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How do you manage it?

I used to be scared of people asking me how I managed everything, because I really felt like I didn’t. I had a big company, a house to run, 4 children and from the outside everyone thought my life was perfect, but it wasn’t - it was one big fat juggle of a mess that left me crying myself to sleep most nights.

Over the past 3 years I have learned a lot about how to manage to do everything I do. I am one of life’s big achievers, yes. But I also have a fair amount of the lazy bitch inside me, I love to do nothing as much as the next person!

What I’ve learned is that it’s OK to be me. In fact, it’s great to be me.

I currently have 2 busineses that I am building, 4 children, a partner, a big 5 bedroom home with a huge garden to look after, 11 pets and still have time to myself to read, run, go out with friends and just be ME.

I’ve never realised that there was anything special about this, until I have been more in touch with myself recently and have learned to stop and listen to what is being said to me.

This is what I’ve learned :

- Feeding a family of 6 on a budget of £80 a week and consistently not spending more than that and being able to buy whatever you fancy and cook lovely homecooked meals from scratch most nights is not normal. It is a superhero skill and it is something that I can teach other people how to do.

- Being able to go from building a lego house to building a business and back in the space of just a few minutes is awesome.

- The same principles you might apply to growing your business can be applied to growing your life. To growing your relationships. To growing YOU.

My personal development and growth has been huge over the last 3 years. I have learned so much about myself and now I want to share it with you. I built a business from scratch to over 1 million pounds, and lost it. I suffered serious cyber bullying. I split up from my husband and parented my 4 children alone. We were technically homeless for 2 months. I have had to go to foodbanks to feed my family. I have lost everything, and still been able to bring my children up in a way that makes me smile and be thankful for every minute.

If you want to know more about my story and to hear about how I can help you if you feel that you are juggling family, house, business, relationships, children and more than please join my webinar list, I’ll be running the first one next week and will confirm the date and time as soon as I can.

Hugs
xxx


Home made veggie soup

This is what I’ve been eating all week, homemade veggie soup. Made at the weekend with enough to last awhile week, it probably cost less than £3 to make and has fed me so far for 5 days. 1 more to go.

All i did was roast a whole tray of veggies and then blend them. I added chicken stock and a tin of tomatoes until it was the right texture.

It would have been perfect with homemade bread as well, maybe next time!

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Sweet potato chilli

This is one of my very favourite recipes, sweet potato chilli.

Cut up 3 large sweet potatoes into 1 inch chunks and part boil. Crush 2 cloves of garlic, chop one red onion and soften in olive oil. Add 1tsp chilli powder, 1tsp of cumin, 1tsp of caster sugar and mix.

Add 2 tins of chopped tomatoes, 1 tin of black eyed beans, 1 tin of kidney beans and the part boiled sweet potato. Bring to the boil then simmer for 20 mins.

Serve with rice and sour cream.

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I made these

I let the kids help with the rest of the days baking but today I wanted to make cupcakes that looked pretty. I filled up the piping bags too full and made a gigantic mess but really, icing all over your hands is not one of the biggest problems to have is it?

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