Nurtured Roots

28/10/2025

Thanks The Natural Parent Magazine for the post :)

Looking at this photo takes me right back. These were the days I loved and struggled with all at the same time.

She was my third. I didn't want to lose a single moment, but with a busy household, I also didn't have many moments to lose. My voice lost its softness by the third, my heart had edges I didn't want her to see, my never-ending patience had been squished beneath the tiny feet and voices of endless requests.

I wouldn't want it any other way. But I wished I could give them all the same. In truth, the third will never be the same as the first. And that's ok.

What matters is that we keep forging moments like these - a moment in time where we can connect, and just breathe each other in. These moments replenish my patience bucket, soften my voice, and let my love spill over the edges of my heart.

Even now they're older, I still seek out those moments.

How do you find ways to connect amidst the beautiful chaos?

Sarah from Nurtured Roots

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23/10/2025

Thanks The Natural Parent Magazine for sharing this - this photo was a throwback to the chaos of family life during covid - but it seems to have carried on - the amount we juggle as parents is bonkers, how do we stay fully present to those who mean the world to us when the world needs our attention?

Have you ever heard that phrase: "Mothers have to work as if they don't have children, and raise children like they don't have a job"?

​It's not just about work, It's the mental load, the endless to-do lists, trying to be a present partner, a good friend... all while juggling the beautiful chaos of family life. The pressure to be 'fully present' everywhere, all the time, to everything is immense.
​It's an impossible standard.

​You can't be everything to everyone, all the time. But to your child, you are their everything. How do we balance it? Well, here’s a little secret, backed by science: you don't have to be perfect to be their everything. 'Good enough' parents are only 'in sync' with their kids about 30% of the time. The other 70% is messy. It's juggling, it's ruptures, it's getting it 'wrong'. But it's also where we repair, reconnect, and show our children what real, resilient love looks like.

​That 70/30 split... that's your everything. And it is more than enough.

​Sarah from Roots

23/10/2025

So honoured to have been featured in the Green Parent Magazine, this article is about learning to trust your intuition and understanding that there's no such thing as perfect!

Words: Sarah Vermeire

10/10/2025

Here is my article in the green parent in all its entirety! I am so grateful to be able to have my first feature in a magazine that got me through my first few months as a new mum many years ago! You can get the whole magazine for free too at the moment if you signup https://thegreenparent.co.uk/ #/portal/signup.

04/10/2025

So excited and honoured that the has featured my article in this edition! To read the story of nurtured roots! Best thing is that it's free, follow link in bio :)

28/09/2025

Today is day 1 of the most fantastic line up of experts in the field of trauma! I am so excited to be able to hear from these fabulous people. Watching online this year but I am determined to be there in real life next year! I will post some gems as we go :) I'm so excited to be here!!!

29/08/2025

Today was a tricky one and I was one big emotional blob! I'm fortunate to have a beautiful tribe of amazing people to hold me through the madness and I'm so thankful for their kindness and patience today! It's the end of an era, or the beginning of a new adventure, I can't decide but it's possibly a mixture of the two! Read blog in bio for more info!

12/05/2025

We have had my wisteria for 5 years and it has never bloomed. This is your reminder that roots take a while to grow, with patience and nurture we can create so much beauty!

05/05/2025

04/05/2025

Sorry I've been a bit absent, I've been distracted by lots of trying to change the world, trouble is that a lot of the time I feel like I'm shouting into one of those things in the park but there's no one on the other end to hear me!!!

23/04/2025

New blog post, thinking about the inevitability of change and the signs the universe is giving! Whatever you're doing, we've got this - together!!


https://www.nurturedroots.online/post/finding-our-way-through-the-mush-lessons-on-change-hope-and-unexpected-signs-from-bluey

23/03/2025

Yes absolutely! And I do this *all* the time!

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