RESILIENT IN MOTHERHOOD with KIRSTI GWYNN Hey lovely, Being in community with other mums is often said to be a way that we can feel less alone in the trenches of motherhood, and that can certainly be true. But what about those of us who sometimes feel more alone after spending time around other parents? Joining a baby-and-me postnatal yoga class and noticing how all the other babies chill out next to their mums — while yours screams unless you hold them the entire time. Having your child be...
17 days ago • 2 min read
RESILIENT IN MOTHERHOOD with KIRSTI GWYNN Hey lovely, We hear a lot about how we should allow our children's feelings. The logic behind this is that they'll build a tolerance to difficult feelings over time, so that they’re actually less affected by them in adulthood. In other words, they'll be more emotionally resilient. But allowing our children’s feelings can be really hard to do in practice, not least because their emotional outbursts can trigger similar feelings in yourself (especially...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
RESILIENT IN MOTHERHOOD with KIRSTI GWYNN Hey lovely, When you imagine the extended time together that a holiday brings, there’s a certain image in your mind: Bare feet, ice creams in hand, and the sort of connection that comes from laughing yourselves silly together in the warm summer sun. You plan time away together for these precious moments, but when the week actually arrives, you’re reminded that life with kids comes with some ever-present challenges: There comes a morning full of...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
RESILIENT IN MOTHERHOOD with KIRSTI GWYNN Hey lovely, 71% of mums in the UK feel overloaded (Make Mothers Matter, 2026). I relate, and probably you do, too. Last February, when I faced the fact that I was well and truly burnt out, even I could see that it made sense. I'd been carrying too much for too long... I was still postpartum with my second child, back and forth from the hospital with her once we'd discovered she had a kidney condition. I was carrying the load of the home and parenting...
2 months ago • 3 min read
RESILIENT IN MOTHERHOOD with KIRSTI GWYNN Hey lovely, You're no stranger to personal development. You're a reflective person by nature, and the fact that you feel things so deeply means you naturally gravitate towards thinking about your feelings and thoughts. Certain things have helped with the emotional intensity of life: walks in nature, a yoga or mindfulness practice. Maybe you’ve even faced your demons in therapy. You’ve tried a lot. And yet… life still feels harder than it should,...
3 months ago • 3 min read
RESILIENT IN MOTHERHOOD with KIRSTI GWYNN Hey lovely,Maybe last year Mother’s Day felt a little… disappointing. You’ve sacrificed so much for your children, pressed pause on your career while your partner’s continued to progress, and the truth is, it would be nice for that all to be seen. You can’t help but desire a Mother’s Day that feels like it acknowledges the effort you put into your mothering every single day. That makes sense, and I’m right there with you! So I wanted to spend this...
3 months ago • 4 min read
RESILIENT IN MOTHERHOOD with KIRSTI GWYNN Hey lovely,Maybe last year Mother’s Day felt a little… disappointing. You’ve sacrificed so much for your children, pressed pause on your career while your partner’s continued to progress, and the truth is, it would be nice for that all to be seen. You can’t help but desire a Mother’s Day that feels like it acknowledges the effort you put into your mothering every single day. That makes sense, and I’m right there with you! So I wanted to spend this...
3 months ago • 4 min read
RESILIENT IN MOTHERHOOD with KIRSTI GWYNN Hey lovely, Do you ever wonder if you should just give it all up for them? You’ve always had ambition, goals for your life. You’ve always approached your career with intention and it’s given you a sense of purpose. But in those moments when it gets in the way of being there for your kids — your mind drifting to that client during dinner, answering emails while they beg you to play with them, feeling like you’re not doing a good enough job at either...
6 months ago • 3 min read
RESILIENT IN MOTHERHOOD with KIRSTI GWYNN Hey lovely, Have you ever been in a moment you knew was special, and just felt disconnected from it? You’re spending time together as a family, the kids are falling about laughing over some silliness, your partner catches your eye and smiles, and you smile back — but somehow the warmth of the moment doesn’t quite reach you. Maybe it’s a blanket sense of exhaustion that keeps you numb. Maybe it’s the way your to-do list keeps tugging at your attention,...
6 months ago • 2 min read
