Do you get excited for 6 weeks off with your kids?

Or

Does it send you into panic mode like me?

Now I know there are so many families that can't wait for school to finish and spend quality time with their kids but I'm not one of those mums! It's not that I don't love my kids but the thought of 6 weeks with no routine and no break leaves me feeling 😬😳🤪

I always thought I'd be a Pinterest mother, making things from scratch, crafting, being super organised and engaged but instead I'm an Amazon Prime mum, leave things to the last minute because doing everything overwhelms me. If this sounds like you then you're in the right place!

We are always putting our children, families, friends, pets, colleagues, etc first and leave our own wants and needs to the bottom of the to do list and with summer approaching I doubt this is about to change.

That's why I decided to come up with some mindfulness activities that can help keep the kids busy when we're stuck for something to do and help us to take a minute to look after our own mental wellbeing.
I have focused  on five different areas:
  • Grounding
  • Gratitude
  • Belief
  • Nurturing
  • Expressing
Some activities are ones that I have created and use at home with my four boys and others are twists on games that you might already play with your kids.

You don't have to do all of them, some might not work for your family but they are great ideas to help your child believe in themselves and learn more about you too, sharing our own experiences with our children is powerful.
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for the whole family

I have written this in mind of my own children, my eldest is almost 9, my youngest is 3 and I have 7 year old autistic twins, these activities can be adapted for children of all ages. These are also activities that are going to help us mamas too so join in and work together on your mindset.

Once you sign up you'll receive a PDF workbook with an explanation of all of the tasks and we have also put all of the activities into rectangles at the end so that you could print them off, cut them up, fold them and put them in a jar to pick one when you need something fun to do, if you're more organised than me you may want to plan ahead.

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Ana Louise Bonasera is a mother of four boys, a self love activist and author of "Stretched: A mother's journey to love her 'flaws' & how you can too"

After hating her body for the majority of her life, when she became a mother at 20 years old, she found herself wishing for they physique she had spent so long mentally and physically abusing. When she fell pregnant just 9 months later with twins her obsession with dieting grew.

As a new mother to three young boys the pressure to lose weight and get her "pre baby body back" was immense. She spent the next few years unhappy no matter how much weight she lost, constantly comparing herself to others, hiding her "flaws" and feeling unworthy because of them.

Now she shares her journey online and in her book "Stretched" and how she found self love, body confidence and is on a mission to empower other women to do the same.