A New Era

Hello! It’s been a while and when I say that, I mean it’s been months. I’ve been busy settling into life as a new mum for the last 6 months and then into a new life in the last 2 months.

After one year of running my business, I went on a mission of running an anxiety-friendly business. It took me a few years but it was beautiful. A year ago, I started making it family-friendly shaped too. It was!

I went back to work after a few days via my phone, a few weeks via my laptop and a few months in-person. I was so proud of creating a business that I loved and could do around being a mum.

My son was born with medical needs, Hirschsprung’s disease, making this a little more tricky but I was navigating both the business and his care, mostly by him joining in with all my work! In August, he went in for surgery and we came away with our lives looking very different. Ffredi now has an ileostomy which means he requires constant care, additional support and medical admin.

So my work has to change again.

In the last 6 months and before, I was working on so much content, for the podcast, email and social media. It’s all tucked away and now it’s time to bring it out. Thanks to some help from other freelancers who’ve been working on my business too - Caitlin and Liz.

My client work has changed, I have to work around Ffredi’s care, appointments and life. He comes first. I’m doing what I can from where I can so more remote things where I can fit them in, writing and recording for sure.

I’m excited to be releasing a new series of my podcast, Ripping up the Rules. Because every single freelancer or self employed person I know is ripping up all the rules we’re taught about life and work in creating their own business.

So you’ll hear from me, episodes I’ve already recorded, new episodes on running a business as a mum(!!) and you’ll hear from other self-employed guests as they share how they’re ripping up the rules. I’m so excited for this.

When I was pregnant, I was adamant that I wouldn’t let being a mum become my whole personality because I love my business and it’s a separate thing. But it has become my personality, it’s who I am now and I’m embracing my MUM ERA. I’m embracing being a business owner and a mum of a baby with medical needs and it’s all here.

I’m fighting against that instinct to keep it very professional and not allow the personal to blend in with the professional business side of things. Why is that a thing I feel I need to do? Anyway, I’m ripping up that rule too.

So here I am, controlling what I can control while things are limited - relaunching my podcast with a bang on my birthday 5th November 💥, sliding in with some emails here and there, sharing lots about living with Ffredi’s needs on my personal Instagram and doing what we’re all doing - our best.

It’s a new era for my business and my life and that’s what running your own business is all about, isn’t jt?

Love you all x