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Helping anxious, perfectionist, people pleasing Mums, feeling disconnected from who they are, to focus on their needs, rather their to-do list so that they can enjoy motherhood

Trained, certified emotional health coach & therapist (CBT, NLP & psychology)

04/11/2024

I’ve migrated over to Instagram. Come and follow me there…https://www.instagram.com/maternalwellbeingfoundation/

This has been a long time coming, but now feels like the right time ❤

Facebook was, for a very long time, the platform that helped me to connect with people who needed support and guidance through pregnancy, birth and into motherhood.

I have been running this page, it in's many forms, for over 8 years now and it was where my business first bloomed🌺

Over those 8 years I have had the pleasure to walk alongside many women, men and families on their individual journeys and for that I will always be thankful.

But now, Facebook is no longer the platform that helps me connect in a meaningful way with my audience, and my work is all about connection 💞

So after much soul searching, I have decided to focus my efforts elsewhere, where connection, support and community are in abundance and feel more genuine and readily available, which is what both I, and my audience, need 🫶

So while I bid a fond farewell to Facebook after 8 years, I myself, and as a business, are not going anywhere 🥰

I will still be present on a daily basis, my content there to help people, my DM's open for those when need me and my support available for all over on Instagram, where I invite you to come and connect with me here...
✨https://www.instagram.com/maternalwellbeingfoundation/

And for anyone who needs to talk through their challenges, ask questions, vent or figure some stuff out, then you are always welcome to book your free support call with me here...
☎️ https://calendly.com/maternal-wellbeing-foundation/emotional-health-call

So thank you to those who follow me here, you have all been part of the fabric of my work and why I do what I do 🙏

And I don't want this to be goodbye if you still need support, so I look forward to seeing those of you over on Instagram where we can chat in a more meaningful way.

Ria 🍁🌻

01/11/2024

‘Tis the season of overwhelm 😰

Or we could just not buy into it and choose peace, calm and rest as and when we need it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yes there will be moments that feel manic.

And things that need to be done.

But you can still lead with calm and consciously choosing to recharge and not burn out 🫶🏻

Which one of these 5 things can you incorporate into your life this November to shift from chaos to calm?

Let me know in the comments.

Ria 🍁🍂

28/10/2024

Your worth is not up for negotiation 🫶

Your worth doesn't change based on what others may or may not think about you.

Liking, and being accepting of, yourself, is an inside job and your opinion is the only opinion you have control over.

If your negative inner b*tch voice is telling your otherwise, then we need to talk 😉

The best relationship you will ever have, is the one you have with yourself.

Drop me a DM with the word "ACCEPT" and let's chat in your DM's to unpick how you feel about yourself.

24/10/2024

This judgement is real...😲

Just not in the way that you think.

I know you worry so much about being judged and those wounds that tell you that you are not good enough are deep.

But this is what I’m really thinking, when we work together;

🍂I can relate to what you are going through, more than I will ever let on, and man I know how hard it feels for you right now, but I also know how amazing life is about to get when you do the work.

🍂I am so amazed every single time you show up for yourself, even if you still feel a little stuck or that you can't see the wood for the trees right now. You being on our call means you are moving forwards and that is enough.

🍂I don’t ever judge you for the stuff you are going through or the habits that you have. I see so much potential in you, that you are just unable to see right now, but I know that it is there.

🍂I feel honoured to be part of your journey and get to walk that path alongside you, because there is nothing that gives me life more, than a woman who is carving out a new path for herself and her children.

🍂I learn so much about myself by seeing you process things about yourself too. Your sessions make me a better therapist.

🍂Once our sessions are over, I think of you often, and you become part of the fabric of who I am and why I continue to do what I do. The ripple effect of working with you lasts a long time.

🍂If we had met in another way, I'm pretty sure we would be friends, because I see much of myself in you.

What I do changes lives.

What you do changes mine 🥰

Want to start on that journey together, with my in your back pocket, for each and every step of the way?

✨DM me “JOURNEY” and let’s chat✨

22/10/2024

Anxiety kicked in last week🥺

It was Sunday evening and I found that I couldn't sleep.

My mind was whirring, that panicky feeling was in my chest, I felt trapped, frustrated and unable to find a solution that could calm me down, or quiet my mind.

⬆️This is all very unusual for me.

I'm not a worrier.

I rarely feel anxious.

But it hit me hard 😫

That unnerving feeling that makes me want to run away.

What I wanted to do in those moments was force myself to go to sleep, be dismissive of how I was feeling or doom scroll, which are basically just 3 ways of avoiding the feelings 😑

But because I am more hardwired now to do “the work” I know I need to give myself the time and space to move through the feelings, not side step them or avoid them.

Because when you don't confront them head on, they will just re-surface elsewhere and be worse than before. I’d rather do that work now, so I only have to do it once.

✨I'm all for leaning into these feelings.
✨Learning from them.
✨Moving through them and moving on.

It’s a much easier path than hoping they will go away by themselves, but knowing that they won’t.

So I leant into the anxiety spike and here’s what I did…

🍂Talked my feelings out loud at midnight, in the darkness and stillness of my room, which helps me get those thoughts out of my head

🍂Journaled so those feelings I couldn't speak out loud I could write down which helps me dig much deeper ad stops me censoring myself

🍂Wrote a plan of action and to-do list for each of the worries that I could tackle the next day

🍂Took 10 deep breaths to help change my emotional state and ready my body for sleep, not combat

🍂Went to sleep then got up the next day and got to work on what I needed to do.

What I realised is that each of the worries had the same theme; a sense of insecurity in my life, and my immediate thought was of the worst happening.

But then I reminded myself that these are just thoughts and not my reality and that I have the power to change what actually happens 🤩

And so I did.

And the anxiety has gone 🙌🏻

I wonder what cycle you have been stuck in for too long, that could be changed by a mindset shift and an action plan?

21/10/2024

💫 JOIN ME ON INSTAGRAM 💫

Hey Guys 👋🏻

I would love for you all to come and follow me over on Instagram…

Over there you will have;
✨ Weekly Live Collaborations with the best women’s health, mindset and emotional wellbeing practitioners
✨ Live Trainings and Workshops
✨ DM Supoort
✨ My Best Supporting Content
✨ Exclusive Offers
✨ Community

You can follow me here…
https://www.instagram.com/maternalwellbeingfoundation

Can’t wait to see you there 🤩

21/10/2024

SLOW DOWN 🥹

Motherhood isn’t a race to the finish line to prove how much you’ve done, how busy you’ve been or show stressed you are.

You don’t want all those years and memories to pass by in a frantic blur 😶‍🌫️

Your need to be productive is not because you’re high achieving or “can’t switch off”.

It’s masking the fear of slowing down and actually dealing with how you’re feeling 🫶🏻

You often don’t feel good enough or like you’re failing, so being run off your feet 24/7 makes you feel needed, seen, valued and worthy.

The people pleaser in you wants to always bend to the wants and needs of others, even when you’re exhausted, because you want them to see you in a good light 💔

The last thing you feel you can ever do, is take your foot off the accelerator, and just slow down because so much needs doing 😵‍💫

God it’s exhausting and you are in a constant state of burn out, stress and toxic productivity.

It’s time to shed those layers of hiding how you’re feeling and being who you think everyone else needs you to be.

And just be you 🤩

And be able to switch off and relax without all the guilt.

And be able to look after yourself as well as everyone else 🥰

And just breathe 😮‍💨

Stop being a bit part in your own life and start being the main character.

DM me “BREATHE” and let’s chat about how you can step away from toxic productivity and step into a slower pace of life and with more headspace.

14/10/2024

Perfectionism is a self-esteem issue 💔

You want things to be perfect because you've always been told your worth is based on how 'good' or productive you are.

So you strive for the best all the time.

But when you can't meet the expectation of perfection, you feel like you're failing ☹️

And even when things do go as well as they can, you still pick holes in it and tell yourself that you should have done more or worked harder.

Sound familiar?

To let go of perfectionism, you need to work on the relationship you have with yourself 🥰

Here are 4 ways to step out of perfection and step into feeling secure enough to just be you:
✨ Talk to yourself more kindly, and move away from harsh criticism, and focus on the effort you put into everything, regardless of the outcome.
✨ Bring awareness to what it is, and why it is, you feel you need to get certain things perfect. Who are you trying to please? What do you fear happening if things aren't perfect?
✨ Re-frame your thinking by realising that your all or nothing tendencies aren't realistic. It is not either perfect or a complete failure. Things can be good enough and it be fine, The world won't end.
✨ With perfectionism you are only in competition with yourself, and the assumed competition of others who seem to do it all better than you. But you are your own worst enemy, striving for a picture perfect life that nobody has. Start to see what is right in front of you, going well, the small glimmers of positivity and progress that you are blocking out right now, while you tell yourself that you are not enough. You are enough, open your eyes to it.

Dm me "ENOUGH" and let's chat in your DM's further about your perfectionism and how to unpick it.

09/10/2024

Today has been good for the soul 🥰

I spent the morning with someone today who can so effortlessly cut through all the outside noise, and ask me the questions that help me dream big and broaden my horizons.

There’s not many people that can do that for me 🥹

And part of those deep questions can feel unsettling, but when you know you’re in a safe place to share, the vulnerability of it all is quickly outweighed by the bigger picture vision it gives me, and how hopeful and excited I feel about what’s to come for me.

I’m one who willingly engages with the uncomfortable side of emotions, because I know that what’s on the other side of that is growth, in all its messy and unpredictable nature 🥰

And I’ll take messy growth over staying stuck any day 🙌🏻

In safe spaces it’s ok to share the good, the bad and the ugly.

In safe spaces it’s ok to admit when life isn’t how you thought it’d be but that it’s ok.

In safe spaces it’s easy to be open and vulnerable without fear or judgement or hurt.

In safe spaces it’s ok show your imperfections.

And it is so freeing to be able to be that way 🫶🏻

I hope for you too, that you have the time, space and people in your life where you feel able to just be yourself.

Because everybody needs to feel accepted for who they are and for their journeys and dreams to be validated without question.

When you find that space, there is nothing that you cannot do 🤩

Ria 🌻

03/10/2024

I used to always feel like I had to be the good girl 🥹

👉The one who behaved.
👉The one who was always mindful of how others felt.
👉The one whose needs came last.
👉The ones whose voice didn't matter as much.
👉The one who would sacrifice my own feelings for the sake of others.
👉The one was who overly accommodating.
👉The one who would just 'go with the flow'

And it often came across as being easy going.

But it wasn't really.

It was being silent 🤫

But the things is, I never even realised that I was this way🫣

Something changed one day and I started to realise I needed to take care of myself better, I needed to feel more like me again and that I needed more time and space.

And once I started to do those things, it's like the blinkers came off and I realised how long I had been the good girl for, towing the line for the sake of others 😮

And it needed to change.

Since I had that realisation, braking free from it has become my sole focus and it has been so bloody liberating to go through the journey of being who I need me to be, not who I think others need me to be 😍

Beacuse I can't live my life for anyone else but myself (and my kids) and I can only live a full life, if I am always being uniquely me.

Can you relate to any of these feelings?

30/09/2024

Your reminder to do the work, not bury your head in the sand 🫣

Your perfectionism has always been there, but motherhood made it come out in full force.

Being the 'good girl' has always been your 'thing', but the uncontrollable nature of your emotions now you're a Mum makes it harder and harder to fit into that box.

People pleasing has always been your go-to tool to keep everyone else happy, but now you're a Mum and your time is limited, and you need you as much as everyone else does.

S**t got hard 😓

And you've no idea how to balance the person you are, the person you are becoming and this wild ride through motherhood anymore.

The anxiety is sky high and your self-belief is rock bottom 💔

How are you feeling right now is not just a phase, it is how you are feeling, and sometimes people need external support to navigate those feelings more easily.

And that's ok 🫶

But things could feel a hell of a lot brighter if you let yourself process what's going on for you rather than ignore it.

✨Imagine if you could let of of the weight of other peoples expectations?

✨Imagine if you could treat yourself the way you treat others without all the guilt.

✨Imagine if you could shed the layers of being the good girl and just simply be 'you and for that to feel safe for you.

✨Imagine if you could have an unwavering belief that you are good enough just as you are, without hiding behind trying to be who you think you should be?

If you're ready for that next step...join me live, 2 weeks today ay my 'Good Enough' Mum workshop and lets start helping you to come out of your shell a little bit more 🥰

Join here...
https://the-maternal-wellbeing-foundation.com/the-good-enough-mum

24/09/2024

COMMENT❤IF THIS REOSNATES WITH YOU.

You are going through the motions every day, always run off your feet, the to-do lists a mile long, the mental load unbearable, the need to be perfect always there and the feeling of being responsible for everyone's happiness chipping away at your energy everyday 😥

And you feel like you have to do it all with a smile on your face and to never complain because being a Mum is what you wanted, right?!

Yes, you are getting a lot done and people marvel at how you manage it all.

But on the inside you are fading away 😟

You have so much to do for everyone else, that you have no idea how to meet your own needs anymore.

Most of the time you have no idea who you even are 🫥

But you keep going because you can't be seen to fail or falter.

👉This is a functional freeze state of high functioning anxiety.

You keep going because you don't know how to stop, but all the thing you are doing are just ticking things off a list.

You are not thriving or growing 🫶

This is a one way ticket to burn out.

But it can stop.

🍂What if you could slow down.

🍂What if you could thrive, not just survive.

🍂What if you could look after yourself as well as everyone else.

🍂What if you could go from needing things to be perfect, to good enough?

🍂What if you could cut yourself some slack and give yourself the time just be in the moment.

If you are feeing stuck and you have no idea how to get unstuck, then join my 'Good Enough' Mum workshop on October 14th.

Comment "THRIVE" for the link to join.

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