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Parents to a set of #Twins, then out the blue another set of Twins came along (yep two sets of twins 😱) oh and a teenager! Trying to parent the crap out of life, some wins, some fails, but we share it anyway... love The Spencers

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Often when there’s a million things to do, and we can’t find the words to say no to other things coming in we get to a point where our head our body our complete soul just can’t take it anymore. Sometimes it’s one thing that feels just too heavy. Sometimes it’s all those little things. Yesterday at #beeinspired @thequeenbeedani reminded us with her own story of breaking point how important it is to pause before we decide to stop. Take a pause for a moment. The world will still be there when you are ready to get back on. Switch off the phone Work out what’s important. What you can unload, what you can let go of. Work out the things that light your fire get you passionate. Don’t stop everything for the sake of a pause. Take the time to find out what’s important. Does this make sense? In the Village I’m going to help you find those important things, it’s going to give you the reminder & permission to pause, to breath. If you want to find out more DM me “pause” and we can have that conversation. #motherhood #mumlife #parentingstruggles #mentalhealth #mumsneedapause #mumsdayoff #mumlife #mumlifeuk #mumof4 #mumpreneur #mumsinbusiness (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqccfIusFW2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’m heading out today. For 3 nights. I’m off to an event. Bee inspired. You may have heard me talk about it before. It’s an event that pushed me through my comfort zone a couple of years ago as I spoke in stage at it. Yep me. Shy, introvert, the one that either listen’s or blurts out randomly in the middle if conversations. (I swear I’ve got ADHD) I spoke on a stage in front of people. The event, it’s host @thequeenbeedani and the woman pictured (@creativsas )with me have developed my confidence no end. Today as I head off leaving the kids behind with my mum I know I’m heading to that event for the right reasons. The mum guilt may pop up. But she will be battered back down with the knowledge that the reason I’m going is to make me a better version of myself and to help my business develop too. When mum guilt pops up. Question her. Give her a name mine is Maureen Tell her and yourself why you are taking the time out, why you are dropping the kids at breakfast club. Why you chose to put them in nursery. Why you are doing what ever it is that is making her nag at you. If you can’t think of a reason (I’m sure you will) then maybe what you are doing is not really the right thing after all. Right Maureen. Time to F off as I’m on a mission to Bee Inspired. #beeinspired #mumguilt #motherhood #parentingstruggles #mumlifeuk #mumsinbusuness #mumpreneurlife #mumpreneur #mummyblogger #mumguiltmaureen #motherhoodunplugged #mumof4 (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqXNWn2s8bA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Swipe to see ➡️ You don't just wake up one day and motherhood is that easy ride. I know that sh*t to hear but I'm not here for giving you BS. It's changing those attitudes, working on your mindset and learning the strategies that help you move forwards. I'm still walking that Journey. Want to join me? #motherhoodstruggles #motivation #struggle #motivation #life #love #success #inspiration #quotes #motivationalquotes #instagram #hardwork #instagood #struggleisreal #nevergiveup #mentalhealth #mindset #goals #inspirationalquotes #strength #lifestyle #lifequotes #positivevibes #mumlife (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSCK_ZMMVx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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That doesn't mean you can't grow tomorrow. But just know right now, is where it's at and if all you have is what you have got at this moment then that is enough. #mumbosslife #wfhwithkids #mymof4 #overwhelmedmum #mumlife #mumsofinsta #tiredmum #motherhoodunplugged #youareenough #mumoftwins #twinmum (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIxuMEs44F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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You know. Sometimes I’m ready to slay the world get sh*t done and live life to the full. Other times I just need some soft energy. A calm moment, a snuggle in bed with a poorly little one. That’s why I started my own business. Decided to work from home. I want to be able to pick up my poorly girl from school and snuggle her. I wanted to be able to take a well-being day or create a daily Rhythm that serves me & my family. Sometimes it’s enough to just sit with a brew and a note pad, or a book or a magazine. Take some time to rest to reflect to plan. Sometimes just being is enough. Remember that. #mumbosslife #mumpreneur #mumpreneurlife #workathomemum #stayathomemum #wfhwithkids #mumbosslife #mumlife #mumlifeuk (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGEnc-MNUi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It’s time for a spring Clean. I always start with a Home audit. Starting here eliminates being frozen in overwhelm. We will go through how to get the best out of a home audit in The Village. https://www.ninaaspencer.com/thevillage #homeaudit #springclean #getitdone #getitalldone #motherhood #mumlife #mumlifeuk #mumsofinstagram #mumpreneur #bossmum https://www.instagram.com/tv/CqFjbrLhKTG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I'm starting day one of my spring clean with a home audit. A home audit is a great place to start if you are feeling like a big spring clean feels too much. Take each room one at a time, sitting with a cuppa and looking around at what jobs need doing. Writing it all down. This will form Your master to-do list. There’s a live this morning at 10am on Instagram to talk through a Home Audit I'm also going to drop a section about how to do a full home audit in the resource area of The Chaotic Mum village. So if you really want to find that calm in the chaos of motherhood & life head on over. This is just one of the practical tools that are heading into the village over the next few weeks. Don’t forget there is space for 25 founder members in April & May. £12.50 per month #motherhoodunplugged #motherhood #mumbosslifestyle #mumlifeuk #mumblogger #mumpreneur #mumpreneurlife #mumof4 #wfhwithkids #wfhhacks #stayathomemum (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqFPcb0MYUs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hands up who’s read for a spring clean. I’m so ready. But it can be daunting if you are surrounded by chaos. So where to start? Each day I have a list of micro tasks from my master to do list that I want to tackle. Everybody’s spring clean will look different so it really is down to us to make our own master to do list. Join me tomorrow at 10am I’m going to be talking about how I set up my master to-do list. It really doesn’t have to be so overwhelming. Write it down, Simplify, and take messy action. Join me live tomorrow. #springclean #getitdone #mumbosslife #motherhoodrising #parentingstruggles #mumlifeuk #homesweethome #homemaker #bossmum #makeahouseahome #declutterlikeamother #cleaningblogger (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqEAv1Gs_Bp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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What lights your fire? What fills your soul? If you don’t know you could be suffering from burnout. If you know there is more to life than washing piles and working out what’s for dinner but just don’t know what that is you could need some mindset & clarity mentoring. In the chaotic mum village we are going to be working through these next month in a series of live trainings. Then those trainings and downloadable worksheets will live in the resource section for you to work through again and agin whenever your head feels that bit stuck or you want to work on a different area. For April & May the first 25 residents to sign up will get life time access for less than £3 per week for life. We will be working through those stumbling blocks of motherhood and life. Working out where you really want to be. What you really want to be doing and how you can get there. You can sign up for founder membership with the link below or clickable link in stories. https://www.ninaaspencer.com/thevillage #motherhoodstruggles #parentingstruggles #parentingtips #motherhoodhacks #motherhoodunplugged #mumof4 #morekidsthanhands #mumbosslife #mumbosslifestyle #wfhwithkids #wfhhacks (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqCm_SbsmXK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Snippets from the weekend. Friday Night Pizza Night. -The kids went to a club at @davidlloydlincoln while me and @pixelateddad had a date night. Well I say date night we both did a bit of work and chatted & ate pizza Saturday planning - I started the day outside in beautiful warm sunshine grabbed my note pad and created a new master list. Love a list it also gets those niggly jobs from your mind and onto paper freeing your mind to focus on other things. Mother’s Day - it’s a funny one isn’t it, you expect breakfast in bed, kids living on you, no rows, after all when you struggled with infertility for so long that’s the dream you had wished for all those heart breaking mothers days. In reality just because it’s a “special day” that doesn’t mean kids won’t get emotional, won’t ask for you to do xyz. It also doesn’t mean they will wake up before you to make breakfast in bed. Though it does mean snuggles are that extra but special. We spent most of the weekend ticking off some jobs I’d put on my master list. There’s still a way to go but that’s the joy of a master list. You can just potter along. There’s never really a deadline. However you spent the weekend I hope you were able to embrace the imperfectly chaotic moments. Don’t forget, the village opens soon. I’m working on it in the back ground I can’t wait to see you there. https://www.ninaaspencer.com/thevillage #weekendvibes #weekendasthetic #weekend #mumlife #mumswithmorekidsthanhands #mumof4 #twinstwice #mothersday #mumlifestyle (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqAWuO-MaDy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Do you sit and contemplate before making decisions or are you a jump straight in both feet then work it out while your in kinda girl? Sometimes I’ve got into a bit of bother as I often jump before I’m asked. It’s not something I mean to do I just feel so passionately about things. Last night at a neighbourhood plan open consultation I wrote all the things that I believe the small town we live in needs. Well not all the things (I don’t have that much time) My initial reaction was to say no more housing but after listening to others, contemplating the realities I changed my decision. Actually, if things were altered infrastructure was made different actually housing could be an option. Sometimes messy action isn’t always the way. Sometimes you have to stop, listen and make a plan. Especially when there are some many parts to think about. It’s the same with our goals. Sometimes a jump straight in approach is the best way. Sometimes it needs a little more thought a little more planning. So are you a messy action taker or are you a planner? Or are you like me one that sits in between? Using the right way when it needs it? (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpzNq23sp2r/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It’s time. I need to tell you about something I’ve been working on for well a couple of years actually. Something that feels so aligned to who I am what I want to achieve and something that is going to give you that community, that village not only to help you raise your child but to raise you mama. Welcome to the Chaotic Mum Village. A community to help you grow, get you moving after feeling stuck for so long, somewhere to find calm, find community, build friendships, learn. Somewhere to find accountability & connection. A platform that will guide you through those tough moments in motherhood & life. Some where that grows with you so you get out what you need when you need it. I’m so bloody excited for this. And a little nervous If I’m honest. It feel so good to be able to finally get this out. Doors open April 4th at 7.30pm for 25 founding members only for the next couple of months. A small non judgemental group of like minded mamas who know there’s more to life than the washing pile but need that helping hand to guide them. You can be on that 25 founding members cohort (priced at less than £3 per week for life. But only for founders after than it will be £25 per month) Join the wait list now. https://spencersarc.activehosted.com/f/17 If you want to jump on a quick call or in my what’s app for more info as to if this is for you just message me. (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuGvAcskqG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’ve just had a kinesiology session with Nicky who is local to me to shift some energy. What came up I didn’t quite expect. It was something that I didn’t think was a trauma in my life. It was something and nothing. Yet when Nicky pulled that energy out. I felt it. When she described what that energy was doing to who I am right now I nodded. Have you ever had kinesiology? Have you energy inside you didn’t know was bad? Do you give yourself time to breath in your days? This image came up on my phone highlights after my session I needed it. A reminder to breath. #andbreath #breath #amomenttobreath #mumlife (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkR-QvMfFJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I could not offer out my time to help in my community if I hadn’t got my sh*t together. Well a little bit anyway. Volunteering is such an important tool in my well-being tool box. Being able to help some of the loveliest people feel less alone is just a privilege. But often if we offer our time to do something like this we put ourselves last. It’s often at the detriment of other things that we want to do or need to tick off out to do lists. People say how do you find time. But I do. I do because I know what’s important to me. I know my values. I know what fills my well-being teapot. I find time because I’ve put strategies in place to be productive and get sh*t done. What are you not doing because your priorities are not straight or your day to day strategies are not in place? Want some help to get clear on this? Drop me a dm with the title “powerhour” and we can get on a call to help get you on the right path. #community #findyourpassion #personalvalues #daytodaystrategy #morethanjustmum #mumlife #mumof4 #morethanmum (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpjwFn3sLr7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Funny how much life changes and you don’t realise. Actually it funny how much we can change as a person. Yet something stay the same. These are “my boys” Back in the day as 20 something I worked as a sound & lighting engineer. These two were a semi resident Tuesday night act. Before they arrived we had a meatloaf tribute & one day I was told for whatever reason he wasn’t coming back. I was gutted. These pair arrived with high demands and I was less than pleased. However as time went by I grew to love this pair. They made me laugh & cry more often than not. 🤣 We remained in touch for a while and always follow them to see life on the road. 20 something years has past since they started giging. We’ve all grown since then. Yet my love of music they sing stays. My love of the banter & the cheekiness is still there. We may not be as close as we were but so happy the music remains and they continue to succeed as their following continues to grow. @brotherhoodukofficial #mypastlife #gig #brotherhood #theboysarebackintown (at UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpepundNpa3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Creating a life that is going to fulfil you will look different each and every day. Today my day will not look like this ⬆️ As part of my Signiture program we look at your ideal “work average” day. But not every day will be the same. We also work through it on my visionboard days. If you fancy joining me on a vision board day in March ready for quarter 3 get in my DMs Ready to create a life with less to do lists and more clarity? Comment below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ #mumpreneur #mumlifeuk #motherhood #wfhwithkids #workfromhome #mumbosslife #mumsinbusiness #visionboards (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpKFIrEsPti/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It’s that time of week again What do you get done on your reset days? Here’s some ideas from around the community. 🌸Clean sheet night 🌸get uniforms ready 🌸Nice long bubble bath 🌸Planing the week ahead 🌸A family walk to clear the cobwebs 🌸Finishing little jobs that didn’t get done in the week 🌸Deep clean one spot 🌸Check grocery’s write a list What are you going to get done for Sunday reset & Prep? Let me know what you are up to in the comments. Tag me in your #resetandprep posts Have a great Sunday #sundayvibes #sundayprep #sundayreset #mumlifeuk #mumof4 #twinmum #mumoftwins #cleansheetnight (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpH0ky-sJlT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=