Mamahood Our Way Claire Jackson + Charlotte Jackson

When we say boundaries we can often jump to saying NO - but where else can boundaries support (and protect!) our mental health in motherhood? Claire share’s a few ideas and some stories of where boundaries have got the better of her! Listen to the end for an important announcement, Mamahood fam 🧡

It’s mental health awareness month in SA/NSW so I’ve given my co-host a few weeks ago so I can bring you a mini-series to amplify the message - that yours matters 🧡 Over the next four episodes I’ll share 6 life-changing tools that have helped me heal from PND and feel like my head is in a good place again ✨ But first, here’s a speedy zip through my own mental health struggles, and some reflections on why talking about it helps 🧡

Charlotte’s lost the plot and has resorted to scrolling Urban dictionary, and Claire’s so far over feeling shit she’s a bear with a sore head without a sense of humour 🫠 But ‘bear’ with us dearest Mamas because this week we do step you through the easiest journalling ritual for the end of your month, sharing our reflections in the process! ✨ We’d love to know your reflections - why not post them on your stories and tag us at @mamahood.my.way so we can see 😍

Another thing society has an opinion on as well as how you conceive, birth, feed and sleep your baby is how MANY babies you have. And when it comes to our choice (shock horror, we are actually doing Mamahood the same here), we’re ‘doing it wrong’. Here we share our very different journeys that have lead to the same outcome of being one and done (with one of us reserving the right to change her mind!)

As always this week’s episode gets into two very different schools of thought, this time around SLEEP! So often the BANE of most parents existence in those first few+ years. CJ1 is team sleep support, CJ2 is go with the flow, and they share their very different experiences in a non-judgey but raw + real way. This one’s for anyone who’s in the thick of trying to sort sleep out, who’s given in or up on even trying to, or even the Mum out the other side but can hard relate. The one thing we DO agree on is that lack of sleep is an absolute f*cker, and you do whatever you need to get through! Claire’s support for sleep came from @holisticsleepmumma 🧡

Mamahood doesn’t come much differently for these two than when it comes to organisation, cleaning, and the meaning of a ‘spring clean’…Charlotte has the physical spaces Mum hacks nailed, whereas Claire has been finding ways to spring clean her energy ✨ If you loved the episode a rate, review or subscribe would be so appreciated 🙏🏻Book onto the Mama Day Retreat at www.mamahoodmyway.com 🧡 We truly adore you, and hope you feel the same about your glorious self, Mama ✨