Micah Klassen shares her poem The Reckoning - A Haiku stack

Jessie Fuller shares her poem Starting School

Katie Car shares her poem All The Things

Emily Mew shares her poem Anthem of the Mothers (after Karan Chambers)

Charlotte Fay shares her poem Rainbow Baby.

I’m really excited to bring you the full list of incredible contributors to yet another incredible issue and the last published Issue for 2022. This issue is the Poetry Edition, and is a collaboration with The Mum Poem Press.

Shopping small and independent is something that is hugely important to me!

I am so excited to share the Isabella and Us. Mother’s Day Gift Guide for 2022, featuring an incredible range of small businesses and wonderful Gift Ideas. Happy shopping small!

Happy Shopping!

A Recipe for Happiness because a happy Mum means a happy home

Would you like to wake up feeling happier and more excited for the day ahead? Here’s how!

I’m really excited to bring you the full list of incredible contributors to yet another incredible issue and the first Issue for 2022. This issue is the Self Care Edition, focusing on self care, creativity wellbeing and motherhood.

Disposable Sick Bag

Unsoiled I should add.

I’m not quite sure what compelled me to keep it. Perhaps it was the pleasant drawing of the Mary Poppins-esque lady on the front smiling politely as though to say ’everything’s going to be alright dear.’

Your 2021 Christmas Gift: Feeling confident and beautiful

And in a blink of an eye it’s now December.

Amongst the million things we all need to organise before Christmas, have you already allowed yourself to think about what you will wear during the 2021 festivities?

Since we all became mothers I am pretty sure this question has become less and less relevant for the majority of us.

As Andy Williams sings into our eardrums every Christmas: ‘It’s the most wonderful time of the year.’ And while it’s true for many of us, equally, there are those of us who feel all is not quite so wonderful about Christmas.

Chasing Your Dreams Realistically Through All Seasons of Life

There once was little girl who wanted to write about love and adventure. She tried and tried again as she grew, to make her dreams of becoming a published author come true. But whether her metaphorical dragons were self-doubt, imposter syndrome, abusive exes or poor time management, she didn’t get there until she was thirty years old. And a mother herself to another little girl surely already full of her own hopes and dreams.

Daily rituals for overall calm

Looking after our mental and physical health as parents often feels hard to prioritise. Over the years I have found making time to go swimming in sea with friends and joining a yoga class (albeit on zoom during lockdown!) to be the places I can just be me and reconnect with myself. Perhaps for you, these places look like heading out for a run, meeting a friend for a child free coffee, or cooking an indulgent meal.

The Power of Asking for Help

When I submitted a pitch to write an article for Issue 14 of Positive Wellbeing Zine for Mums, in all honesty I think I did it as much to help myself come to terms with my experience, as well as to comfort any other struggling mothers out there. This is the story of my journey to complete low self-worth and how I am pulling myself back.

I’m really excited to bring you the full list of incredible contributors to yet another incredible issue and the final Issue for 2021. This issue is the Motherhood Edition, focusing on self care, creativity wellbeing and motherhood.

How I Ditched the Motherhood ‘Shoulds’ and Learnt to Trust My Intuition

There are few things in life that invite as many opinions and expectations from others, yet requires as much self-knowing as motherhood.

Before I had Trudy, I was very used to doing all the ‘shoulds’. You know the drill… uni, career, marriage. And while I enjoyed all these, my story was one of looking outwards for what I ‘should’ be doing. I never checked-in with how I felt. I never checked-in with my intuition.

As summer’s end draws closer, and the leaves silently begin to prepare themselves to make their journeys down to rest on the ground, the approach of the Autumn Equinox has long been a time associated with a significant switch in our energy levels.

Shopping small and independent is something that is hugely important to me, and there’s no better time to shop small than Christmas. I am so excited to share the Isabella and Us. Christmas Gift Guide for 2021, featuring an incredible range of small businesses and wonderful Gift Ideas. Happy shopping small!

Happy Shopping!

Are you working to live or living to work?

Having been described as an out and out entrepreneur I like to think that one of my strongest traits is my ability to get stuff done. The utter belief that no matter what, I will succeed at whatever I do and will not stop until I reach the outcome I want.

Nothing or no one is perfect!