“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey’
“It’s not the winning, it’s the taking part”

We say these phrases and variants thereof all the time and yet fail to grasp the true meaning.

I truly don’t care if you want to birth by caesarean or au natural at home, I don’t care if you get up at 5am to meditate and do yoga or take time out of your working day to go for a mindful walk at lunchtime. I DO care that you figure out what is right for you and do it YOUR WAY.

Take a moment today to reflect on whether you’re being hounded by shoulds or musts in an area of your life – “I SHOULD be doing this or that” or “I MUST do it this way” and how it’s affecting you. Is it motivating or sabotaging you? Identify what it is you’re actually wanting. To give your baby the best start in life or creating balance in your own life may look different to how you think…