Lynn's Cake Collective, Brisbane (2025)

21/02/2025

🫶🏻Time To Say Goodbye👋🏻

When we began 2025, I honestly never expected to be writing this, and so early in the year too! I had every intention to give this my all and see through all the unfinished cake biz from 2024. But it appears God has another plan for me, and when He tells you to move, you move!

You might know that my caking passion stemmed from childhood and grew into therapy for depression & anxiety. Back then, it was one of the few things that helped my mental health. But grief changes a person, and it can be hard to know if the changes are temporary or if they’ve become a permanent part of the self you rebuild. But I now know without a doubt that my passion & purpose is no longer in the cake business.

I realised my TRUE purpose was always there, just overshadowed by cake! Basically, I just want to help other mums! I thought that through my cake business, I could help give mums some freedom & creative expression to create a better version of themselves, and also provide a community & support so they don’t feel so alone. But I’ve now realised that I don’t need cake to do that…I can simply just DO🙌🏻

And so it’s actually not with a heavy heart that I bring my cake season to an end, and start a new season where God is calling me to mother, write, and inspire. After everything I’ve been through, I now need to focus on and help heal my family, and inspire others through my story/writing. I want to help light up the darkness, inspire, and help other mums feel seen/less alone.

I know this is very different from cakes so I understand if our time together will come to an end. But if you’re interested in reading my musings on life, motherhood & mental health, if you relate to anything I’ve said, or even if you’d like to just support my new journey, then I’d love for you to join me at .writes 🖊️ I will leave this profile as is for now, but I won’t be actively using it and may eventually shut it down entirely (we’ll see).

THANK YOU for your support, especially those who’ve been here from the start! It’s been an amazing 5 years of cake but now it’s time to say goodbye, and I hope I still get to see most of you in my next chapter💗

15/01/2025

It’s this amazing man’s birthday today, and after the chaos of the last 3 weeks with the kids terrorising our home (and us! 😅), we both decided to take the day off work so we could celebrate and enjoy it together with some peace and quiet while the kids were in care.

And it occurred to me not only how lucky we are to be able to do this, but also how beautiful that we chose to set and honour our boundaries between work and personal/family life. That we’ve decided what things are important to us and our family, and taken active steps to ensure those things remain a priority.

I’ll be honest, the last few years, I’ve lost sight of what’s important and what should come first. I knew what my priorities were but I didn’t always maintain those boundaries and would sometimes let work take over. And I’d justify it by saying that I was setting things up for my family’s future, and that I’d get all that time back and more eventually. Well, it’s one of my biggest regrets now, because there are moments and times that I will never be able to make up for anymore.

This is actually one of the reasons why I made all the changes to my business when I returned to work at the end of last year. I’ve also been sure to set very clear boundaries for myself, especially with work/business, and made it abundantly clear that my kids will always come first.

This year, I want to look after all areas of my life (personal, family, home, health, career, etc) so I can set myself up for success! One of the things I’ll be implementing is Tracy’s FRESH framework! What I love about her is that she actually lives what she preaches, and she is such an inspiration on how to be a freedom-filled business owner 🤩

And now it’s your turn! What is one thing you can do (or do differently) this year to give you a better life balance, and set you up for success and abundance in 2025? If you’re feeling brave, share it with me in the comments below, or DM me for more of a chat 💗

31/12/2024

2024 - the best AND the worst year of my life.

There’s really no question why it was the worst. Losing a child is every parent’s worst nightmare but as if that wasn’t enough, there was continuous family drama, health & financial struggles, and trying to navigate our first school year, revealing an ADHD & possible ASD diagnosis for our oldest. Like my grief wasn’t enough, I had my heart break further hearing “Nobody wants to play with me because they say I’m naughty”, and on top of that, dealing with an incident where he got attacked & held down by an almost-teenager.

And through all this, there was hurt & betrayal by people who were supposed to be there for us. People who were supposed to have our back, but instead were talking behind our backs, spreading hate & “half-truths”. People isolating & excluding us, even going so far as to avoid/shun us. And soooo much fake-ness & gaslighting, which, when your mental health is already fragile, is really hard to ignore!

BUT…

2024 is still the best year I will ever have, simply because it has the most memories of when my family was the most complete. I’m grateful we got half the year with my precious Dorian. I got to see God’s goodness & faithfulness as he continued to defy odds and grow healthily without any interventions. And even after he passed, God’s love & mercy continued, overflowing with His strength, comfort, and visions of Dorian when I needed them.

I got to see God’s blessings & provision; financially seeing us through our bereavement leave, and not just getting financial help for all the paeds therapy, but also being God-led to the “right” therapists. We were also blessed with amazing teachers, school/childcare support, church, and even my business community. And, our biggest blessing: family, particularly our parents. But this year also re-defined family for us; that it’s not necessarily blood, and that sometimes, it's blood that hurts you the most. We realised who our true friends were, we made new friends, and strengthened relationships with old ones - people who love & accept us as we are, and stand by & for us.

And through all this, there has been growth & resilience. I realised that every year for the past few years, I’ve said, "This year made me strong but next year will make me happy", and the new year just laughs and breaks me down even more. I don’t know what 2025 will bring but I know what I want to bring into it: my continued faith in God, a determination to focus on what truly matters, a willingness to make the right changes, and a desire to choose joy in every season.

Happy New Year, and I pray that 2025 will be life-changing (in the best way possible) and everything you need it to be!

23/10/2024

If haven’t heard, there’ve been some changes to the business! After losing my baby boy unexpectedly in July, I was feeling really lost about the direction/future for my business because my heart just didn’t feel in it anymore.

Caking used to be mental health therapy for me but for the first time, it didn’t bring me joy, and I struggled to find inspiration. I felt like I’d be lying to everyone if I continued especially when one of my missions was to spread love & joy. But on the other hand, I struggled with giving it up as my business was something I’d been called to do, and I’d sacrificed & invested so much into it that I felt like giving up would mean that it was all for nothing.

So I did a lot of praying, meditation & soul-searching, and I got signs after signs that made me believe I have a duty to continue with my business, and to continue serving and sharing my skills. So I’m back but with some changes, and feeling very positive about them!

You might have already noticed that we have a new name to better reflect the new focus & direction of my business, new logo/branding to go with that, and moving forward, I hope to give you a more unique, authentic Lynn. I know that last one may not completely happen overnight but after everything that’s been thrown at me in the last 2 years, it’s really hit home that there are far more important things in life than to constantly worry about what others might think. Life is far too short to be living in fear & regret, and you can’t please everyone anyway!

So I really hope you’ll stick around with me in this new season of Lynn’s Cake Collective, and I look forward to sharing this new journey with you. But if this new direction doesn’t align with you anymore, then that’s ok - feel free to unfollow, and I thank you for the support you’ve shown me in my Treats by Lynn season 🫶🏻

Now, for the exciting news: Something is happening THIS Saturday that you don’t want to miss out on! This will fast track your journey to learning all about baking & decorating buttercream cakes, and I will be spilling the tea to my VIPs TONIGHT (along with VIP-only bonuses)! 😉

DM/comment VIP to get on the list (and get those bonuses!!)🌟

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