There is often a moment before a mother books a retreat day where guilt quietly appears. Can I justify this? Should I really take a whole day for myself? What about the children? The house? The million things that need done? And yet perhaps the more important question is this: Who benefits when a mother feels rested, nourished and connected to herself again? Because the answer is not just you. It is everybody around you too. Motherhood Can Be Beautiful And Overwhelming At The Same Time Modern...

You ever feel completely exhausted even on the days you technically haven’t done that much physical work? Maybe you’ve barely sat down all day, but you also haven’t exactly run a marathon. From the outside, it can even look like you’ve had a “quiet day.” People see a mother sitting on the couch and assume she is resting. But inside her head? She is running a hundred tabs at once. At Nest, this is one of the biggest conversations I have with mothers. Because the exhaustion of motherhood is not...

How breath, movement and nervous system awareness can help us feel more connected, calm and well In modern life, many of us spend most of our time living from the neck up. We think constantly. Plan constantly. Process constantly. Scroll constantly. And somewhere along the way, we stop listening to the body. We ignore tight shoulders because there’s work to do.We push through exhaustion because life feels busy.We mistake feeling disconnected for something normal. But the body is always...