The Stepmom Chronicles: Embracing the Journey with Love and Patience
June 24, 2023
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5 seconds is all it took to flip our world…
My little daredevil Blake sitting on a skateboard,
scooting down our driveway went head first into the concrete!
If you’re a mum of boys like me,
you will know that well…
these kinds of things are just a standard day! 🫣🫠
But then started the intense headaches
And then came 🤮
The ‘mum red flags’ went up
🆘 mode kicked in…
So thankful for the @healthdirectaus info line
that walked me through all the steps and what we needed to do.
We opted for the safest option
an ambulance ride to the hospital 🚑
We waited 5hrs to see a doctor…
A sign that our hospital system is struggling to keep up with the demand 😓
Thankfully for us, just a minor concussion -
observations done and we were discharged.
My head hit the pillow at 5am 😴
My little legend is recovering well and almost back to his normal self.
A reminder to myself not to let mum guilt take over…
That spilt second is all it took
Why didn’t I notice he didn’t have a helmet on
That moment I wasn’t there to see it all happen
I can grapple with all the ‘woulda / shoulda / coulda’
But that ls not helpful.
It doesn’t serve me to think like that.
For the first time ever,
I appreciated all the security cameras we have
that captured the whole thing!
It helped the medical professionals understand
all the components of how the incident unfolded
Thank you to the #nswparamedics that looked after us 🙏
I’ve been in an ambulance twice
and both times it’s been with Blake on my lap!!
My third son 💙
My craziest kid 🫣
You certainly keep me on my toes baby boy! 🥲
Happy to report everything is ok and Blake is recovering well 💪🏻
#accident #ambulanceride #mumofboys #mumof3boys #happenedsofast #tiredmum
My 10 year old thinks `Vaping is cool`
This freaks me out...!
How, why and when did vaping become cool??
He is excited to "grow up so I can vape."
As a 80`s baby, I grew up with parents who both smoke (yep, even with kids in the car).
It was the `norm` to smoke in the house, and around your kids...
No one acknowledged how terrible this was for the health of us all.
In Australia, although cigarette smoking is far less popular these days
vaping is the rage
alcohol is still a daily / weekly norm
and you can feel on the outer if you don`t participate in this social behaviour.
This is just smoking and drinking...
We haven`t even addressed all the illegal drugs out there!
This week is all about building resilience, saying NO for the best interests of our own health and for that of our future generations.
Will you join the The Dalgarno Institute and No Brainer to make a difference?
https://worldresiliencyday.com.au/
#worldresiliencyday2024 #sayno #withoutsubstances #choosehealth #chooselife #support
What do you want to do with your life?
It’s ok not to know… 🤷♀️ (even if your ‘old’ lol)
Give yourself permission to seek new opportunities and gain experiences! ☀️
Too often we feel like we HAVE to have it all worked out for our business and career - we are supposed to be on some clear path for our future prosperity.
At preschool we are pressed to know ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?’
I’m grown up and I still don’t know the answer to this! 🤣🫣
I want to be lots of things!
I want to explore who I am and how I can help others…
I’m not designed to do the same thing forever.
It’s safe to let go of things that aren’t working for you…
Go on the journey - discover who you really are and what you are good at!
You can’t work this out until you try different methods!
What’s your unique ability?
What are you really good at and really love doing?
Share your thoughts with me the comments below ⬇️
#journey #career #businessowner #opportunity #whatdoyoudoforaliving #experiment #business #lifeisajourney
It’s a fun day when I can get @kristianlivolsi fired up on a topic! 🤣
Listen in to this snip of our hot seat episode where the discussion digressed about ad spend and marketing to your potential clients in your business…
Are you stuck in this loop?? 🫣
#marketing #businessowner #knowyournumbers #oldschool #businessadvice
What an absolute pleasure it was to hang out and chat all things business and motherhood with @josearistimuno 👏🏻
So many great takeaways from this conversation… jump onto the VIP Show on Spotify to listen in or grab the link from my linktree 👌🏻
#podcast #podcastepisode #businessandmotherhood #workingmothers #balance #familyandcareer
🆘 🚨 #thankafirstresponder day 🚑🚒🚓
🧡 To all of those serving in our community…
💙 For all of the sacrifices you make to keep us all safe…
💛 To all the families behind every service person…
💚 To the children that desperately miss their parents, but are so proud of the hero’s they have in their homes!
♥️ For the lonely nights, the missed celebrations, the sacrifices on your sleep, social life, date nights, normal meal times, doing sports, watching your kids play sports!!!
The list is endless… 😓
🫡 The gratitude for your sacrifices are often not acknowledged…
Today is the day we mark as #thankyou 🙏
@fortemaustralia is here to support you and your families! Check out their website, help is given to those who ask.
#police #fire #ambulance #ses #firstresponse #savinglives #policewife #policefamily #sacrifice #fortem
Brisbane you were amazing! 🤩
What a massive few days we’ve had learning, planning, strategizing, and leaning into the uncomfortable…
Our Evolve mastermind family showed up 110% and played full out! 🚀✨
💡 We mapped out 1 year business vision
💡 We reviewed strategies at play to see what opportunities and challenges we can foresee
💡 We designed a game plan for the next 90 days to get traction and momentum to reach our goals
🧠 We created AI personas and implemented into our businesses to automate and systemize
🧠 We dived deep into high performance habits, understanding what it truly takes to effectively incorporate a successful habit. We uncovered where we are lacking and how we can maximize our potential
🧠 We 10x’d our Leadership and understood what it takes to have level 5 ambition and how to showcase this in our teams and with our clients.
We laughed (A LOT! 🤣), We rallied, we supported, we shared, we cried and we embraced our community with so much gratitude for one another… ☀️
I’m proud of each and every one of you!
We push you hard and you step up to the challenge each and every week, month, quarter and year.
It’s an honour to support every one of you - thank you for your vulnerability and trust, I will never take that for granted 🙏
Now to start planning the next event! 😅
Who wants to come hang out with us in Sydney in September?? 🤗
#mastermind #businessowner #growthmindset #personaldevelopment #professionaldevelopment #business #journey
Just a standard Thursday night learning all things coffee @the.coffeecommune with @karimboktor in #brisbane
I may regret tasting coffee at 7pm!! ☕️😳
Great hanging out with you Karim and who knew you had all those barista skills!
#coffeeblends #coffee #barista #coffeebeans
3 sleeps to go until we are back in the room for our quarterly intensive mastermind session! 🤩
Watch out Evolve crew - I’ll be lurking over your shoulders ensuring that your 90 sprint is set for success in the months ahead 🕵️♀️ 🏆
My favourite part of my role is serving and supporting our collective community in 2 epic days of planning, strategizing, masterminding and up skilling on different aspects of business.
For the first time ever we are heading to #brisbane 🙌 🤩
Please turn on the sunshine and warm weather for me ☀️🤞🏻🤞🏻
Who are my friends close to Brisbane… wanna catch up Sunday morning before I fly back to Sydney??
#business #event #personaldevelopment #growthmindset #learning #community
