Getting out of debt as a mum feels impossible when you're in the middle of it. Bills are piling up, unexpected costs keep appearing, and no matter how hard you try, you can't seem to get ahead.

I know that feeling. For seven years I was trapped in a cycle of credit card debt and loans, watching the balance grow even as I tried to pay it down. At its worst I was carrying £40,000 in debt with no clear path out.

If you're a mum, you're probably juggling more than you ever thought possible. The feeds, the nappies, the sleepless nights, the endless mental load of keeping a household running. And somewhere in the middle of all that, there's money. The bills that arrive. The account balance you're not quite sure of. The debt you're avoiding thinking about.

It can be a great month when you’re all loved up and happy, and it can feel pretty shite when you’re not. So this month, I want to flip the script a little and start somewhere else entirely.

Self love.

We are now nearing the end of the month, the first month of 2026, and so in this week’s letter I want to look at setting goals. We are moving into month two, the month of love, and time is already passing quickly. I want to encourage you, my dear readers, to make this year count and, if you haven’t already, to set yourself some goals.

As I sat in the wee small hours one evening breastfeeding, I got to thinking about rest. What it is, what we need rest from and what rest even means to us. Those late night feeds, quiet and peaceful, just you and your baby…

Happy New Year to you, it’s day 2 of 2026. I always find these days at the start of a new year filled with an energy of excitement, anticipation and promise. For me it’s a time to look forward with wonder at all my plans for the year…

In my last letter I shared what led me to choosing a homebirth and some of the research that guided me there. Today I want to share the experience itself. It was beautiful, powerful and something I look back on with immense gratitude…

I’d thought about home birth before, but I’d always written it off as dangerous and instantly talked myself out of it. That changed during my pregnancy. I decided to have a home birth and it turned out to be the best decision of my life…

I am curious, scared and interested in AI in equal measures. I know very little about the topic I’d say, however I like to listen to podcasts and get a little more informed as time passes. The more I learn the more I feel fear…

Love love love, it’s another topic that I place right up there alongside money that I truly love to explore. I love love in all its forms! I adore hearing people’s love stories, love a good rom…

This month, I'm keeping the focus on all things MONEY! In my last letter, I shared with you some of my money worries and some of the phenomenal books that really impacted me. Did you decide to buy and of the books?

I remember as a child the time where there were a lot of ‘flus’ going around. Swine flu, pig flu all these flus that were sure to wipe us out and cause chaos. I remember one night going to bed and…

The famous morning routine required to win at life, at your career and at your goals!!! Wow how freaking exhausting is this constant messaging, the toxic hustle culture and the endless need to be productive and active to be worthy and winning…

As I reflect on the past decade, well even more than a decade actually. The past 13 years in which I have invested my time, my energy and my focus on building a career, following a calling and growing a charity. I sit and ponder all that it has taken for me and from me to build, Be United. The organisation that I have dedicated my life to over these past few years.

At times I have given it my all, at the expense of everything else in life. My social life, my friends, my family, my income, I poured everything into my work only to find myself feeling lost, lonely and unfulfilled…