Oh lovely I absolutely adored getting a peak into your life and weekly routines.
I also don't like the word juggle and use dance instead haha
I'm doing business very much in union with my babies in the current season I am in. My partner works 4-5 days a week on his own business but not at home and I do mostly everything on 1-2 days a week. I have a photography business alongside my writing here on Substack and it all fulfils me very much. We homeschool and even though my eldest does do a homeschool group twice a week in the mornings, my littlest is always with me so I can strongly relate to having the laptop out in random places trying to put together a sentence that makes sense while colouring and playing fire trucks at the same time 😂
But like you say - it all complements each other.
I have definitely, despite the sleep deprivation, noticed more efficiency in my work. It also just feels so god damn fulfilling to nourish that creative side of us when we do get a chance.
Also very excited to read about some of your new offerings here. Cannot wait for more of your magic ✨ xx
Ahhh thank you lovely one for reading, I love that you ‘dance’ too!!!
Adore that sentence... in union with your babies... that’s so magical and inspiring. It’s amazing how focused things can become is t it... I feel like it’s only enhanced my work, and also taught me a lot about patience and ‘right timing’.
I love that you have a photography business too. Would love to see more of your work. Xxx
“The beauty of her wildness is that when I became a Mother she moulded to meet the needs of my family.” Oof! Yes. What a gorgeously inviting post, Lauren ✨
I feel I have so much to respond to here but mostly want to say a resounding YES to dancing rather than juggling. Life feels overwhelming at times and, you’re right, the language we use can add to that overwhelm.
I think our weeks will look very similar when my maternity leave ends. That’s the kind of balance and looseness I’m aiming for. Your offerings sound brilliant too and I can’t wait to take you up on them just as soon as I return to a rhythm with life and work 💫
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts, and it’s great to know our rhythms will be similar. I feel like Sophia helped me find the rhythm that works for me... but also it has been challenging because there are not many ‘models’ out there - that are visible anyway - of what it looks like to have a business and Mother alongside each other. I feel like there is models of either stay at home Mum or Full time working Mum... but not as much in between. So it feels a bit wild sometimes carving a path that is solely based on our needs which is a little cocktail of it all... but also it’s something I’m so so grateful for.
I would be so honoured to share with you when you are ready. Thank you xxx
Lauren, this was a lovely read! Your thoughts on the impact of our words really resonated with me. I adore the imagery you used with dancing and juggling. From now on, I'll be incorporating this perspective into my daily life. It's sure to bring more peace to my days. 🙏
Thank you so much lovely for reading and for reflecting your thoughts. I would love to hear how your ‘dance’ goes and whether it brings a little more ease and gentleness to the path! Xx
Ahhh I relate to my business in the same way. Spirit lead, beyond myself. For a long time my work would guide me completely though since becoming a mother I had to creat some agreements.
We have one sort of day a week 9ish-2ish to write.
And I have a couple of tiny patches when Raf goes to swimming buttt now that a newborn is in the picture an hour can be spent feeding and rocking not writing haha
Oh yes I used to totally let her lead me before babies... I laugh at myself now for ever thinking I had a ‘full’ life then. But I’m way more devoted to the business now even though there is less space.
That sounds like a lovely chunk of writing time... but also yes newborn haze is a little less predictable! I found at the very start with Vesper I had way more time and then as she has got older that is constantly changing. Now she has a little more ‘nap structure’ (ish) I feel like I get a few little extra 20-30 minute time chunks. Which are lifelines!!!!
Oh my goodness, I loved every bit of this post, Lauren!! You weave this magic of motherhood and sacred business so beautifully and it's an honor to be on this journey with you. I'm so excited about all you have in store (just tried to upgrade to paid but my American card hates that all of you here on Substack live in the UK, haha, so I've got to call the bank 🤦🏽♀️). I also loved reading your "week in the life"! It's so amazing seeing how other mama's make the work/baby raising balance happen!
Ahhh thank you lovely! I’m so grateful we get to travel it together! That’s so weird about the payment thing.. hope it’s fixable!!
I’m sure it will all change again soon... this week I just had to laugh because every childcare route seemed to be blocked and I just had to lean into it and accept that work would have to slow right down!! 🤪 xxx
Oh Lauren! I love what you wrote here. How your business is Sacred, how you Dance together, how you have been unable to give the 60 second spiel on your business. How becoming a Mumma has helped your business grow because of the sacred dance you dance together.
I relate so much!!!
I am a Mumma of 12 year old twins and motherhood is the most important dance I have ever danced. We are also a home educating family. Plus I also have my own healing/spiritual mentoring business. I am a Gardener and Storyteller of the Soul who weaves shamanism, story-telling, soul retrieval and spiritual mentoring with the wisdom of the changing seasons and moon cycles (life, death and rebirth) to create a gentle and profound space for healing, alchemical change and transformation.
It is a dance. Sometimes I have 2 left feet. Sometimes I am the most fluid of dancers.
My children are my greatest teachers and they help me weave what is IMPORTANT in my vision into my day to day life.
I absolutely love the idea of calling it the "dance" instead of the "juggle". I always think juggle makes it sound like we are struggling and whilst sometimes this is very much the case, in other instances I am PROUD of all the things I can achieve in a day of mothering and working. We are truly superheroes and I think the dance represents this better. Thank you for sharing your weekly routine, I always find it interesting how others find the family life balance. Last year I ended up working all weekend so have set boundaries meaning weekends are strictly family time... but it depends who has had a sickness bug that week as to how much work gets done!
Yesssss to being proud of it all!!! I am so glad the word dance resonates too... it feels way more beautiful doesn't it? A beautiful mess (I am not a graceful dancer!)! Ha! I know that I don't want to work weekends forever but right now it feels like an OK compromise. As soon as it stops working... then I will make a change. Thank you so much for reading and joining the conversation. xx
Describing motherhood and business like a dance reminds me of the essay I wrote for Sarah Shotts and her open call for exploring motherhood and creativity. I said we get to choose what kind of dance it is, maybe the tango or a slow waltz, depending on the day! Lately, I’m envisioning the dance to be more like our breath, an inhale and exhale with pauses in between.
My heart work is to show up fully in my life and let grace be the secret sauce to all I do and become. I want to create healthy, thriving communities where connections are authentic and our vulnerabilities make us stronger because we know there is a safety net of love waiting to catch us when we fall and we are that safety for others, too. 💗
Oooooh that sounds beautiful! I so wanted to submit to that but the timing wasn’t right for me! I am so looking forward to reading that when it comes to life!!
Oh Grace being the secret sauce... that sounds divine and delicious!!!! I am holding that vision for your heart work with you lovely! I can see it and feel it already xxxx
So many exciting things being birthed 🥰 hope future Mamas will also be welcome in some sessions. As I love the energy but of course cannot share the same experiences (yet)
So raw and real thank you for sharing about your pivot after less than expected people registered for your seasonal gathering.
So often we see online how oversubscribed every event apparently is and that’s not reality, for a reason and opportunity we’re invited to explore. So I see these things as gifts ✨
I have always felt so called to share the reality behind the scenes in business but it’s often felt too risky... but I also value transparency very highly. And the reality is that for every ‘successful’ offering there are probably ten that have resulted in a change of plan... that’s the nature of experimentation in business and I think it needs to be normalised... otherwise it gives a false impression of what things are really like.
Thank you, Lauren! This has really inspired me to be in a more conscious, sacred relationship with my business. She and I are partners in creating a magical, fulfilling life.
Oh lovely I absolutely adored getting a peak into your life and weekly routines.
I also don't like the word juggle and use dance instead haha
I'm doing business very much in union with my babies in the current season I am in. My partner works 4-5 days a week on his own business but not at home and I do mostly everything on 1-2 days a week. I have a photography business alongside my writing here on Substack and it all fulfils me very much. We homeschool and even though my eldest does do a homeschool group twice a week in the mornings, my littlest is always with me so I can strongly relate to having the laptop out in random places trying to put together a sentence that makes sense while colouring and playing fire trucks at the same time 😂
But like you say - it all complements each other.
I have definitely, despite the sleep deprivation, noticed more efficiency in my work. It also just feels so god damn fulfilling to nourish that creative side of us when we do get a chance.
Also very excited to read about some of your new offerings here. Cannot wait for more of your magic ✨ xx
Ahhh thank you lovely one for reading, I love that you ‘dance’ too!!!
Adore that sentence... in union with your babies... that’s so magical and inspiring. It’s amazing how focused things can become is t it... I feel like it’s only enhanced my work, and also taught me a lot about patience and ‘right timing’.
I love that you have a photography business too. Would love to see more of your work. Xxx
“The beauty of her wildness is that when I became a Mother she moulded to meet the needs of my family.” Oof! Yes. What a gorgeously inviting post, Lauren ✨
I feel I have so much to respond to here but mostly want to say a resounding YES to dancing rather than juggling. Life feels overwhelming at times and, you’re right, the language we use can add to that overwhelm.
I think our weeks will look very similar when my maternity leave ends. That’s the kind of balance and looseness I’m aiming for. Your offerings sound brilliant too and I can’t wait to take you up on them just as soon as I return to a rhythm with life and work 💫
Ahhhh yes that line felt so good to write!!
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts, and it’s great to know our rhythms will be similar. I feel like Sophia helped me find the rhythm that works for me... but also it has been challenging because there are not many ‘models’ out there - that are visible anyway - of what it looks like to have a business and Mother alongside each other. I feel like there is models of either stay at home Mum or Full time working Mum... but not as much in between. So it feels a bit wild sometimes carving a path that is solely based on our needs which is a little cocktail of it all... but also it’s something I’m so so grateful for.
I would be so honoured to share with you when you are ready. Thank you xxx
Lauren, this was a lovely read! Your thoughts on the impact of our words really resonated with me. I adore the imagery you used with dancing and juggling. From now on, I'll be incorporating this perspective into my daily life. It's sure to bring more peace to my days. 🙏
Thank you so much lovely for reading and for reflecting your thoughts. I would love to hear how your ‘dance’ goes and whether it brings a little more ease and gentleness to the path! Xx
Ahhh I relate to my business in the same way. Spirit lead, beyond myself. For a long time my work would guide me completely though since becoming a mother I had to creat some agreements.
We have one sort of day a week 9ish-2ish to write.
And I have a couple of tiny patches when Raf goes to swimming buttt now that a newborn is in the picture an hour can be spent feeding and rocking not writing haha
Anyway so loved reading this xxx
Oh yes I used to totally let her lead me before babies... I laugh at myself now for ever thinking I had a ‘full’ life then. But I’m way more devoted to the business now even though there is less space.
That sounds like a lovely chunk of writing time... but also yes newborn haze is a little less predictable! I found at the very start with Vesper I had way more time and then as she has got older that is constantly changing. Now she has a little more ‘nap structure’ (ish) I feel like I get a few little extra 20-30 minute time chunks. Which are lifelines!!!!
Thank you for reading xxxx
Oh my goodness, I loved every bit of this post, Lauren!! You weave this magic of motherhood and sacred business so beautifully and it's an honor to be on this journey with you. I'm so excited about all you have in store (just tried to upgrade to paid but my American card hates that all of you here on Substack live in the UK, haha, so I've got to call the bank 🤦🏽♀️). I also loved reading your "week in the life"! It's so amazing seeing how other mama's make the work/baby raising balance happen!
Ahhh thank you lovely! I’m so grateful we get to travel it together! That’s so weird about the payment thing.. hope it’s fixable!!
I’m sure it will all change again soon... this week I just had to laugh because every childcare route seemed to be blocked and I just had to lean into it and accept that work would have to slow right down!! 🤪 xxx
I love the description of a dance not a juggle! Really interesting to take a peek at your week too. x
So glad you found it interesting! And yes… the dance has been really helpful for me to reframe the chaos!!!! Xx
Amazing! This is my goal, to be able to do my passions and stay close to my girls ❤️
Mine too! I’m still figuring out the delicate balance but each season it changes!!! X
Reading the way you talk about your business and describing her as a ‘she’, really shifted something for me. This is so utterly beautiful 🤍✨
Ahh I am so glad it landed for you - I truly see my business as a living breathing essence... and she is definitely SHE! xx
Oh Lauren! I love what you wrote here. How your business is Sacred, how you Dance together, how you have been unable to give the 60 second spiel on your business. How becoming a Mumma has helped your business grow because of the sacred dance you dance together.
I relate so much!!!
I am a Mumma of 12 year old twins and motherhood is the most important dance I have ever danced. We are also a home educating family. Plus I also have my own healing/spiritual mentoring business. I am a Gardener and Storyteller of the Soul who weaves shamanism, story-telling, soul retrieval and spiritual mentoring with the wisdom of the changing seasons and moon cycles (life, death and rebirth) to create a gentle and profound space for healing, alchemical change and transformation.
It is a dance. Sometimes I have 2 left feet. Sometimes I am the most fluid of dancers.
My children are my greatest teachers and they help me weave what is IMPORTANT in my vision into my day to day life.
Thank you for this beautiful post.
Utterly adore this reflection and I can't imagine what 12 years of Mothering twins must have taught and shown you! Wow... what a beautiful gift.
LOVE the terms Gardener and Storyteller of the Soul!!! What a beautiful container to hold all of your magic - it sounds so captivating.
Thank you for reading and sharing your words with me, I am so grateful for your presence here. xxx
I absolutely love the idea of calling it the "dance" instead of the "juggle". I always think juggle makes it sound like we are struggling and whilst sometimes this is very much the case, in other instances I am PROUD of all the things I can achieve in a day of mothering and working. We are truly superheroes and I think the dance represents this better. Thank you for sharing your weekly routine, I always find it interesting how others find the family life balance. Last year I ended up working all weekend so have set boundaries meaning weekends are strictly family time... but it depends who has had a sickness bug that week as to how much work gets done!
Yesssss to being proud of it all!!! I am so glad the word dance resonates too... it feels way more beautiful doesn't it? A beautiful mess (I am not a graceful dancer!)! Ha! I know that I don't want to work weekends forever but right now it feels like an OK compromise. As soon as it stops working... then I will make a change. Thank you so much for reading and joining the conversation. xx
Describing motherhood and business like a dance reminds me of the essay I wrote for Sarah Shotts and her open call for exploring motherhood and creativity. I said we get to choose what kind of dance it is, maybe the tango or a slow waltz, depending on the day! Lately, I’m envisioning the dance to be more like our breath, an inhale and exhale with pauses in between.
My heart work is to show up fully in my life and let grace be the secret sauce to all I do and become. I want to create healthy, thriving communities where connections are authentic and our vulnerabilities make us stronger because we know there is a safety net of love waiting to catch us when we fall and we are that safety for others, too. 💗
Oooooh that sounds beautiful! I so wanted to submit to that but the timing wasn’t right for me! I am so looking forward to reading that when it comes to life!!
Oh Grace being the secret sauce... that sounds divine and delicious!!!! I am holding that vision for your heart work with you lovely! I can see it and feel it already xxxx
So many exciting things being birthed 🥰 hope future Mamas will also be welcome in some sessions. As I love the energy but of course cannot share the same experiences (yet)
So raw and real thank you for sharing about your pivot after less than expected people registered for your seasonal gathering.
So often we see online how oversubscribed every event apparently is and that’s not reality, for a reason and opportunity we’re invited to explore. So I see these things as gifts ✨
Oh yes you would be so welcome lovely!!!!!
I have always felt so called to share the reality behind the scenes in business but it’s often felt too risky... but I also value transparency very highly. And the reality is that for every ‘successful’ offering there are probably ten that have resulted in a change of plan... that’s the nature of experimentation in business and I think it needs to be normalised... otherwise it gives a false impression of what things are really like.
I’m the Queen of a pivot! Ha! Xx
Thank you, Lauren! This has really inspired me to be in a more conscious, sacred relationship with my business. She and I are partners in creating a magical, fulfilling life.
Yes yes! You are co creating together!! Xx