MamaStillGotIt by Louise Boyce.

I was lucky enough to do a Q&A session with Louise Boyce a couple of weeks ago; model, influencer, campaigner, mama-of-three, and more recently, author.

Louise’s Instagram is a ‘mumfluencer’ who’s ability to capture the seemingly mundane moments of motherhood and spin them into hilarious sketches must be the saviour of many mothers; they’re not alone and they are not doing everything wrong.

https://www.instagram.com/mamastillgotit_?igsh=MXc0bGdhYjF1OGl6ZA==

Louise, a former model, started the Pushitout campaign against clothing brands use fake foam bumps to model pregnancy clothing instead of using pregnant models.

More recently Louise has been looking at and speaking with the government about kids, social media and the harmful effects it can cause: ‘smartphonefreekids’.

It was an informative and really enjoyable evening. Check out Mamastillgotit on Insta and TikTok and read or listen to her book.

My Morning Routine by Benjamin Spall and Michael Zander.

‘The first few choices you make each morning can unlock greater productivity, creativity and calm- or bring out your worst self’
Two things I took away from reading this:

  1. I have a good morning routine.
  2. All successful people get up ridiculously early

Smoothie, yoga and a workout followed by self care.

And a 6am start ( mainly due to a lively kitten wanting breakfast).

This is my morning.

Wrong time. Wrong place by Gillian McAllister.

‘Can you stop a murder when it’s already happened?’

A time travelling crime treat. A lawyer mother sees her son commit a murder then travels back in time to try and reverse events. Along the way she learns a lot about her husband and father.
And I enjoyed the time travel through the decades from the present to the noughties. And back again.
It’s clever with an unexpected conclusion.