Ursula Tavender
Five things that erode our confidence as mums and what we can do about it
Last week I had a bit of a mini-meltdown and ended up sobbing down the phone to Tim, my husband about how I was literally, catastrophically failing at life. A tad melodramatic, maybe…but that was 100% how I felt right then. My plate-spinning confidence was on the floor (along with
The Mumbelievables interview #2: Aby Moore
I’m beyond thrilled to have Aby Moore as this week’s Mumbelievables interview. Aside from the fact that she’s a hugely inspirational and incredible woman, Aby has built a full-time income from her brilliant family lifestyle blog You Baby Me Mummy and has now chosen to support up-and-coming bloggers to make
Part five: And now, with the sun on my face
My recovery has been tested several times, but none more so than when Tim was ill. When he had his kidney transplant quite suddenly in August 2015, we all went into shock. True to form, my appetite disappeared. My stress response was right there, trying to show me a way
Part four: The birth (of a new me)
Along with my eating disorder diagnosis, I was also told I was afflicted by the rather catchily-titled Acute Body Dysmorphic disorder. In a nutshell, what I saw when I looked at myself was distorted. Even at a bit under seven stone what I saw may as well have been morbidly
Mumbelievable cards available now!
Mumbelievable is about helping mums to see and believe how incredible they are. These confidence cards are little high fives to remind you (or the person you buy them for!) that you’re an amazing human being. They’re a source of empowerment, encouragement and reassurance for you, designed to help you
My mission: to help a million mums feel the way they deserve to
Here it is. My public declaration. All this work I’ve been doing around confidence among mums has shocked and saddened me more than I was prepared for. But it’s also ignited a fire in me that has given me purpose. I can’t just do nothing when so many mums feel
Three square meals: the start of my recovery
So there it was, in the cold light of day. I couldn’t do ‘this’ on my own. I needed outside input to start my recovery from a debilitating eating disorder. I’d been ‘defeated’. But had I? In my mind up until the point I accepted I wasn’t getting very far very
NEW Guest interview series: The Mumbelievables
This is the month of launches! First event, first product and now first guest interview series. The momentum right now is awesome and these truly are exciting times for Mumbelievable. I couldn’t do this without every single one of you and I’m so grateful. A while ago I had the
LAUNCH GIVEAWAY! Win a set of confidence cards
***LAUNCH GIVEAWAY – WIN ONE OF THREE SETS OF CONFIDENCE CARDS BY MUMBELIEVABLE*** The confidence cards are here and available to BUY NOW here! These confidence cards are little high fives to remind you that you’re an amazing human being. They’re a source of empowerment, encouragement and reassurance for you, designed
Time for change
A few weeks ago I went to the Mumsnet bloggers conference, Blogfest 2016. It was an amazing day of networking and inspiration with serious powerhouse women, and I came away feeling pretty great. I had a hundred brilliant and memorable conversations that day, but one in particular has stuck with