For the mum who's overwhelmed, anxious and dreading the next meltdown.
You've read the books and tried the scripts. You've done the deep breaths. Still, you spend the day anxious about the moment one of them loses it, and the evening going back over what you should have said and done.
I'm Christine, a mindset and nervous system coach for mums. I help you find what's driving the stress and the guilt, so you can stay steady when your children aren't and stop ending the day feeling like you've failed them.
I see you.
You are a superhero for your kids even if you don’t feel like it most days.
You're trying so hard. You've read the books, joined the groups, tried the strategies. And you're still shouting more than you want to, then lying awake wondering what's wrong with you.
I'm Christine, and I've been exactly there.
Does this sound like your house?
You wake up already tired and already anxious. Will the shoes go on? Will there be a meltdown at the school gate? You spend the day reading their faces, keeping everyone happy and trying to head off the next tantrum before it starts, because when they lose it, your heart races and you'd do almost anything to make it stop.
The littlest things get to you now. By teatime the house feels like chaos. The fourth reminder comes out sharper than you meant, or you give in just to stop the tears. Then they're asleep, and you're lying awake or filling another page of your journal, working out what you should have said and done.
Tomorrow comes, and the dread starts again.
I lived like that for years. I'd analyse a hard afternoon in my journal until my hand ached and plan how tomorrow would go differently. My body was always on alert, and none of the planning changed what happened the next time one of my boys fell apart.
Here's what I know now
The overwhelm isn't coming from your children. Every tool you've collected works on the moment itself, and the stress and the guilt come from somewhere much older.
For me, it was a belief I'd carried since long before I was a mother, that I was only doing well when everyone around me was happy. So every tear, every "no" and every meltdown felt like an emergency I had to fix, and like proof that I was failing.
That belief is what I help mums find.
Why I'm different
I'm not a coach who got through this once and now teaches from the other side. I still live with lupus, I still have hard days with my boys, and I'm still learning. I keep doing the work because if I stop, it costs me personally, and my boys feel it too.
Over the years I've drawn on everything I could get my hands on. Mindset coaching, nervous system work, spiritual direction, therapy, CBT and years of self-discovery have all shaped how I coach. You get all of it, and I've tested every piece on my own life first.
What Mums Are Saying
"I was able to take that step back and just trust myself"
Jo
Jo's mornings used to fall apart before she'd had a chance to catch herself. Now she can step away for a minute and come back to her kids differently.
"I was able to take that step back and just trust myself. Trust them too, that they could do what I was asking without everything going completely wrong."
"Less shouty"
Rachel
Rachel came to me with what she called a "hectic head," going over every day to work out whether she'd been a good enough mum. She used to go from nought to a hundred with no pause in between. One day she asked her daughter how Mummy had been lately.
"[My daughter] said that I'm less shouty and that I listen more."
Where to Start
You don't have to figure this out alone.
The Overwhelmed Mums Collective
A free, private Facebook group for mums who love their children fiercely and still lie awake feeling they're getting it wrong.
the free guide
Why You Still Feel Like You're Failing, Even Though You're Trying So Hard.
Five small tools for the hard moments, and the first clue to why the guilt keeps coming back.
Working with me
Two programmes, one shorter and one deeper.
See how we can work together.
Dear mama, if any of this felt like your house today, start small. The guide is free and short, and it was written for the evenings when you're too tired to read anything long.
Christine xx
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