Claire Mockridge - Personal Blog

14/04/2026

What weird and wonderful things were you praised for? 👶

13/04/2026

The road felt long, but it was truly worth it to get here 🛣️

10/04/2026

New direction = new profile pic 📸 💁🏼‍♀️

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10/04/2026

I said a couple of years ago that if I ever created something to help women build up their self-worth… I’d call it “VALIDATE YOURSELF” 👍🏻

Well… here we are 😅

More to come! 🤸

08/04/2026

I was first introduced to this quote a year ago, and all I’ll say is this:

I was a very different person back then 😅

As I get ready to “put myself out there” again after a long period of “playing it safe”, I can see just how much my focus used to sit on the FIRST part of that quote:

➡️➡️➡️ What if it DOESN’T work out…? 😟

❌ Fear of failure
❌ Fear of rejection
❌ Fear of judgment
❌ Fear of getting it wrong

Those patterns run deep, and for a long time, they quietly shaped the decisions I was making…
..and, they were made not always based on what I truly wanted, but on what might be accepted, approved of, or “good enough” in the eyes of other people 🥹

A lot of people live in that space to be honest.

🦺 Playing safe
🦺 Repeating the same patterns
🦺 Staying where it’s comfortable
🦺 Doing what society expects of them

All the while wondering why nothing really changes 🤷‍♀️

Working on your-SELF is a commitment. At times it can feel like 100% discomfort for 0% reward… but every time you move through the fear instead of letting it stop you, you build something far more valuable than confidence:

Self-trust.

And that’s where things start to shift.

Because now?

I don’t know if this next step that I’m taking will “work out.”

There are no guarantees.

But instead of getting all my ducks in a row, and trying to CONTROL the outcome like I would have done before… 🦆🦆🦆

I’m choosing to focus on the fact that I WANT to do this.

That I feel called to do this.

And that in itself is enough to begin.

Because whether this works or not… 🤷‍♀️

It is no longer a reflection of my self-worth.

And that’s the real shift ✨

So for now, I’m choosing to lean into the second part:

➡️➡️➡️ Ah… but what if it DOES?! 🌟

Thanks for reading. I’ll have another update about my new direction, very soon.

Yours in personal development,

Claire xx

07/04/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢 I’m back from Australia, I’m almost over the jet lag, and I just need this week to get out of my way so I can get back into some sort of routine 😅 🍺🧵💪💃

We had a lovely trip away (making memories), and I am so very grateful that I had my health, my husband, and my healing to make this 11-week experience possible ❤️

It’s lovely coming back to the UK Spring weather, and I was hoping to NOT have to put this “winter” jumper on, but here we are 😂🌷

I had quite a few personal development epiphanies whilst I was away ✨ and I finally feel ready to let the world know HOW I can help more people help themselves (as I’ve done so myself), so watch this space for further updates 🗞️

I’ve thought about putting this offering together many many times in the past, but I’m a Ta**us, and we’re kinda known for taking our own sweet time over things 😅

It’s worth the wait though, I promise 😏

If you made it this far through my ramble, please know that I do appreciate you 🙏

Thanks so much for reading, and I look forward to sharing more with you again soon 🤗

Yours in personal development,

Claire xx

16/02/2026

I do like to be beside the seaside ⚓️ ☀️

09/02/2026

And, here’s “Halfway Highlights” number 2!

Art exhibition at MONA
Accommodation at Opossum Bay
Spring Bay Beach
Accommodation at Swansea
Wineglass Bay walk
First “Seafood Basket”
Sewing Boomerang Bags
Little Rivers Brewery in Scottsdale
Face paining with niece, Emma
Beers in my hometown
Kayaking on the Leven River
Penguin
Echidna
Little penguins at Stanley
The Nut at Stanley
Nighttime at Stanley
Murals of Sheffield
Platypus at The Arboretum
1927 in concert at Forth

09/02/2026

23/01/2026

Went to my mum’s local Community Centre yesterday and sewed a “Boomerang Bag” on the sewing machine. It was so fun! 🤩

The bags cost $2 for customers to buy, and the sewing group get to choose which charity they donate the monies to (the last $1,000 went to buy extra breast pumps for the neonatal unit at the local hospital) 🥹

All of the fabric is donated for free; there’s hardly any waste; and the bags are made by volunteers who range from complete beginners to experienced tailors! 🪡

It was really lovely to be a part of the group all working towards a common goal together, and I left feeling warm and fuzzy after being able to put my skills from a hobby to use, for something really charitable 🧵

01/01/2026

Stoked to finally be “home” 🇦🇺 ☀️

30/12/2025

Journey has commenced. Only 60 million hours till we get there! 🇦🇺 😅