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Curious minds and courageous hearts gather here.

Curious minds and courageous hearts gather here.

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I regularly share therapy insights and notes of hope – from my heart, direct to yours. Join my mailing list below.

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I’d love to connect with you.

I regularly share therapy insights and notes of hope – from my heart, direct to yours. Join my mailing list below.

☕️ Hello July 👋 🍁

☕️ Hello July 👋 🍁

Trigger warning: pregnancy loss . . . . . . In t

Trigger warning: pregnancy loss
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In this picture, I was pregnant with my second baby. The second baby I didn’t get to hold in my arms. And there was still to be another tragic loss after this one. Losing my babies shook every foundation I thought I had.

I was struck by this while walking through the ancient ruins of Xanthos in Turkey last year, I came across a small house I was instantly drawn to. It was on the edge of the beautiful city with a great view of the valley. I exclaimed “if I had lived here, this would be my house!”

I quickly realized this was in fact a house on the edge, maybe even in a wall, out of protection of the city - and would have either been some type of guard house or for someone that was on the edge of society’s acceptance.

It is not lost on me that I chose the house that I’ve often felt like: discarded, disowned, rejected, not protected. In the depths of pregnancy loss, I felt totally abandoned by God, and rejected outright by motherhood. Those that have experienced infertility and pregnancy loss will know what I mean - the questions that circle “Maybe I don’t deserve to be a mom?”

BUT.

No matter how “unprotected” I’ve felt at different times in my life or maybe how you’re feeling right now friend - God has held and will hold you.

My testimony is one that exclaims His protection.

So you & I? We can choose the house on the edge, we can believe in things our eyes do not see yet. We can have radical faith in the midst of doctors diagnoses & unexplained tragedy. Because OUR faith is in something bigger - much bigger.

Lift that precious chin. Where does your help come from? ✨

#redeeminghopebook #pregnancyloss #miscarriagesupport

“If we want our children to be independent, to g

“If we want our children to be independent, to go out and take on the world, we have to give them full confidence that they can come back to us as needed. Autonomy & connection: that’s secure attachment.”

- Raising a Secure Child - Cooper, Powell, Benton & Hoffman

Thank you Nics & Sharmon for being in our corner. For always reaffirming my intuition as a new mom. For providing us with safe spaces for vulnerability and connection. A soft landing spot - when the world shouts at us to follow experts and how to guides that fly in the face of secure attachment. For deeply valuing the precious, nurturing bond Georgie & I are forming.

For loving us. 🫶

We have now graduated from 2 courses from this special nook! The infant massage course and today, the music therapy course.

Friends with little babes & preggy moms, I can’t more highly recommend our nook 👉 @nurturenooksa. It is by far one of the best money & time investments we’ve made for Georgie & me. 🤍

Love you my bubs! What an adventure we get to be on 😍 🫶

#maternalwellness

This is Connie. Connie is employed as an office a

This is Connie.

Connie is employed as an office assistant in Randburg. Connie lives in Diepsloot and has endured much on her time on earth.

But her greatest test was yet to come.

In early 2024, her precious, youngest daughter Lesedi was diagnosed with Leukaemia. She tragically and traumatically passed away very quickly thereafter. She had just matriculated. She was bright. Determined. She wanted to be a pilot.

It makes zero sense that her soul left this earth so quickly. There is significant heartache that has been left in her wake.

Connie is one of the strongest, bravest and kindest humans I have ever met and worked with. A mom worth her weight in gold.

Together, we have been putting together a memory box for precious Lesedi. We’ve discussed all the things she loved, the precious words and phrases she used, the dreams she had for her life… We’ve laughed. We’ve sat in silence. We’ve prayed for comfort in the knowledge that Lesedi is seated in heaven, admiring all the rainbows she so loves.

This special memory box is invaluable in the deeply treasured memories it holds. What an honour to partner with Connie in this.

Thank you for the immense privilege of sharing this space with you, wonderful Connie.

Lesedi’s legacy lives on 🕊🌈

(Shared with Connie’s permission).

My favorite visitor at today’s @returntopresence

My favorite visitor at today’s @returntopresence workshop. Totally stole the show! 😂🫶 #babyyogi #5monthspostpartum #workingmama

Why might we people-please? Why might someone over

Why might we people-please? Why might someone overexercise? Why might some of us continue to get caught up in drama-fueled friendships & relationships? Why might some of us really struggle with overeating? Or substance abuse? Or working to the point of burnout?

In one of my favorite books in recent years, the author describes these as “surrogate mothers”. We keep reaching for what we think will give us the maternal nurturance, protection & guidance we lost or never had.

When we’ve lost our moms prematurely, or had a mom that simply couldn’t share what she didn’t have - a wound is left. An angry, painful wound that continues to fester until it’s given the therapeutic support it needs to heal.

I’m getting to read this beautiful book (Mother Hunger by Kelly McDaniel) for the second time, while I facilitate the Healing Mother Hunger program over at @returntopresence.

It’s turning into a beautiful ritual of putting Georgie to bed, making a cup of tea & climbing into bed with reading, and soul-centered self-care. So good for the heart, and whether or not you identify with wanting to heal mother hunger, I think we can all do with heart-nourishment 🤍

First pic: Flourish, a year of living well by @simplethingsmag
Second pic: artwork by Pride Nyasha

#rituals #mentalhealth