YES!!

She's here!!! After a couple weeks of technicalities, Apple Hospital for the Macaroo, some mental lows and a handful of excuses; It's NOT All Doom And Gloom is here!

As mentioned before, the podcasts and blogs with take the categories of It's Not All Doom And Gloom, Stories, Experience and Solutions; so I can talk about all I want to talk about to be quite frank.

I have so much knowledge to share, experiences to relay and some funny stories to tell so, why not.

An introduction to what makes me me and a little dating talk, it's a mixed bag and basically a wee one sided conversation with me.

Lets go.

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Hey Guys.

Take each podcast as a trigger warning.  I may say things that touch a nerve or are a tad distressing and I will 100% swear.  As a disclaimer - I am not a mental health professional, this is a podcast blog on my own personal experiences so doesn't replace medical guidance or advice.

I've been away a hot minute...  The imposter syndrome sneaked up and knocked me off of my stride.. Unsurprising.  This healing jazz is hard. Here I reintroduce myself.

Add in wondering whether what I am saying is oversharing, well, I have talked myself out of a lot of content.

So, here is what I am going to do... Every few days I am going to hop on and spill.  I will pick topics, I will talk about my mental health battles, the wins, the things that pop into my mind and hope that some of it sticks with you.

I've learnt a lot in my healing journey.

Is it easy? No. Is it painful at times? Yes.

But it is producing such magic and peace and clarity for me that I haven't felt before.  

I still intend on telling past stories, but at a pace that suits my healing and so I can tell it in such a way that doesn't leave me feeling in conflict with myself.  Much of it is fear, fear of what will happen if I tell my life experiences but every day I am gaining a little more strength.

I had no idea I hated myself.  I thought because I fought so hard to make a life for myself that I must care about myself but have come to realising that what I was fighting for was love and acceptance.. Believing that it must be earned, which is just simply not true.

What I have come to realise is that it, the love and acceptance has to come from within, it has to start with me and being my genuine self, not my armour built me I have forged to protect myself and that way I can meet the people who will love and accept me as I am.

The proof of this healing is found within feeling at peace more, not feeling like I owe an explanation and that I have some friendships that I feel safe in.

It's the very start, but for the first time in my life I feel like I am capable and worthy of the life I want and deserve for myself and my daughter and that is exciting.

What upsets me is that some people will never realise their true potential and actual worth, largely from acquired and sometimes ongoing dialogue telling them they have none.  I hope I can provide some inspiration from breaking free.

It is painful and scary to share at times, so I am setting my pace and being kind to myself, but I feel like I am setting myself free, shedding the armour, breaking the bars of the cage and realising that I am not my story, I am not my experiences, I am not what I am told I am worth.  I am me.

And that, to me, is what is exciting.

Part two of my first trimester into my solo pregnancy journey and some of the mad things that happened in my first trimester.

It was a really special time but of course very bittersweet.

Tune in to hear about me saving a toddler in Covent Garden, Crying in a police interview and my alternative 30th birthday celebration; somewhat different to the Ibiza partying hard celebration I was planning on..

The first podcast detailing 'My Story' or the journey in becoming a single mum through single pregnancy and the life path that followed.
Like every new mum, when I found out I was pregnant my life was about to change more than I could imagine..
I was a busy PT and single girl living and working in London, after a turbulent few years where my mum had passed in 2016 after years battling alcohol addiction, I hadn't come to deal with the pain until pregnancy happened, instead avoiding feeling by overworking then drowning sorrows at the weekend..

Pregnancy came as a shock, even though it shouldn't (someone once sent me a meme saying "you had sex without a condom, what did you expect? a plasma tv", which they had actually meant for me to say to 'dad') but yeah, planning life around my career and future trips abroad was about to come to an abrupt halt.

An intro and background to the start.

Pt 2 will continue the 1st trimester, feelings, pregnancy itself and telling everyone else.. And making the decision of whether or not to stay in London, whilst dealing with Ruby's dad contesting me going through with it all

The last in the fat loss series I put out. (I may update and rerecord this down the line)

Action.

Looking at some of the pitfalls like hitting fad diets, hitting the cardio machines too much (cardio IS NOT a bad thing, there are just better ways of doing it and resistance training is key), 'wrong foods' and doing what you hate..


There's a couple bits I want to raise - the body will burn food for fuel first; I skipped that part out when saying muscle then fat.. Apologies.. Trying to get some basic tips out, that's all, nothing super educational.. Talking..

If you want some detailed education and posts on nutrition check out people like Phil Learney @theptcoach >>> He knows what he is talking about!

After the first two podcasts touching upon the thoughts that surround your goals and ways to put in place proper and achievable goals and the right mindset to get you going..

Fat Loss Pod 3 is looking at the interactions with yourself, your friends and family and social media to get you thinking about who and what are helpful and supportive to achieving your goals and if not no worries :) Focus in on you and look to the positives and only involve those supportive in this are of yourself :)

We touch on negative interactions and their impact and minimising them.  

We look at the benefits and considerations of hiring a coach to help you focus on your goals.

We look at inspiring content and profiles/figures online vs negative comparisons.

We look at ways to involve your positive support network for success.

Grab a notebook and pen like last time, jot down some notes to implement strategies and drop me a DM or comment on @strongmamamoves on Instagram or an email to [email protected]

The second of four in the Fat Loss Series looking at thoughts surrounding fat loss and looking at mindset.

Barriers to fat loss including a lack of direction, lack of consistency, considerations of anxiety, depression and lack of sleep and their knock on effect in dieting and exercise and how negative thoughts can halt your progress when on a mission to lose body fat.

Grab a notepad and pen for this one and take note of some tips to apply to get you moving and be sure to let me know how they work out for you!

Fire questions to me at my instagram @strongmamamoves and for any personal training enquiries drop me a line at [email protected]

The next in the Fat Loss Series will be Fat Loss and Interactions..

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