Journey to Mumpreneur

Hello! I have had quite alot going on at the moment and still finding a balance of working and being a stay at home mummy. Ellie goes to a childminder one day a week at the moment and I do some work from my my mums one day a week too. Alot of my work can be done in the evenings too as that is when my clients tend to be available. I haven't really spoken about what I do but following a conversation with some friends recently which resulted in me welling up and filling me with a re-ignited passion for what I do, I had to write this. 3 years ago after an office-based career in administration, customer service, marketing and banking I came across an opportunity to become a Protection Advisor. I prefer to call myself this as the words 'Insurance' can put people off. We insure most things don't we?! Our cars, our houses, our mobile phones in some cases, our pets but why do alot of families still not have life insurance? We see it all the time on TV so it isn't as

Hello and Happy Wednesday! As it has recently been National Breastfeeding Week last week I thought it would be the ideal time to share my journey now. I would like to think that with the Dispatches programme and other events across the country awareness has increased but still sadly numbers of mums who breastfeed are really low. Why is this? I think alot of mums are put under pressure to breastfeed but in some ways it should kind of be that mums are put under pressure to bottle feed. What I mean by this is that breastfeeding is one of the most natural things in the world, animals generally feed from their mum unless their life is at risk and they need hand rearing. The trouble is there isn't enough education or support available. I think if breastfeeding was discussed more in schools more women would grow up with the intention to do it if they choose to have a baby. I have a few friends who bottle fed, some who chose to from day 1 and others who couldn't breastfeed bu

Hello... Hope you are enjoying the weather. In all honesty, as much as I generally see the positives in most things I am finding it too hot, especially with a little one! We have spent most days indoors, pram walks for naps in the afternoon are a thing of the past at the moment unless I am prepared to sweat buckets! One of the joys of breastfeeding (or not) is having to wear clothes where access to boobs is easy! This usually means dresses are out of the window! I do have some breastfeeding dresses but they are not that trendy sadly! Anyway, I wanted to write this blog because it is something I have become passionate about and although my birth wasn't perfect I was prepared! So you hear the word hypnobirthing,  what goes through your head? Be honest. Is it that you think about being sat there being hypnotised about the birth you are going to have? Being led to believe that a birth is lovely and pain free? Well let me tell you about our experience. So we were driving to our