It’s pretty thankless.

Today is a beautiful chance, as mothers, husbands, grandparents, friends, to acknowledge each other for the stewards we are…to that next generation!

It’s pretty huge when you really breath 😮‍💨 it in!

I’ve become so committed to Mothers that 2 years ago, I decided to turn my attention to them 365 days of the year - not just this one day

As I launch the 4.0 edition of my “The Awakened Mama Program” TODAY, it’s a real celebration of the whole of a woman:

👩🏽 who you are before you had a child
🤰 who you were growing that bubba and delivering them into the world and
💆🏽‍♀️who you are once that umbilical chord gets further and further stretched…

“Who am I now and how do I serve the world now that I’m a Mama?”

“How do I get back in touch with my dreams, my purpose and craft my family stamp into it?”

(What important questions to give yourself SPACE to create answers for - you so deserve that Mamas!)

🎉 For the first time ever, I’m trying something new with my program. 🎉

I’m very clear that I love serving you Mamas but I wanted to make it even more easeful for you to engage.

I’m calling it and it’s my way of allowing you to enter the program with eagerness and anticipation…
and then a month after competition, make a VALUE DECISION on how it had impacted you.

No payment to start and experience it!

I just love that you don’t have to “take my word for it” or the word of those Mamas who’ve powerfully completed the course…

You can take YOUR OWN WORD for it!

My website is in the BIO so have a yonder today to learn what’s involved in this unique approach to engagement !
You can reserve your seat starting this week.
10 spaces only!

🚨 If you’re ultra keen and can’t hold on, message me privately and I’ll put you straight in the queue…

06/05/2022

When my daughter was 2, she did her first art class on the cobbled streets of Lausanne, Switzerland.

It was down the road from where we had recently moved for the next 12 months and seemed like a great way to integrate into the new quaint Swiss town!

I did not realise that this would spark my 6yr old girl saying to me last night:
“I want to be an artist and a singer Mom! Can I be both?”

“Of course you can,” I said with my heart on fire with delight!

I don’t even think I ever painted once growing up (don’t worry Mom, I was too busy playing sport), though I did love colouring in!

I grew that identity that said, “I’m not artistic or creative”!

I have grown to discover I am quite creative but more in my niche of human relationship and connection. When I designed my most recent course for Mamas, its entire content is about “CREATING” your life! It’s the engineering (I’ve got that kind of mind it turns out too!) of how to turn thoughts to things. I made it up. I drew in pictures of all I’ve learned playing sport around the world, painted in some colourful theories and attached them to the science I learned at school and in books! My canvas is alive and well!

Drop me a “creative” emoji 🎨 if you too are upping your artsy game!
(I have even started painting and colouring and drawing at a 6yr old level so watch out Renaissance Museum!)

05/05/2022

“What do you do?”

My most dreaded question and of course the OPENER for the latest podcast I was a guest on.

I knew she would be asking it and it turned out to be great bc we got to explore how “one dimensional” that question really is. I often used to imagine myself answering that question with “Doctor, Lawyer, Accountant” and yet…

My Mama taught me something even more amazing than being able to say any of those professions: she allowed me to be a MULTI-HYPHENATE!

I now get to say: “I’m a Possibilitarian who helps people get fit and healthy, who raises the bar on parenting, who dabbles in mindset coaching but currently spends most of her time helping Mamas awaken their dormant dreams!”

Ok, so it’s a bit of a mouthful but still…

My Mom was unconventional.
And now, so am I!
And, I actually find it quite liberating.

My Bio-Psychology degree was based around categorizing people into boxes – and now, I feel like my greatest work is in freeing people from their boxes and asking themselves more openly “What if you could combine your talent in this area, marinade it in that other skill you’ve got and then bring it to the world with a sprinkling of that other magic dust you’ve honed over time?”
How about that?

Bringing Mamas to their own attention really excites me.

Have a squiz around my website (I’ll post it in the comments below) and see what possible hyphenates you can bring to your “What do I do?” answer!

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