Dip Into Nature

28/08/2025

✨ If I could go back…

I’d do those first weeks with my baby differently.
Not because I failed, but because now I know the strength I already had.

💔 Back then, I let other people’s voices carry more weight than my own.
I endured routines that didn’t suit us, sat through classes that overwhelmed us both, and convinced myself I needed to “fit in.”
All the while, I silenced the one voice that mattered most - my instincts.

🧍‍♀️ I see myself there: tired, holding her close, but questioning if I was “doing it right.”
Smiling in rooms that didn’t feel good.
Pushing down the unease in my chest.
Losing pieces of myself in the process.

🌱 Now my wiser self would whisper: “You’re doing better than you think. The quiet moments you crave are the real work of a mum.”

Those struggles weren’t setbacks. They were my compass.
They taught me to respect my instincts, protect my wellbeing, and find strength in simply being with my baby.
And today, I get to live that truth. Guilt-free.

💬 Over to you…
If you could sit beside your younger mum-self, what words of comfort or encouragement would you give her? 💚
(Doesn’t matter how old your kids are now as your wisdom could be exactly what another mum eeds to hear today.)

24/08/2025

“I knew I was meant to do more than just cope… but I didn’t know how to stop forcing myself through every day.”

For years, I thought frustration and exhaustion were just part of motherhood.
I thought it was normal to keep pushing, even when everything in me was whispering stop.

The tight chest.
The heavy legs.
The constant pressure to “just keep going” when I was already drained.
My body always knew before my mind did.

I learned this the hard way years ago when I ran a hydrotherapy centre.
My gut told me to stay small and to keep the cosy, sustainable space that felt right.
But I pushed for bigger, because it felt like what I “should” do.

Looking back, my gut was right.
The heaviness and frustration weren’t failure. They were signs I was out of alignment.

Now, I trust my gut when I build my business.
It’s given me alignment, it’s brought me the right customers (the ones I truly want to work with), and it’s created a deeper depth in the work I do.

And this is exactly what I support mums with, too:
🌱 Trusting yourself.
🌱 Trusting your body’s quiet “yes” and “no.”
🌱 Trusting your baby’s cues, that gentle rhythm they offer if we pause long enough to notice.

Because sometimes the most powerful healing isn’t about pushing harder it’s about trusting the compass you and your baby already carry inside you

✨ You don’t have to wait until the weight feels too heavy.

👉 If your body is giving you a “yes” and you feel called to work with me, DM me 'yes' and let’s explore the right next step together.

23/08/2025

🌿 This September I’ll be speaking at the Heal Scotland Wild Medicine Festival and it feels like the right place to finally share something I’ve been working on!!

I’ll be revealing my new HARBOUR Method!

This is a way of supporting parents who feel stretched thin, carrying more than anyone sees, and longing for a space where their story is heard and their wellbeing truly matters.

This isn’t just about pregnancy.

It’s about what happens afterwards when the world expects you to be coping, but inside you’re still carrying what came before.

If you’re a parent, or you know parents who could use support that goes deeper than tips and quick fixes, I’d love for you to join me there.

💫 The festival brings together people who believe in healing, connection, and community.

I’ll be adding my voice to that circle and opening the door to something new I’ll be offering beyond the festival too with exclusive bonuses for those who attend!

👉 Tickets are available now! Link in comments!

Who in your world needs to hear about this?
Tag them below! ⬇️

23/08/2025

The first time I called in sick wasn’t because of a virus.
It was because I couldn’t move.
I just lay there.
And that’s when my illness began.

No one knew what was really going on.
I didn’t even know.
I thought I was tired. Burnt out. Just needing a break.

But something deeper had broken
And the breaks between “functioning” got longer.
I couldn’t explain it, so I didn’t.
I hid it. I pushed on. Until I couldn’t.

It didn’t look dramatic.
There were no sirens or diagnoses.

Just a body that wouldn’t move.
A heaviness that made standing feel like climbing a mountain.
A fog that made phone calls feel terrifying.
A silence that grew louder in my bones.

That wasn’t burnout.
That was the start of PTSD.

I didn’t know it then, but trauma can begin years before it gets a name.

If we don’t go back and gently unpack it, it keeps unpacking itself into our bodies, our relationships, and our future motherhood.

This is why I do the work I do now.
And why I shared this part of my story publicly, for the first time, on the Life After Public Service podcast.

In this episode, I talk about the real start of my illness before babies, before birth trauma.
The moment where my body broke down… and no one saw it coming.

If you’ve ever said,
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me… but something is.”
Please listen. This might be your mirror.

📲 Listen now on: Spotify • Apple • Audible
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👆 Tap my Linktree and choose what works for you.

22/08/2025

🌿I’ve been in programmes I outgrew.
And I’ve been in ones where I felt left behind.

That’s the truth of this journey.

Sometimes you stay and lift others up.
Sometimes you quietly slip out the door and find support that meets who you are now, not who you were when you signed up.

I’ve witnessed some things recently that made me reflect deeply on what integrity looks like when you run a service-based business.

It’s not just about delivering what was promised, it’s about how we treat people when they ask for more. When they say something doesn’t feel right. When they leave.

If someone outgrows my work, I’ll celebrate their growth.
If they don’t feel supported, I’ll listen.
If something I offer doesn’t land I’ll own that.

Because in my world, accountability is not a threat.
It’s a promise.

💛 If you’re ready for support that grows with you, not past you, I’ve got a space that might just be what you’re looking for. DM me “HARBOUR” and I’ll share more.

🕊️

21/08/2025

🎤 Confession time: I’m a bit of a karaoke queen.
Give me a mic and a song and I’ll always find the chorus. (Don’t ask about my 90s playlist unless you’re ready for a singalong 🤣).

Lately though, I’ve noticed something… songs don’t just stick in my head, they land in my heart.
Like little messages waiting to be heard.

So I’ve decided to start something new here: sharing lyrics that hit and connecting them back to motherhood, bonding, and the stories we carry.

Because sometimes, music says what we can’t put into words.
And where better to start than with Hamilton…

🎶 “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?”

This lyric always gets me 😢

In Hamilton, this song is about legacy. About how the stories of our lives aren’t just what happened, they’re how those stories get told, remembered, and passed on.

And for us mums? That hits deep.

👉 The birth I still feel ashamed of.
👉 The moment I looked at my baby and felt… nothing.
👉 The guilt that maybe I wasn’t meant to be a mum.

No one says these things out loud. But they sit there, quietly shaping how we see ourselves and how we show up as mothers.

The truth is: when we find the courage to tell our story in our own words, with compassion, something shifts.
It’s not about rewriting what happened.
It’s about reclaiming the narrative.
It’s about choosing how it lives in you now… and how it flows forward into your children’s lives.

In the end, it’s not just about telling our story.
It’s about the story our children inherit through us.
And we get to choose how that story begins.

💭 If you’re ready to reclaim your story and feel how it can shift your motherhood journey, that’s the work I do with mums every day.

👉 DM me the word STORY and I’ll share how we can do this together.

21/08/2025

Everyone tells you about the sleepless nights.
BUT
No one tells you about the silence or the way it makes all the thoughts you’ve been outrunning finally catch up.

That silence can be brutal.
It’s when the weight of your last birth, the guilt you’ve been carrying, or the loneliness you didn’t expect comes rushing in.
It’s when you realise you’ve been surviving instead of actually feeling present.

And it doesn’t just stay in your head.
It shows up in your body as the exhaustion that won’t shift, the tightness in your chest, the snappy words you regret as soon as they leave your mouth.
It bleeds into your relationships, your patience, your ability to connect with your kids in the way you hoped you would.

That’s why In Her Time exists.
Because healing isn’t just about “getting through” the perinatal period.
It’s about building the foundations for your early years as a parent and knowing you don’t have to stop growing once the baby stage is over.

This is the work I’ve done too.

I wouldn’t be without my own mentor now. Every stage of motherhood has brought up new layers for me to process, and every time I grow, I bring that growth back to the women I work with.
You don’t just need a program, you need someone who keeps evolving alongside you.

✨ In Her Time starts next week!

This is your entry point, your way in. Because come January, the women who step inside with me now will be the first to access the new ongoing community I’ve been building quietly behind the scenes.

👉 If you know the silence has been catching up with you, this is your invitation.

The way you feel during this pregnancy will shape how you feel coming out of it.

Don’t wait to change that.

Start here, and know you’re not doing it alone.

19/08/2025

🌿✨ Join Me at Scotland’s Wild Medicine Festival!

🎤 I’ll Be Speaking! ✨🌿

Aberfeldy • Locus Centre • 5–7 Sept 2025

I’m so excited to be part of this year’s Wild Medicine Festival!

It’s a weekend of deep nature connection, soulful workshops, and real conversations about healing, wholeness, and reclaiming who we are.

I’ll be leading two sessions across the weekend:
🕛 Saturday 12pm – Dip Into Nature: The healing power of being held and heard!
🕙 Sunday 10am – Birth Trauma: A Workshop for Mums

And honestly, the full programme is unreal 🔥

Expect:
🌬️ Wild Medicine Breath in 528hz
🔥 Cacao Ceremony by the river
🌲 Forest Bathing
🧘‍♀️ Yoga, Qigong, Dru, Goga (goat-free, I think?)
🎤 Open mic, acoustic jams, and even a bit of karaoke!
🎴 Card readings, Gene Keys, Kundalini, and more

There’s laughter. There’s release. There’s real talk and radical rest. There’s dinner and blethering. There’s something sacred about being in community like this and especially in beautiful Aberfeldy.

✨ If your soul’s been whispering for something more, this might just be it.

Come for a day or stay the weekend!

Just bring a tent, bring your journal, bring your curiosity.

📩 DM me if you’re thinking of coming as I’d love to know who’s going to be there.

Let’s gather, sing by the river, and walk each other home. 🫶

https://healscotland.eventcalendarapp.com/u/30399/375201?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMRpkFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmSPHEh5_5iO8Ibnz5Txa4lC8rYA_zsRB3UyFOk8r_HFBg6M3qCh1B8vnOAy_aem_hJBQqJDEpQp82PJVuZIvGg

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19/08/2025

This piece is for any mum who’s expecting again but finding that the excitement is tangled up with memories, guilt, or questions that still linger from last time.

You’re not alone if this pregnancy feels different. Heavier.
You’re not doing it wrong.
You’re just carrying more than people can see.

💛 If this resonates, I’ve shared a bit of my story and what helps in this blog:

You’re brilliant in your career, but pregnancy after a difficult birth feels harder than it should. Discover why knowing the theory isn’t enough and how In Her Time, an antenatal program for second-time mums, helps you find your voice, release the past, and prepare differently this time.

19/08/2025

The silence hits harder than the chaos!

When the kids go back and the house goes quiet, the thoughts you’ve been outrunning finally catch up.

You thought you were tired from the school holidays.
But this exhaustion? It’s different.
It’s the weight of carrying something you’ve never had space to release.

💭 Why does that birth still sit in my chest like a stone?
💭 Why do I feel guilty when I should feel grateful?
💭 What if I can’t connect this time either?

It shows up in your body as the knot in your stomach, the tight shoulders, the shallow breaths at night.

It leaks into your days as the snappy words, the short fuse, the constant sense that you’re not the mum you wanted to be.

Here’s the truth:
Silence won’t heal it. Time won’t fix it.
The longer you try to push it down, the louder it gets.

🌊That’s why I created In Her Time.
A 6-week program for mothers who are pregnant again (or parenting after a hard start) and know deep down they can’t keep carrying the last experience into this one.

Inside, you’ll:
✨ Finally give words to what happened without minimising.
✨ Release the fear + guilt through proven emotional reset tools.
✨ Anchor yourself so you can feel steady, connected, and ready this time.

And you don’t wait.
You get access to me today and book your welcome call, your personalised relaxation audio, and your first step into a safe harbour where healing starts now.

💷 Investment: £250 today + 6 monthly payments of £200.
No penalty for choosing the plan, just support, starting immediately.

👉 If the silence is getting too loud, it’s time. Step into In Her Time:

DM me SCHOOL for link to payment plan!