Living with Lindsay

So let's talk about March- what a month it has been. There has been so much drama, so much fun, so much laughter, and unfortunately a few tears. Behind every maternity leave is a story, and often a challenge.  It can often feel 'out of sight, out of mind' for a woman. "Would this have happened if I hadn't gone on leave?" A question that has been on my mind just lately. Being a working mum is hard, in fact being a woman is hard in general.  I assume that we are all familiar with the words 'It's a man's world". I've always been quite a feminist myself. We live in changing times and it is okay to change routine every so often. Being a woman in this so- called man's world feels a lot like navigating through a minefield when it absolutely should not. In an ideal world working mums would not feel inferior, they would not feel limited, or need to tread carefully out of fear that they might hurt a few egos along the way.  This is undeniably a ...

 Self Love and Motherhood As I hurtle towards my thirties at an alarming pace, I've realised every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and in the process, care for ourselves. Women are being divided up in the middle- you're either a woman who has a child, or not. When someone becomes a mum, we erase her identity, and as a mother it sure is easy to lose yourself. It almost feels like unless you're doing something for your child, you are no longer valued as a person. You're not the friend you once were, you're not the employee you once were, you're not as good as you used to be, because you have a child. But that couldn't be further from the truth.   Self love is a mother's secret weapon.  It was towards the end of 2019 when I really started suffering with my anxiety. In 2020, things just got worse and worse. Lockdowns, and COVID, really bought out the worst in people, and I just became too scared to leave the house. It wasn't becau...