Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
As the summer holidays are a busy time for all us mums we decided not schedule a Mum’s The Boss meeting for August. Instead we arranged an evening social event at a local pottery painting studio. We had wine, soft drinks and nibbles and spent an incredibly relaxing evening painting and chatting about our families, our [...]
Let’s face it, we ALL have bad days. Sometimes it’s a Bad Parenting Day, when your children are testing you to the limits or you know you handled a situation badly. Or it might be as simple as a Bad Image Day, when you hate the way you look, none of your clothes fit and you can’t do [...]
When you work from home around a family, time is always against you. There are never enough hours in the day to please your kids, your partner and your customers – not forgetting yourself! So when you need answers or inspiration you don’t want to spend ages trawling the internet looking for it For this [...]
Ever since I became a mum I have practically lived in jeans - jeans and t-shirt in the summer, jeans and jumper in the winter, and on a (rare) night out, jeans with a slightly posher top and some extra lipgloss! In no way do I think I am unique – in fact quite the reverse. [...]
I was thinking recently about Friday nights, and realised that how I used to spend them compared to how I spend them now, is a pretty good indication of how my life has changed over the last 18 years. Before I had my children my Friday feeling was always very positive. There was something thrilling about [...]
As we come towards the end of the holiday a small shadow is encroaching on my holiday bliss; my youngest son, my baby, is starting school. A year ago I went through the emotional roller coaster of my eldest son starting school. Just as I had been warned since the day he was born – the time [...]
We recently posted a blog post, “From Mummy to Yummy in half the time!”, in which Tanith Carey, the author of “How to be an Amazing Mum…” shared some quick tips on how to look your best when the clock is ticking. Having read the whole of Tanith’s fabulous book of time-saving tips from cover [...]
When the weather is good, getting out in the garden is one of summers pleasures. I am sure that most of you, like me, have a garden littered with an array of brightly coloured plastic toys, balls, bats, bikes, scooters, slides etc. However children often tire of their toys and are quick to announce “I’m bored……..”. [...]
In days gone by, as soon as you had kids, you could stop bothering about the way you looked. By the time you were thirty-five, it was fine to look middle-aged, let the weight pile on and get a Mrs Merton perm. These days, however, we mums are expected be every bit as glamorous as we [...]
