Walnut Wednesday

Saddling up for my most hefty walnutting yet and I have noticed that the FIVE+ years of doing the self-work has built me up to be a resilient walnut woman, who can handle anything while at the same time, give myself grace if things make me uncomfortable; and more importantly, not make it mean anything about ME!Nails are Glamrdip xo

This week's Menty B is sponsored by my parents offering to pay for a new carseat that I need. In this season, where my time is so much more precious, I have had reflected back to me, all the relationships where the energy I put in is not matched. This has overwhelmed me so much, that accepting kind gestures is hard for me again!

This week is a short story time where I felt seen by my friend. I have been getting stuck in a "just carry on" mentality and I have noticed that I stopped asking for help - which doesn't mean I don't need it!

This week I get to chat with Hannah, from the New Zealand Brand, Bear & Moo. We real-talk about business, cloth nappies and everything in between! Hannah says: I am the Founder & Director of Bear & Moo, an online store based in Hamilton for your everyday family. As a new Mum, I found there were lots of little costs that added up. One of the things that I used to hate spending money on was nappies, so I looked into cloth nappies. They just made sense to me and so I wanted to find a way to make them more accessible to kiwi families. Since launching Bear & Moo in 2018 we’ve also created our own kids clothing range called Hello Poppet and added a huge number of products to the Bear & Moo range like change mats, bibs, wet bags, day bags and recently silicone toys. My husband Richard and I now have 3 kids, 4 including Bear & Moo, and our youngest has just toilet trained so we are no longer a cloth nappy family but I absolutely adore helping other families get started and save a ton of money.I’ve built an epic community of wonderful customers and love sharing the behind the scenes of running a business, juggling parenthood and trying to squeeze a moment in there for me too!Shop at: www.bearandmoo.co.nz

I AM BACK AND FEELING FRESH after an afternoon getting out of the house with a sunshine and rainbow safe space friend.The quote I could not remember on this episode was: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results," Check out some of my bookish templates and review journals www.walnutwednesday.com/bookish/

The beautiful Kate is back and IN PERSON with me! Welcome to another fly-on-the-wall chat about communicating and who comms are actually easier for. We talk about comprehension and pressure and where that leaves us in conversations.Connect with Kate on Instagram @misskbromley and if you are in the UK, check out her documentary on Amazon Prime "Where The Tracks Lead"

This week's overshare is about how I did an exercise where I was asked to think of "my happy place" and interestingly enough, what came to mind was... MY OWN BED!

This week I was reflecting on an episode where I was actually triggered by being called nice. I talked about how kindness isn't a weakness and went to great passionate lengths (which I still stand by) about being called nice. But after going through the condition and since being a mother, being called nice doesn't upset me anymore and would not be received in the way I did back then. My kindness is a flex - there are plenty of people who don't have it.I'm so far away from the girl who got called nice and got upset because SHE made it mean she was weak/not good enough. During the condition/where I'm at now came this huge ego death, where I've had to ask and accept help and speak when I need to and I have to trust so deeply that I'm doing ok while thinking of everything that could possibly go wrong - I can do that AND still be kind. and it's a forking flex!