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๐Ÿช– A Defence Family with 3 kids
๐Ÿ“ฆ Tired of starting over every posting, again and again
๐ŸŒ Building something that finally comes with us, wherever we're posted
๐Ÿ’ฌ DM us to learn how

26/07/2026

๐ŸŒธMotivational Monday๐ŸŒธ

A slow build is still a build.

I know what it feels like when nothing seems to be moving.

When you're showing up every day and wondering if it's actually working.

I've been there more times than I can count.

Starting.
Doubting.
Pushing through anyway.

The weeks that felt the slowest were often the ones where the most was shifting underneath the surface.

Don't quit on a hard week.

Keep showing up. Keep going. It's working even when you can't see it yet ๐Ÿฉท

DM me "CURIOUS" if you're ready to stop starting over.

19/07/2026

๐ŸŒธMotivational Monday๐ŸŒธ

The most intentional women I know don't look busy.

They've just quietly stopped doing things that don't align with where they're going.

I used to fill my days with things that felt productive but weren't actually moving me forward.

Scrolling.
Researching.

Talking about what I was going to do.

Until I got really honest with myself about what I was actually committed to versus what I just liked the idea of.

That's when things got clearer.

Intentional doesn't mean perfect. It just means on purpose.

Are you building on purpose?
If not DM me "CURIOUS" ๐Ÿฉท

Still my favourite job.Being home with these three was never really in question for me.But somewhere in the last couple ...
17/07/2026

Still my favourite job.

Being home with these three was never really in question for me.

But somewhere in the last couple of years, I started wanting something alongside it too.

Not instead of it.

Not a return to rushed mornings and hoping I make it to pickup on time.

Something that could actually move with us, whatever our life was doing at the time.

For a long time I thought I had to choose, be fully present or want something for myself, like there wasn't room for both.

Growth means realising those aren't opposites, they're just two things I get to keep growing at the same time.

Turns out wanting both things at once isn't greedy.

It's just honest. And it's taken me two years to actually believe that.

If you're sitting in that same headspace, comment 'CURIOUS' and I'll share what that's actually looked like for me.

Nobody tells you what Defence life actually costs.The friendships you make and then lose to posting orders.The distance ...
17/07/2026

Nobody tells you what Defence life actually costs.

The friendships you make and then lose to posting orders.

The distance from the people who'd usually be your first call.

The mental load you carry solo, more often than anyone realises.

The version of yourself that quietly goes missing somewhere in the moves.

Then someone says "you knew what you signed up for."

Did we though?

We signed up for love.

Nobody signs up to lose their career, their income, their community and their identity right along with it.

I love this life.

I genuinely do.

And it's harder than anyone on the outside understands.

Both things are true at once.

If you're a Defence wife who needed to hear that today, you're not alone.

Follow along for the real side of Defence life.

Drop a ๐Ÿฉท if this is your life too. I see you.

15/07/2026

Turns out that was never true. Just untested.

I spent years assuming some people are just built for this, and I wasn't one of them.

Genuinely believed it.

But looking back now, most of that was fear talking, not truth.

I didn't wake up one day and suddenly feel capable, if only it worked like that.

I just started before I felt ready, and kept going on the days I really didn't want to.

If any of this is landing for you, and you're curious what "this" actually is, drop 'CURIOUS' ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผbelow and I'll send you through what I mean.

15/07/2026

Two years ago I made a choice.

Continue staying at home. Skip the second wage. Build something slower, but something that actually fit our life, instead.

Everyone had an opinion about it at the time.

Some people genuinely thought I was mad to back away from a job. And if I'm honest, some days I wondered the exact same thing myself.

But two years in, I still get to do this.

Kids on the couch. No rush anywhere. Every single school drop off and pick up, still mine.

And something building quietly in the background that has never once asked me to trade this away to grow it.

It hasn't been fast. It hasn't always been easy. But it's been mine to build, on my own time, around the life I actually wanted to keep.

If you're curious what that could actually looks like for you too, DM me CURIOUS and I'll walk you through it.

๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น.๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ“ฑBecause I couldn't get permission to leave my own business.Nine y...
15/07/2026

๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น.๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ“ฑ

Because I couldn't get permission to leave my own business.

Nine years ago I started Family Day Care so I could raise my own kids instead of paying someone else to.

Since then we've moved with Defence more times than I can count, been rejected, capped income, tracked and stretched thin, and I've rebuilt from scratch every single time.

2 years ago I made a different call. I stopped chasing approvals that reset with every posting and started building something that moves with us instead, in the pockets of naptime and the evenings after bedtime.

Swipe through for the whole story, the hoops, the juggle and the decision that got me here.

If you're a mum quietly doing the maths on your own time, you're not alone.

DM me "CURIOUS" and let's have a conversation.

12/07/2026

๐ŸŒธMotivational Monday๐ŸŒธ

Can we take the pressure off for a second?

You are not behind.

I know it can feel that way when you scroll and everyone else looks further ahead.

But building something that actually fits your life; around your kids, your commitments, the chaos, things takes longer.

It's supposed to.

I'm not where I thought I'd be by โน

11/07/2026

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ.๐Ÿฅฐ

But standing there watching all three of my kidsโ€ฆ
Emmerson. Indianna. and Austin laying his very first wreath, it hit me all at once.

This is why...

This is why I show up at 5am.
This is why I keep building something when it would be easier to quit.
This is why I refuse to miss these moments.

Dwight serves so our family can have a life worth living.

And I made a decision a while ago that I was going to make sure I was actually present for every single second of it.

Not rushing off to someone else's job.
Not missing drop offs, pick ups, assemblies and moments like this.

If you're a mum who feels that same pull โ€”
that feeling of I want to be HERE for all of it.

DM me "Curious"
Because there's another way. ๐Ÿค

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